Miami

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Raheem Mostert, who starred as a running back at New Smyrna Beach High School way back when, has signed with the Las Vegas Raiders ahead of Thursday's NFL Draft.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kyle Larson is winless no more in the NASCAR racing season after taking the checkered flag in the Straight Talk Wireless 400 on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. 

MIAMI, Fla. -- The names of the two other victims in the fatal boating accident involving Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez were released earlier in the day Monday.

Kyle Sikora played for Miami's Florida Christian

DELAND -- Kyle Sikora only averaged 1.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game for Michigan's Oakland University, but Stetson University men's basketball coach Casey Alexander likes his size. Sikora is a 7-footer who weighs 240 pounds.

“We’re really excited that Kyle chose Stetson,” Alexander said. “His size and skill level is perfect for our offensive system and his presence in the paint will mean a lot for the future of this program.”

EDGEWATER -- A sense of relief came over me with the arrest of George Zimmerman on the charge of second-degree murder in the Sanford shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. As much as the whole state of Florida is a tinderbox of dryness prone to fire, I was more and more feeling that this situation was also a tinderbox that was on the verge of exploding into violence.