Meet Daniel Bachove. As that Philadelphia Daily News story attests, the 31-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident and Philadelphia native won a lottery for tickets to watch the Phillies play the Yankees in the World Series. And he’s bringing his great-great aunt, 95-year-old Harriette Gubel.What have you done for your great-great aunt…
America loves a fierce competitor. And we have a particular soft spot for athletes who prove to be impervious to the ravages of old age. That’s why swimmer Dara Torres, who lives in Parkland, emerged as one of the biggest stars of the 2008 Summer Olympics. At 41, she’s the…
Where do you start with the Tyrone Carter story? Probably in Pompano Beach, where he was one of five children in a three-bedroom home, raised by his grandmother because his parents had drug problems. A child of his own by his junior year in high school, then another by another…
With three failing companies swamped by bankruptcy proceedings in Florida, Bernie needed a break. And he got one. Bernie Kosar is rejoining the NFL team he took to the playoffs in his first five seasons as a player.Although the details of the arrangement remain vague, it appears the Weston resident…
You’re the hometown boy, David Clowney, so we want to root for you — even though you play for the Jets. But why do you have to make it so hard?This month, Clowney has sparked controversy by complaining about coaching decisions in Twitter posts. Not a wise move for a…
Back in April, it was a curious move: Isiah Thomas taking the job as basketball coach at Florida International University. Since retiring as one of the game’s best-ever point guards, the former Detroit Piston had been a basketball executive and pro coach. He bombed at both, but still it didn’t…
Broward County’s a popular place for retired athletes — for better, and in Jim Leyritz’s case, for worse. Count Errict Rhett in that former category. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back, who starred at the University of Florida and, before that, at McArthur High School in Hollywood. Recently, Rhett…
God only knows how good he is in the pulpit, but there’s no doubting Rev. Greg Barrette is a master of self-promotion. Several years ago, when he was a pastor in Delray Beach, he landed a gig performing the invocation at a Dolphins game:In front of 80,000 fans, he asked…
The uproar over Rush Limbaugh’s bungled bid to buy the St. Louis Rams wouldn’t be complete without a mention of his membership in Palm Beach’s oldest and most exclusive country club, the Everglades Club.Palm Beach’s infamous bloviater was kicked out of a group trying to buy the Rams after several…
“The Kid” will coach the kids at Palm Beach Atlantic University, which makes a good excuse to post this totally 1980s Newsday promo from Gary Carter’s days with the Amazin’ Mets.After the jump, the other video Carter made in 1986, warning kids about the dangers of drugs at a time…
What is it about Pembroke Pines that makes retired athletes flock there? We’ve told you about Kenny Anderson, the former New Jersey Nets star who recently invited a slew of his illegitimate children to the city, as well as Deon Thomas, the University of Illinois great who became a star…
That’s Boca Raton native and American soccer star Jozy Altidore in an interview he gave late last night to ESPN after the U.S. earned a 2-2 tie against Costa Rica. In doing so, the Americans won the draw, after having qualified earlier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.The…
It’s lewd. It’s crude. It’s a few years old. And damn, it’s funny. In a press conference this afternoon, the Miami Dolphins new resident badass, Chad Henne, discussed some disparaging comments made by Jets players after Monday night’s amazing come-from-behind victory. The remarks were nothing compared to a song created…
Lamarcus Joyner must have looked at a football schedule recently and said, “Fine, then. I’ll fly out to watch USC play Notre Dame on Saturday.” And why not? Free plane ticket. Free ticket to the sold-out game. Free food. Free lodging. It’s good to be a star player at St…
Florida Atlantic University certainly knows legendary coaches. Howard Schnellenberger is one of the most celebrated coaches in college history (on top of a National Championship at Miami, he also famously recruited Joe Nammoth to Alabama). But this week he will travel to Denton, Texas to play the University of North…
The Philadelphia Flyers just arrived in town to play our Panthers — on Friday night. That means the team has four days and three nights to kill before they suit up in the BankAtlantic. That is, a couple dozen mostly twentysomething multi-millionaires who play a sport known for hard hits…
When Gloria Estefan made the deal with Stephen M. Ross to become a minority owner in the Miami Dolphins in June, the terms of the deal were not released. Anyone who watched ESPN this weekend, though, saw video proof of the price Ms. Estefan paid to play the game, so to…
Are you ready for some football? Well, Chad Pennington isn’t. He was supposed to provide the Monday Night Football storyline. He was to avenge his being dumped by the Jets before the 2008 season. Instead, Pennington got injured, so now announcers are going to have to talk about another QB…
Kimmie Meissner is originally from the Baltimore area, in case you wondered about the musical score from the video above, but she’s spent most of her year in Fort Lauderdale, having lived in an apartment here since February last year, when she came to train with a new coach. Unfortunately,…
Marlins Manager Fredi Gonzalez’s job reportedly went on the chopping block after team owner Jeffrey Loria and upper management voiced their disappointment with the team’s failure to play October ball. Ultimately, Loria and company decided to give Gonzalez a stay of execution. “For me, with any job in any organization,…
flickr.com No pressure, Tim, it’s only your brain. Though the University of Florida and Coach Urban Meyer have been nothing but careful with their words, I don’t think there was ever really a doubt that Tim Tebow would play in tonight’s big game against LSU. This, just two weeks removed from…
Why would the tennis players who’s arguably the world’s greatest ever watch college players? Based on this article in the Sacramento Bee, Roger Federer was keeping tabs on Jesse Levine, the Boca Raton resident who two years ago was playing for the University of Florida. The article describes how an…
