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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When you get past all the pomp of opening day to the circumstance, winning the game is what matters most.

ORLANDO, Fla. — If they go to court, Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked oversight board might be in for a multimillion-dollar legal slugfest that could last years.

TAMPA, Fla. — When “Spring Breakers” released in theaters, the nation had just reinaugurated Barack Obama. “Argo” had just won best picture, and its director, Ben Affleck, was not yet “sad Ben Affleck.” Months later, Miley Cyrus twerked at the MTV Video Music Awards, which we still really cared about.

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Scientists at SeaWorld rehabilitate so many injured manatees, many from the Florida Keys, that they have trouble coming up with creative names for the aquatic mammals.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Here’s how Jim Larrañaga prepares for the biggest game of his big life: He opens his office door as he’s in mid-discussion with his coaching staff and gives a come-on-in wave to the visitor standing outside.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — C.J. Cron once hit 30 home runs for the Rays. A month later, he was waived.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Not only did 74th-ranked Sorana Cirstea of Romania upset World No. 2 Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday in a Miami Open quarterfinal to reach her first semifinal in a Masters 1000-level tournament in 10 years, she did it as one of the oldest women on the…

JUPITER, Fla. — Dynamic, athletic and with his own distinct swagger, Cardinals prospect and potential shortstop of the future Masyn Winn came into his first big-league spring training camp expecting a unique learning experience. The Cardinals' decision-makers similarly expected a great opportunity to learn.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The winter killing season for manatees along Central Florida’s Atlantic coast is winding down with an astounding turn of events — a tiny fraction of the animals died compared to during the last two years.