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Greg Cote: Dan Le Batard ends long run on ESPN with humor, emotion, gratitude — and promise to fans

Miami-based ESPN personality Dan Le Batard ended his eight-year run on the network Monday, signing off for the last time on both ESPN Radio’s Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz and the televised Highly Questionable. He did so with a message spoken directly to longtime fans wondering what’s next for Le Batard and his show family, fighting back emotion the longer he talked. “We could not be more grateful for your support,” he said on the ‘Big Suey’ segment that preceded the two-hour national radio show. “That gratitude is mountainous and real and forever. It’s the primary reason we’re leaving. You’...

An iguana wearing a bandana attacked a person in Miami because 2020 isn't weird enough

MIAMI — Are the iguanas forming a street gang in the next phase of their South Florida takeover plan? If they are, we might know who the leader is. A bandana-wearing iguana reportedly jumped over a home's fence and "attacked" someone in Miami recently. Then a woman wearing medical scrubs came looking for it. What? Yes, this strange "Oh, Miami" moment apparently happened and Miami-raised journalist Arielle Castillo, who now works as the U.S. content producer for Manchester City Football Club, shared the deets on Twitter. "I just got a call from one of my two social pod friends in Miami that the...

Crew of cargo ship rescues man from sinking boat 90 miles off coast of Florida

MIAMI — A Port Canaveral man was found alive Sunday almost 90 miles out to sea clinging to his sinking boat a day after he was reported missing.The crew of a cargo ship, the Angeles, spotted Stuart Bee, 62, hanging onto the bow of his 32-foot Sea Ray boat, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The crew of the ship dropped a line to Bee and brought him on board the 225-foot vessel.Bee left the Cape Marina in Port Canaveral on Friday. Another member of the marina reported him missing Saturday because he usually doesn’t stay out on the water overnight, according to the Coast Guard.The Coast Guard la...