The Latest Breaking News from Fla

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Stadium Court is typically the stage for marquee players at the Miami Open, but the most electric crowds so far this week were at the 5,000-seat Grandstand, where two of the sport’s rising stars — Carlos “Carlitos” Alcaraz and Francisco Cerundolo — played their fourth-round matches.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Bruce Arians, two-time NFL coach of the year who led Tampa Bay to a Super Bowl victory in the 2020 season, is stepping down immediately as head coach of the Buccaneers. That prompts questions that Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer can address:

ORLANDO, Fla. — The coast is clear as far as cruise lines, COVID-19 and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is concerned.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Bruce Arians, who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory, is retiring from coaching effective immediately with the intent of being replaced by defensive coordinator Todd Bowles.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Since Jeffrey Lurie became the Eagles’ owner in 1994, his team has drafted nearly 250 players, signed and re-signed more than a thousand, made manifold evaluations and roster decisions, and only three times, he recalled Tuesday, has he ever pushed for a particular outcome.

TAMPA, Fla. — Luis Severino is getting ready for April 9, his first start back in the Big Apple.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Braves pondered two names to be their opening-day starter: Max Fried and Charlie Morton.

JUPITER, Fla. — Camp Cardinal returns to work Wednesday after the team’s final spring training off day.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — There are times, highly placed sources have confirmed under promise of anonymity, when Corey Kluber occasionally will laugh, joke around and even subtly mastermind some clubhouse pranks.

TAMPA, Fla. — More than a week after she was hit in the face by a batted ball, Rachel Balkovec is doing better but still sidelined, according to Yankees Vice President of Player Development Kevin Reese.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lawrence Taylor, the ex-football great who spent his Hall of Fame career as a linebacker with the New York Giants, pleaded not guilty Wednesday during his arraignment on charges of failing to register as a sex offender.