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2 days ago |
miamiherald.com | Walter Villa
For a decade, her parents wouldn’t let her race – even though motorsports were almost literally in her blood. Once she finally got in a race car at age 17, some male drivers would purposely and viciously knock her off the track. And, just to leave no doubt as to their intent, the parents of Maite Caceres’ opponents left sexist messages about her on social media.
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3 days ago |
miamiherald.com | Walter Villa
Sometimes, pickleball in your home city isn’t enough. Sometimes, people passionate about pickleball pack paddles and head for their vacations. Take Alicia Ortiz, for example. Last summer, the Pinecrest resident booked a trip to Saint Lucia with a company called “Pickled A Broad”, which designs a health and wellness pickleball retreat. “It was one of the best experiences of my life,” said Ortiz, who does not have an athletic background but fell in love with pickleball three years ago.
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1 week ago |
miamiherald.com | Walter Villa
The Herald recently spoke to new FIU football coach Willie Simmons for nearly an hour. This is the second of a three-part series:What’s more fun: spring football, where every team is optimistic; or the actual season, which usually has ups and downs? There’s nothing like the fall. Everything we do – the winter, spring, summer … It’s all for the fall. All the hard work and the long hours, it’s all for those 12 Saturdays in the fall to show what you’re made of.
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1 week ago |
miamiherald.com | Walter Villa
The Herald recently spoke to new FIU football coach Willie Simmons for nearly an hour. Here is that conversation, split up into a three-part series. Part One pertains to Simmons off the field. Can you tell us about your family? My wife Shaia and I grew up in the same small town of Quincy, Florida. We went to middle school and high school together. We reconnected after many years and started our family. Louis III, our oldest son, is 26, and he is a personal-injury attorney.
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1 week ago |
miamiherald.com | Walter Villa
When Cooper Josefsberg was in the seventh grade, he and his family went on an African safari where they watched — from up close — as a lion hunted a zebra. During the past couple of weeks, Josefsberg had another incredible up-close view as the walk-on basketball player from Miami’s Riviera Prep watched his Florida Gators win six straight NCAA Tournament games, earning their first national title since 2007.
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