Former Hialeah Gardens High basketball standout Gian Clavell recently signed with the Dallas Mavericks after competing for the Miami Heat’s summer league teams in Orlando and Las Vegas.He is the first Hialeah Gardens High alumni to play for an NBA team.The 6-4, 185-pound undrafted rookie from Colorado State University, who was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, averaged 12.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 24.6...

Barbara Goleman High School student Noel Hernandez won the Bronze Medal last month at the Pan American U21 Juniors and Cadets Karate Federation Continental Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hernandez competed in the 14-15 Elite Kumite -52kg category, where more than 200 junior athletes, males and females, participated in the annual combat event. Hernandez earned a spot on the junior national team consisting of the best athletes...

Soccer fans in Miami were abuzz with excitement over the highly anticipated El Clásico tournament this summer, but Miami Dade College gave the community even more of a reason to celebrate, thanks to a new partnership with FC Barcelona Foundation, the service arm of the globally popular fútbol club in Spain.Miami will become the second city in the United States to implement FutbolNet, a six-month youth sports program that uses...

Catholic Hospice, headquartered in Miami Lakes, will host the 21st Anniversary Swinging Fore Charity Golf Tournament which was rescheduled to Friday, December 1, on the Senator Course at Shula’s Golf Club.
The event will benefit United States military veterans and their families while on Hospice care.
Sponsorship packages are available. For more information, call 305-351-7065, or email golf21@catholichospice.org.

The Miami Lakes Optimist Club is currently holding registration for its NFL Youth Flag Football League for boys and girls ages 5-13, on consecutive Saturdays, September 2 and 9, from 10 a.m. to noon at the  Optimist Park Clubhouse, 6411 N.W. 162 Street.The registration fee is $120, which covers all costs for players including their jerseys and equipment. Payment can be made with cash or by check.Parents can also register their children...