Thriller and mystery novels get readers’ hearts pumping fast, just like outdoor sports, and with New Year’s resolutions kicking in soon we’re profiling the workouts and diets of 16 top authors in the genre. Their answers are inspiring, intimidating, and funny. While compiling these fitness profiles, 85 percent of the novelists that SFA’s David [...]

“I’ve just started a new book and I’m swamped with work. (But) I do exercise, every day, while watching soccer on television, leg lifts and curls with low weights-got to keep it all where it belongs.”

  Marine Lance Cpl. John McCall, a combat correspondent from Boca Raton, on patrol in Helmand province, July 16, 2009. Photo / Staff Sgt. William Greeson McCall photographs a government building during a patrol in Helmand province, July 7, 2009, and captures himself. Photo / Lance Cpl. John McCall Marines run for cover during a firefight [...]

Photo / Blazing Paddles Blazing Paddles has practiced at West Lake Park in Hollywood since March 2008 but controversy has erupted. The South Florida Sun Sentinel summed it up by reporting, “A lone kayaker failed to slay Broward’s only dragon boat team today, but the battle is not over.” Kristin Deffler, an attorney who has attained [...]