James O. Born, author of five Florida-based mystery novels and a recent sci-fi mystery set in Miami (under the pen name James O’Neal), might be the most fit novelist in the peninsula tip. Also a special agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Boynton Beach resident keeps in shape for his day job, [...]

    The city of Miami drafted a master plan for Virginia Key, an ecologically rich island on which Miami Seaquarium stands, and the quickest item to implement was a system of mountain-bike trails. After all, no major buildings needed to be constructed and the cycling group that maintains Markham Park’s well-loved trails volunteered to [...]

  Race #4 of mountain biking’s Coconut Cup, the 8th Annual South Florida Championship Series, took place at Markham Park in Sunrise on Jan. 24. The series awards $25,000 in cash and prizes and is the region’s most prestigious for mountain bikers. On the 20.4-mile course Tara Pizza won the women’s elite class in 111.44 [...]