The Miami Lakes Athletic Club will hold special events in October to raise money for the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative and to raise awareness and remind women to get annual mammograms.      Club employees will wear pink T-shirts during the month.       There will be pink T-shirts, hair ties, bandanas and other accessories for sale.      A series of classes...

   It happens. You’re going to put a ball in the water every now and then.    Many golfers, however, don’t have a full understanding about what to do next.     First, understand the rules of the game AND the local rules of the course that you are playing.  Determine if the hazard line is painted yellow or red. (Most courses only use a red line.) If it’s yellow, you have three...

     As they do twice each  week, the Geezers softball team walked onto field No. 2 at Miami Lakes Optimist Park on Sept. 11.       The date marked 15 years that the Boys of Autumn, or the Geezers as they call themselves, have been playing in the park.        Twenty-eight men wore neon orange shirts donated by Miami Lakes AutoMall partner Fred Senra.    ...

    The youth sports community in Miami Lakes is mourning the loss of volunteer basketball coach Roy J. Hallak, who died Aug. 3.      Manuel Perez knew Hallak, 44, for more than a decade.      “He was very selfless,” Perez said. “He basically would go out of his way to help you out any way he could.”       Hallak coached basketball for over five years...

The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative will host its 8th Annual Pink Walk 5K run and walk on Sept. 22 at Miami Dade College’s North Campus. Runners, walkers, families and friends can help the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative that is based in Miami Lakes to raise $100,000. The money will go toward the organization's goals: education, screenings and treatment for women, college students and low-income...