I’m not alone in that I’m a sports fan who greatly misses sports right now. The spread of the coronavirus epidemic has left stadiums empty and pumped the brake on sports. This hiatus makes me relish the opportunity I had to cover Spring Training two weeks ago — before the …

Hello, my name is Kyle Wood and I’m a junior journalism student at the University of Florida. I’m from Coral Springs, Florida, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, and have been writing about sports since I was a junior in high school. I am the sports editor of The Independent Florida …

Walking around FITTEAM Ballpark of The Palm Beaches Monday afternoon, it wasn’t immediately clear that a Miami Marlins game was taking place on the diamond below. Granted, it was a school day and a workday in Palm Beach County, but that didn’t stop a fan in a Mike Trout jersey …

West Palm Beach, Fla. — There wasn’t a cloud to be seen miles around the palm tree-dotted FITTEAM Ballpark of The Palm Beaches. But the boos that pierced the calm sky when the Houston Astros were announced reminded baseball fans both fanatic and casual of the dark cloud hanging over …