
Jim Varsallone
Sports Reporter and Photographer at Miami Herald
Covering Pro Wrestling (NXT, WWE, AEW, TNA Wrestling, ROH, NWA, MLW, WOW, CCW, BRCW, Fla Indy), MMA (ATT, Kill Cliff), BKFC, UFC, PFL, Combate Global, MVP
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4 days ago |
miamiherald.com | Jim Varsallone
When honoring the best of the best with a Lifetime Achievement Award, Marty Cooper is in that category for sure. The Miami Herald decided to make it official, and Coach Cooper is a 2025 recipient of a Miami Herald Lifetime Achievement Award. It’s been a long time coming.
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1 week ago |
miamiherald.com | Jim Varsallone
Senior pitcher Meagan Villazon of Miami Doral Academy is the Florida Dairy Farmers 2025 Miss Softball following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school softball coaches and media representatives. Villazon led her squad to the Class 6A state title with a 26-1 record. She posted an 0.63 ERA, while striking out 261 batters in 145 innings pitched. At the plate, she batted .475 with nine doubles, two home runs and 45 RBI.
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2 weeks ago |
miamiherald.com | Jim Varsallone
Todd Fitz-Gerald of Parkland Stoneman Douglas High School is the Florida Dairy Farmers 2025 Baseball Coach of the Year following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school baseball coaches and media representatives. Fitz-Gerald, who won the state’s top coaching honor in 2016, won three consecutive times from 2021-23 before finishing as the runner-up in 2024. His Stoneman Douglas team finished with a 31-2 record this season and won the school’s fifth consecutive Class 7A title.
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2 weeks ago |
miamiherald.com | Jim Varsallone
Seniors Tyra Cox of Miami Northwestern High School and Jason Atwood of Tallahassee Chiles High School have been named the 2025 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss and Mr. Track, respectively, following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school track and field coaches and media representatives. Cox swept the Class 3A 200-meter (22.99) and 400-meter (51.44) state titles for the second consecutive year. Her time in the 400 meters was the second-fastest among USA high school runners in 2025.
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3 weeks ago |
miamiherald.com | Jim Varsallone
While San Diego’s Rey Mysterio continues to entertain fans, the accolades continue to mount. Most recently, this WWE Hall of Famer is the recipient of the 2025 Legend Impact Award, presented by the National Hispanic Media Coalition. The annual NHMC’s Impact Awards Gala is Friday, June 6 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
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