How Florida pro sports teams are spending their summer

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How Florida pro sports teams are spending their summer May 08, 2012 3:00 AM by Casino Doctors

Top 20 ways you know it’s summer in Florida:

1.The AC’s been on for a month now. Eight more to go.

2.Stadium roof’s been closed for a month now. Seven more to go.

3.UM spring football game in Hialeah. Go figure.

4.Florida Panthers players reserved tee times at Turnberry daily through September.

5.Lebron James and Dwayne Wade are too busy for dinner at Prime 112 or The Forge.

6.Cameron Wake and Reggie Bush are not.

7.The Blue Monster at Doral is now piles of moving dirt per The Donald.

8.Sports Talk Radio focused on the draft (NFL 2016).

9.Ozzie Guillen is permanently barred from Dominoes Park on Calle Ocho in Little Havana.

10.Stan Van Gundy and Eric Spolestra being courted by Team Italy for coaching the Olympics (2016).

11.Greg Schiano by force of habit drove to Pahokee to pitch a high school QB. Unfortunately, he’s not the coach at Rutgers. On the other hand, might work for the Bucs.

12.Seth Greenberg spotted at the UM hangout, The Big Cheese, lunching with Hurricane hoops coach Jim Laranaga wearing St. Johns hoops tee shirt.

13.Donald Trump talking to Romero Brito about designing the headboards at his new Doral Hotel. Where is Timothy Leary when you need him?

14.Jim Courier seen practicing with Gabriella Sabatini on Fisher Island. Nobody cares.

15.Don Shula opened another steak house. No mention of the current Dolphins. Décor all ’72 unbeatens.

16.Orange Bowl officials desperately hoping Crimson Tide win the SEC and play in the championship game January 2013.

17.Nick Saban would rather be in Tuscaloosa.

18.The famed trainers and jocks departed Gulfstream for Belmont, Saratoga, Delmar, etc. Nothing like summer Calder Race Course chalk and “no turf racing today.”

19.Joe Philbin is begging Jeff Ireland to trade for Bernie Kosar, Don Strock, even Cleo Lemon.

20.The Saint Lucie Mets lead the Florida A ba

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Dwyane Wade Miami Dolphins Dolphins Orange Bowl Jim Courier Timothy Leary Florida Romero Brito Donald Trump Cameron Wake 2012 NFL Draft Reggie Bush florida panthers

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