By Scott Travis January 18, 2012 12:50 PM Some students say the board that oversees Florida’s public universities doesn’t represent them. A group called the Florida Alliance for Student Action is protesting outside the Board of Governors meetings in Tallahassee Wednesday and Thursday. The alliance, made up of students at universities throughout the state, say [...]
High schools earn more A’s in Broward, Palm Beach County drops
January 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
High schools in Broward County earned more A’s this year, according to grades released Wednesday by the state Department of Education. Broward earned 17 A’s this year, compared to 13 last year, while Palm Beach earned eight A’s, a sharp decline from 15 last year. The numbers include charter schools. Check the results here. Broward [...]
Shane Battier: 2012 champion will be more than legit
December 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
(TO COMMENT, CLICK ON “COMMENTS” TOP LEFT)— For those who believe the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season should be tainted with an asterisk, Heat forward Shane Battier has another idea: Punctuate it with an exclamation point. To Battier, the eventual 2012 champion might actually be a truer champion than one crowned during a typical season, if for [...]
Palm Beach County schools give employees more time for tobacco forms
December 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
By Marc Freeman December 8, 2011 01:55 PM The Palm Beach County School District is giving employees one final opportunity to indicate whether they are smokers, prior to imposing a new $ 50 per month tobacco-use surcharge starting in January. Numerous teachers and other workers had complained they had been incorrectly labeled as tobacco users [...]
Two more weeks formally knocked off Heat schedule
November 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 9:51 a.m. EST, November 12, 2011 MIAMI— This time there was no formal announcement, just a few computer clicks with the delete button by the NBA. But there, on the league’s official websites, are the results: Two more weeks from the NBA schedule are gone. Without the announcement [...]
Chris Bosh says Miami Heat season, ‘More lows than highs’
September 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— Whenever the Miami Heat come together after the NBA lockout, power forward Chris Bosh said Wednesday they still must come together as a team. Reflecting on both the work stoppage and his team being stopped two victories shy of a championship by the Dallas Mavericks in last season’s NBA Finals, Bosh found himself in [...]
No team with more at stake in CBA than Heat
September 10, 2011 Leave a Comment
We have reached the point of the NBA lockout where things either will move quickly or not at all. For months, plans have been set in motion for the not-at-all eventuality. Overseas contracts. Barnstorming tours. Pro-am leagues, such as the upcoming one in Las Vegas. But now, after three recent negotiating sessions and major rounds [...]
Who’s that No. 2? LeBron in (more) pickup action (Video)
July 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
by: Ira Winderman July 25th, 2011 | 4:11 PM Last week, we got a glance at LeBron James during the Chris Chambers City Classic in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, where, representing his hometown of Akron, James helped lead his squad over a team of players from Cleveland 81-66. With James back at it this past weekend, [...]