Comment on Florida court rules in favor of UCF athletics, caps damages in Ereck Plancher case

MIAMI — Bryson Stott hit a tiebreaking, bases-loaded triple in the sixth inning, and the major league-best Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 8-3 on Saturday. Stott finished with two hits and four RBIs. Catcher J. T. Realmuto had a run-scoring single and threw out two baserunners trying to steal for the Phillies, who have won 13 of 15 to improve to 28-12.

UCF football picked up the first piece to its 2026 recruiting class with the commitment of 4-star receiver Keeyun Chapman on Saturday. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound Chapman is a two-sport star at Jackson (Ala.) High School, where he plays varsity football and basketball for the Aggies. This past season, Chapman played wideout and tight end, registering 546 yards on 18 catches with 9 touchdowns and a 30.3-yard average, helping Jackson to an 11-1 record and a spot in the 4A playoffs.

I don’t know who or what I miss more. Norm Carlson …  or the era of sports journalism he represented. Carlson — or Mr. C,  as he was known by some of us then-student journalists at the University of Florida — was the most media-friendly sports publicist I ever encountered and once upon a time gave us Gainesville sports writers and broadcasters unlimited access to the inner sanctum of Gators football. Norm invited us to eat lunch with the head coach of the Gators every Tuesday and granted us exclusive one-on-one interviews with UF players every day after practice.

The Hurricanes’ 2024 basketball recruiting class is already one of the best in program history, and it got deeper on Saturday. Three-star combo guard Divine Ugochukwu is heading to Miami, announcing his decision on social media. UM announced he had signed is letter of intent, as well. “Divine is great young prospect out of Houston, who had a tremendous senior season,” UM coach Jim Larrañaga said in a press release.

By TERRY SPENCER and LYNNE SLADKY (Associated Press) MIAMI LAKES — Family and friends remembered former Florida Gov. and U. S. Sen. Bob Graham on Saturday as a politician who usually avoided rancor, enjoyed meeting regular Floridians and always behaved civilly, even behind closed doors. About 200 people gathered for a memorial service at Miami Lakes United Church of Christ for the two-term governor and three-term senator, who died last month at 87.

MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins already have a scintillating 1-2 punch of speedy running backs. They still selected another one with similar blazing traits in the NFL draft two weeks ago — and not only drafted him, traded into the fourth round using a third-rounder in 2025 to make sure he was theirs. But will Jaylen Wright merely be a No.