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'Hoop dudes': San Diego State's NCAA Tournament opponent is gritty and tough

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the opening moments of the Colonial Athletic Association championship game last week, College of Charleston guard Ryan Larson was chasing a loose ball and violently crashed into UNC Wilmington's Shykeim Phillips. Larson crumbled to the floor, holding his elbow.

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Crews start dismantling Orlando Free Fall ride, where Tyre Sampson died

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ten days before the first anniversary of 14-year-old tourist Tyre Sampson’s death on the Orlando Free Fall drop tower at ICON Park, cranes began arriving at the ride to start taking it down.

Orlando Sentinel

Bucs trade guard Shaq Mason to Texans, get salary cap relief

TAMPA, Fla. — Looking to get younger on the offensive line while creating salary cap space, the Bucs are trading guard Shaq Mason to the Texans for a swap of low-round picks.

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Pat Schroeder, a pioneering female member of Congress, dies. She was 82

ORLANDO, Fla. — Pat Schroeder, a Colorado congresswoman, presidential candidate and longtime Central Florida resident, died Monday. She was 82.

Orlando Sentinel

Mets’ hitters still adjusting to pitch clock with 2 weeks left till Opening Day

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Buck Showalter’s spring training musings often veer between amusing and informative with the non sequitur somewhere in the middle. The pitch clock has been a particular point of fascination this spring and he keeps coming back to one question: What does it mean for beer…

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In Florida, an invasive snail is helping save an endangered bird

The population of an endangered bird, the Everglade snail kite, has rebounded recently. Scientists it's all thanks to an invasive snail that has provided kites with a new abundant food source.

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Florida House panel backs law that would lower rifle-buying age to 18

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The minimum age of a person to buy a rifle and other long guns in Florida could be lowered from age 21 to age 18, reversing legislation enacted after Parkland’s school shooting.

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Kamala Harris slams Florida’s proposed 6-week abortion ban

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Florida’s proposed six-week abortion ban on Monday, calling it an “extreme” attack that will put the government in charge of health care decisions and effectively wipe out abortion access throughout the South.

Orlando Sentinel

Parents sue Airbnb after fentanyl killed a 19-month-old girl at a South Florida vacation rental

ORLANDO, Fla. — It was supposed to be a peaceful Florida vacation for a couple and their five children at a lake house in Wellington, but it ended in a nightmare, a lawsuit says.

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Jason Mackey: Taking a closer look at the Pirates' ongoing push to build young, talented pitching depth

BRADENTON, Fla. — A noticeable storyline of spring training thus far has been the decent amount of competency found in the Pirates' starting rotation.

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Inside the Phillies’ plan for Noah Song, the Navy aviator and pitcher preparing to recapture his form

CLEARWATER, Fla. — When Noah Song was training on a P-8 Poseidon aircraft in Jacksonville, Fla., preparing for a deployment to Japan, the Navy would put him in certain situations. Sitting in a cruise simulator, Song would have a different crew, a different flight, and a different scenario almost every…

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Charlie Morton loves seeing his fellow Braves starters thrive

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Braves right-hander Charlie Morton, at age 39, appreciates seeing the team’s other starters blossom.

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Bill Madden: Anthony Volpe, Oswald Peraza and the Yankees’ shortstop dilemma

TAMPA, Fla. — For the much-maligned Yankee farm system, this spring is the best of times and the worst of times.

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John Romano: Don’t look now, but the Rays’ rotation may look shockingly traditional in 2023

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In those early days before they became geniuses, the people in charge were mostly desperate.

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Panthers’ comeback comes up short, but Florida still gets crucial overtime point vs. Jets

SUNRISE, Fla. — Comebacks have been a rare occurrence for the Florida Panthers this year and so it was fitting for one Saturday to start in the most unlikely of places.

Orlando Sentinel

Wendell Carter’s return helps defense in Magic’s overtime win against Heat

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic are hoping the return of their starting big man will lead to better defensive performances.

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Steven Stamkos injured in Lightning’s win over Blackhawks

TAMPA, Fla. — This Lightning season has had its share of ups and downs, but one thing the team has avoided is a major injury to one of its top players.

Orlando Sentinel

Scottie Scheffler the man to beat again, this time at the Players

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — On a shockingly scorable Saturday at TPC Sawgrass, the best golfers in the world went lower than ever before.

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LGBTQ Floridians heading to state Capitol, where they face increasingly hostile political climate

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When LGBTQ Floridians, their families and their supporters arrive in the state capital Monday to start two days of what organizers are calling pride, passion and resistance, they’re more likely to encounter a brick wall of opposition than a welcome mat and an open door.

Orlando Sentinel

SpaceX Crew-5 back on Earth with Florida splashdown

ORLANDO, Fla. — Another four humans are back on Earth after spending more than five months in space with the SpaceX Crew-5 mission that departed the International Space Station in the wee hours of Saturday before a 19-hour trip home to splash down off the coast of Florida.

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Sen. Rick Scott weighs in against Florida proposed 6-week abortion ban, contrasting DeSantis

TAMPA, Fla. — Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott weighed in against several proposals backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, including a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

Miami Herald

Panthers avoid disaster, rally past Blackhawks in overtime

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers needed more than 60 minutes and a multi-goal comeback just to get past one of the worst teams in the NHL on Friday, but they did what they had to in order to keep their postseason hopes afloat.

Orlando Sentinel

Unlikely contender Ben Griffin the clubhouse leader at suspended Players

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — If you ask Ben Griffin, scaling PGA Tour leaderboards beats weighing some rising interest rates.

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String of dolphin deaths at Clearwater aquarium prompts ‘expert’ examination

TAMPA, Fla. — The sudden death of an 8-year-old dolphin on Monday made for a grim statistic at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA teases Artemis astronaut reveal as record federal budget request comes in

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gave his annual State of NASA speech on Thursday dropping the news of when the agency would announce the four astronauts that will fly on the first crewed mission of the Artemis program while giving a top-level look at a record budget request…

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