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He may be long-gone from his former position as Superintendent of Schools, but Art Johnson was still stirring up trouble during Wednesday’s School Board meeting. Johnson resigned in 2011 in lieu of being fired, signing a seperation agreement with the district on his way out. Last month, he was named the executive director of the [...]
The NBA got it right when it came to the All-Star ballot. It got it all wrong when it comes to the media vote for the 2013 All-NBA teams. Moving away from the stodginess of we-always-have-done-it-that-way thinking, the league changed the All-Star balloting to mandate votes for three frontcourt players and two guards. [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers may yet impact the NBA championship race. Although perhaps not the way Jerry Buss, Jim Buss, Jeanie Buss or busloads of fans in the Southland anticipated. With every Lakers loss making it clearer that the mix is not working, it moves the Lakers closer to considering the possibilities. [...]
By Scott Travis Sun Sentinel 3:01 p.m. EST, December 11, 2012 Dramatic changes could be coming to Broward County schools, including a major expansion of focus for Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale. A proposal to turn Dillard into a K-12 digital arts and entertainment magnet school was mentioned almost as an afterthought in a [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 3:38 p.m. EST, December 11, 2012 The school board heard from its redistricting committee Tuesday on how to best redraw its district lines. District boundaries are usually redrawn every 10 years to reflect the most recent Census data. Broward, however, postponed the process until after the 2012 elections. But that decision [...]
Mario Chalmers of the Miami Heat jams his finger in a loss to the Washington Wizards during the first half. (Rob Carr, Getty Images / December 4, 2012) By Shandel Richardson Sun Sentinel 1:37 p.m. EST, December 5, 2012 WASHINGTON — Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers could miss up to five games after injuring his [...]
By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 11:30 p.m. EDT, September 12, 2012 MIAMI— Miami Heat championship teammates LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh soon may no longer stand together off the court. According to a report Wednesday from the Sports Business Journal, James is poised to make the second agency switch [...]
With their 2012 NBA championship, the Miami Heat added currency to coach Erik Spoelstra’s notion of “position-less basketball.” Now, one of his players has exported it to the Olympics, with LeBron James not only a starting forward for USA Basketball, but also cast as the team’s backup center behind Tyson Chandler, the lone [...]
MIAMI— To a degree, regaining homecourt advantage in these NBA Finals has become an all-or-nothing proposition for the Heat: Win the next three games at AmericanAirlines Arena and they’re 2012 NBA champions. Otherwise, it means having to go back to Oklahoma City, where the Thunder have lost only once in 10 home playoff games, with [...]
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