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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s the constant refrain of escapees from Elmira and East Rutherford: South Florida has no seasons. Not so. Saturday is opening day for Grapefruit League spring-training baseball for five Major League teams in three South Florida ballparks — for fans, it’s Christmas every day.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Inside a tavern area at Tropicana Field, there is laughter and conversation. A Suncoast Tiger Bay meeting with Rays president Brian Auld has just wrapped up early Thursday evening, and members are now mingling with politicians and team executives.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic aren’t being shy about their desires to qualify for the play-in tournament.

STARKE, Fla. — Florida executed Donald David Dillbeck on Thursday evening, three decades after he stabbed to death Faye Vann outside the Tallahassee Mall.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When reliever Ryan Thompson found out Saturday he had lost his arbitration case to the Rays, he said he was “absolutely” disappointed with the result. He was somewhat philosophical about the process. He was even a bit flip, saying he was thrilled to still make…

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A few months ago, Noah Song was sitting in his room at his rental house in Jacksonville, Fla., when he got a text from Bobby Applegate, his former pitching coach at the Naval Academy.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Spectrum News 13 announced the names of the two TV journalists who were shot while covering a homicide case in Orange County on Wednesday.

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Braves lefty Max Fried is the staff’s No. 1 starter. Spencer Strider’s “stuff” is so good that he should be a strikeout machine for a full season like he was for 20 starts in 2022. Old pro Charlie Morton is looking for a bounce-back season in…

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Orioles rebuilt like the Houston Astros. With that process finished, they plan to compete like the Tampa Bay Rays.