Florida Agenda

KEY WEST, Fla. – More than 500 participants will span 165 miles over two days as the SMART Ride 7 prepares to hit the road Nov. 18-20. The Southern Most AIDS/HIV Ride has raised more than $2.2 million for charity since it began in 2003, and 100 percent of the proceeds from the event go [...]

By RYAN DIXON I can remember making fun of the male cheerleaders in high school — all the cheerleaders, come to think of it. The only thing funnier to me at sports banquets, besides getting a letter in chess, was getting a letter in cheerleading. I felt that just because your sport makes it on [...]

By RYAN DIXON I grew up walking up and down the boardwalk of Virginia Beach. Every October brings the Neptune Festival back to life after lying dormant from the previous year. The thing every visitor to the festival visits every year is the sand sculpting contest, but the past decade has seen an introduction of [...]

By DAVID DONAHUE The South Florida Category 5 Flag Football Team just returned from participating in the 10th annual National Gay Flag Football Championships, Gay Bowl X, hosted by the Phoenix Hellraisers in Phoenix, Arizona. This was their 5th year competing in the tournament, against teams from all over the country. This year, 26 teams [...]

By RYAN DIXON The Divisional Series are now over and the League Championship Series are set. After sweeping the Twins, the Yankees look ready to continue their dominance against the Rangers in the American League Championship who dispatched the Rays in five games. On the heels of the second no-hitter in baseball history, The Phillies [...]

By RYAN DIXON I wish I could say I wrote this prior to the NFL games played during week one, but alas, I didn’t. Call me a cheater but there were way too many important games in week one for me to just throw these predictions out there. Allow me to apologize ahead of time [...]

By RYAN DIXON If you happened to have stop by the ball fields at Mill’s Pond recently, you may have noticed a slight change in things. I’m not talking about a different color grass or more parking; I’m talking about the players on the field. The boys of summer are gone, but the ladies are [...]

By Mike Rosenfield Wake up, get dressed and head out for work. Outside is the view of thousands of drivers, sitting in lines of automotive stagnation, on an over-congested, outdated roadway.  Exhaust and heat pollution ripple views along lines of cars sitting in front of red lights. When the light changes, three cars go through, [...]

By MIKE ROSENFIELD Look in any gym window and you’ll see men hard at work, pumping Iron, climbing the Stairmaster, or riding stationary bicycles. They’re sweating away -building those muscles and burning fat. Above them, the TV drones on; news of the latest local crimes, the weather report and the latest happenings in the stock [...]

Profile: Evan Darling by BOB KECSKEMETY While most of us were barbequing, swimming and celebrating with friends during Memorial Day weekend, Evan Darling, 42 of Oakland Park was up in Lakeville, CT at Lime Rock Park racing in a Grand Am Continental Challenge road race. “I’ve always been interested in racing, it’s in my blood. [...]