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Players from humble beginnings surrounded by corporate excess at Cadillac Championship, other PGA tour events

Rory McIlroy wasn’t soaking in the scene Friday at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. He was too preoccupied shooting his lowest round of the season, a crisp 3-under-par 69 on Doral’s TPC Blue Monster that put him 2-under-par yet still 11 shots off the searing pace of leader and playing partner Tiger Woods.

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Linda Robertson: Steve Stricker’s tip for Tiger Woods shows sportsmanship alive and well

Tiger Woods finished his first round at Doral with a 6-under-par 66 on an afternoon imported from golf heaven. He would not be tied for the lead without the prescient putting advice of Steve Stricker, who happens to be one of his opponents in the 65-man field of the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

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Linda Robertson: Biggest player goes missing for Miami Hurricanes

Reggie Johnson would have liked to revel in a glorious occasion Wednesday night. But he spent too much of the game on the bench, towel on thighs, elbows on knees, chin in hands.

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Sailors try to tame waters that refuse to be conquered

Biscayne Bay, Shangri-La for sailors, welcomed the world’s best skippers and crew to its warm waters with a postcard day, and they blew kisses of homage into the irresistible breeze.

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Linda Robertson: UM, Donna Shalala must avoid hypocrisy

You would not want to underestimate Donna Shalala on a tennis court. Or in a poker game. Or in a boxing ring.

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Linda Robertson: A night of highs and lows for Miami Hurricanes

The air gets thinner at higher altitudes.

London Olympics

Life’s work finally paying off for Olympian Manuel Huerta

He runs, bikes, swims — and overcomes all odds to get to the Olympics

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Relay loss leaves U.S. swimming treading water in Olympics

Order was not restored in the Olympic pool on Sunday night. In fact, it was jumbled again.A day after Michael Phelps failed to get on the Olympic medal podium for the first time since 2000, he swam much better. But it didn’t matter. Silver in the 400-meter freestyle relay doesn’t matter. Sounds harsh, but it’s true, especially when the foursome from the United States included the two best swimmers in the world.

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It is anyone’s game in March Madness this year

Kentucky, the undisputed No.1 seed on Selection Sunday, will go after the school’s eighth national title with a particular sense of urgency

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Diver Matthew Mitcham springboards into debate about gay athletes

Diving with a tender abdominal muscle is about as painful as playing trumpet with a split lip.

FIGURE SKATING

Evan Lysacek headlines show at BankAtlantic Center

Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek will be among the figure skaters performing Friday night in the Smucker's Stars on Ice at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise.

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Radiohead gaining Kentucky Derby credibility

Rick Dutrow Jr. watched one horse race in New York on his TV while keeping an eye on half a dozen others walking laps around Barn 6 at Gulfstream Park. Dutrow trains more than 100 horses nationwide. They are his 1,200-pound athletes, and he is the coach. That's a lot of thoroughbreds to nurture, especially when the conversations tend to be one-sided.

Another sad chapter for UM, city

It is awful to imagine the terror and brutality that invaded Sean Taylor's home in the middle of the night. Taylor, awakened by suspicious noises, tried to protect himself, his girlfriend and their baby by grabbing a machete hidden under his bed. But he had no chance. He was shot in the groin by an intruder, the bullet ripping through his femoral artery. He lost a tremendous amount of blood. He is hanging on, in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.