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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The LGBTQ progress pride flag painted on a side street just off Fort Lauderdale beach and State Road A1A was damaged — intentionally, according to the mayor — less than three weeks after it was unveiled.

CUTLER BAY, Fla. — Three years ago, Miami-Dade County proposed that the state rename a stretch of U.S. 1 after abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Florida lawmakers met for their annual legislative session last year, they championed bills that led to months of headlines for Gov. Ron DeSantis about sexual orientation, abortion, immigration, voting and the teaching of the nation’s racial history.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Down two starters, the Orlando Magic came up short in Sunday’s matchup vs. the Blazers, falling to Portland 122-119 at Amway Center.

JUPITER, Fla. — Twenty-three years ago next week, team morale at Cardinals spring training took a hit when clubhouse and fan favorite super sub Joe McEwing was traded to the Mets for reliever Jesse Orosco.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The hard part is over. The time, the sweat, the heartache is behind him.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Last Monday, switch-hitting Pittsburgh slugger Carlos Santana stepped up to the plate against left-hander José Alvarado in the fourth inning of the Pirates-Phillies Grapefruit League game in Bradenton. The first six pitches of the at-bat went about how you’d expect. Alvarado threw Santana a 98 mph sinker,…

SUNRISE, Fla. — Not much has changed with Nick Bonino since he last wore the black and gold. But he did acknowledge a few key differences Saturday.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Connor Joe's journeyman career wasn't projected to transpire as such, at least not initially.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Marcus Ericsson used a late pass to win Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, withstanding a crash-filled IndyCar Series season opener that featured two cars going airborne, one driver being hospitalized and the two top contenders wrecking each other out with 29 laps to go…

TAMPA, Fla. — There’s an old joke about a man who asked his brother to housesit his cat while he goes on a family vacation. When the man calls home to check on everything, the brother blurts out that the cat has died.