FROM CONCH TO TITAN: MEKHI SARGENT SHINES IN NFL

It was quite an accomplishment when Key West grad Mekhi Sargent made the 53-man Tennessee Titans cutdown squad on Aug. 31. He was to...

SPORTS & MORE: WOMEN’S FLAG FOOTBALL HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY

When I first met Diane Beruldsen, she was teaching at Sugarloaf School and playing as DBQB in a three-team women’s flag football league at...

KEY LARGO MUSIC LEGEND’S DAUGHTER RELEASES FIRST COVER SONG

The daughter of Keys music legend “Grateful Ted” recently released her first cover song and collaboration with Grammy award winner “Bluegrass Boy” Peter Rowan.  “Seminole...

SPORTS & MORE: KWHS athletic director also hopes to coach soccer

Justin Martin was born and grew up in Key West, graduated from Key West High, then Flagler College in St. Augustine.  After college, he spent three  years tending to the family  business — commercial  fishing  — before he took on coaching  the Conchs’ girls...

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: CONCHS KICK OFF SEASON THIS WEEK

Football returns to Key West High School on Friday night, Aug. 20, when Monsignor Pace arrives. The 7 p.m. pre-season game will be played...

SPORTS & MORE: HOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH?

My favorite soccer team is Barcelona (or Barça, as it’s commonly known).  And it’s all because of Lionel Messi. But now, Messi, perhaps the greatest...

SPORTS & MENTAL HEALTH: FIRST KHALIL, NOW SIMONE

By Ralph Morrow With anxiety, mental anguish and stress being the bywords for the Tokyo Olympics, and particularly Simone Biles, I was curious how far...