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Dan Le Batard

Dan Le Batard joined The Herald back in 1990 and is a graduate from the University of Miami. Recognized as one of the top sports columnists today, Dan has covered several of sports' top events and is also a regular correspondent for ESPN.

Ask Dan your questions LIVE on Mondays between 1-2 p.m. in his chat.

Email Dan at dlebatard@miamiherald.com

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Cuban boxing gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa trains at Top Level Gym on Southwest 8th Street in Miami on Friday, July 3, 2009. Gamboa defected from Cuba and trains with other defectors, including his brother.
CHARLES TRAINOR JR./MIAMI HERALD STAFF

IN MY OPINION

Unbeaten Cuban boxer Gamboa fighting for himself, family and freedom

Salsa crackles over the speakers, fighting to be heard above all the punches. Speed bags. Heavy bags. This is the music to which Yuriorkis Gamboa has always danced, the soundtrack to his life since the Cuban government started programming him to be a fighter. It makes sense that this tiny champion with firecrackers in his fists would train now on Calle Ocho, the street where Miami and Cuba most famously intersect. He represents one of the few things the rotting island he fled is still fertile enough...

  • Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar dejectedly walks the sidelines in the fourth quarter after Vinny Testaverde replaced him. Coach Bill Belichick says Testaverde will start next week. This was Kosar's last season with the Browns. (Susan Kirkman/Akron Beacon Journal)

    IN MY OPINION

    Ex-football star Bernie Kosar continues to fight through the pain

    A star in sports and business, the ex-quarterback is now struggling with bankruptcy, a broken marriage and a broken-down body. Photo Gallery Available

  • Miami Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson, left, sends in a play with quarterback Dan Marino in the third quarter against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapois, Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999.

    IN MY OPINION

    Jimmy Johnson living in luxury with football a distant memory

    ISLAMORADA -- This is where the sweat is, in a cramped and dark room away from all the light in his life. It is the only place you will find the scent of who Jimmy Johnson used to be, back when the chase defined him and made him a so very unhappy champion, and it smells a lot differently than the rest of his manicured property out here in paradise. Photo Gallery Available

  • A hearing is held in the Broward County courthouse on Feb. 17, 2009 for Jim Leyritz, who violated terms of his release on DUI manslaughter charges. Leyritz's attorney is David Bogenschutz.

    IN MY OPINION

    Charities turn back on former baseball star Jim Leyritz

    Jim Leyritz, who will go on trial on DUI and vehicular manslaughter charges this fall, has struggled with a tangled web of emotions that have haunted him since the fateful night that changed his life forever.

  • Speculation on role of Taylor's past

    Y ou remember him wrapped in so much armor. Muscles. Helmet. Padding. Distrust. The late Sean Taylor was known as one of the most menacing hitters in a violent game. But when the news organizations started putting his fresh face on TV screens in recent days -- no helmet, no scowl, no aura -- you couldn't help but notice this: My God, he looked like such a baby-faced child.


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