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TAMPA, Fla. — Kyle Trask’s two preseason performances have generated mixed results, but the second-year quarterback received an endorsement Wednesday from Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lynda Cruz was in over her head, a now-retired psychologist testified Wednesday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former UCF star linebacker Shaquem Griffin is retiring from professional football, he announced Wednesday in a first-person article published in The Players’ Tribune.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The party hadn’t been gliding across Lake Okeechobee long when they encountered an 11-foot gator. Many would be scared, but for the group participating in the first day of alligator hunting season, it was a promising sign.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays are still waiting to get back a few more big pieces from the injured list, such as shortstop Wander Franco, high-leverage reliever JP Feyereisen and, maybe, star pitcher Tyler Glasnow.

TAMPA, Fla. — Millions of Democrats in Florida gave U.S. Rep. Val Demings an early vote of confidence Tuesday as the party’s national leaders push for her to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio this fall.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Charlie Crist soundly defeated Nikki Fried in the Democratic primary for Florida governor on Tuesday, prevailing in what became a bitter campaign to take on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November.

TAMPA, Fla. — Bucs safety Logan Ryan had a special guest with him for Tuesday’s news conference at AdventHealth Training Center: Cora, an adoptable dog from the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. The two had met just 30 minutes earlier, and already the 5-year-old terrier mix was sitting on Ryan’s…

ORLANDO, Fla. — UCF special teams coordinator Brian Blackmon is one of three former or current Troy University coaches listed as a defendant in a federal lawsuit stemming from allegations that former Troy punter Jack Dawson verbally harassed and physically abused former Troy long snapper John Haynes at Troy in…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland school shooter was a child once, a baby-faced kid who posed for pictures with his family and smiled dutifully, a little boy enrolled in day care like so many other children his age.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has talked about busing undocumented immigrants out of the state for the better part of the year, and his administration has $12 million to roll out a program that could do just that.