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Editorial: Sports

Gulf Coast Dodgers hitting coach, Mariano Duncan, hits fly balls to his players during practice at Dodgertown in Vero Beach. Malcolm Glazer, owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is closer to working out a deal with News Corp to buy the Dodgers.
  
Surrounding first baseman, Will Bryant, Vero Beach High School's baseball team comes together one last time before their Class 6A State semi-final game against Apopka High School at Legends Field in Tampa. Vero Beach lost the game, 7-4.
   
South Fork's, Brittany Giunta, tags Vero Beach's, Lindsey Cook, as she slides into second base in the fifth inning of the Treasure Lake Conference Championship in Vero Beach on Friday. Vero Beach defeated South Fork 4-2.
     
  
Laila Ali, a super middleweight, rests after a long gym workout at Elite Boxing Gym in Vero Beach. Ali is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. She is the most recognizable name in women's boxing.
   
"When you're in the air doing a jump, it's almost like you're weightless. You feel free," said Elyssa Bloom, 16, after she practices a jump at the Space Coast Iceplex in Rockledge. Elyssa has always lived in states with warm climates but has not let that deter her from pursining her sport. She makes the 40-minute drive from her home in Sebastian to Rockledge several times a week so that she can practice.
   
Los Angeles Dodger catcher, Paul LoDuca, winces after getting hit in the arm by a pitch from Detroit Tigers pitcher, Andy Van Hekken, in the first inning at Holman Stadium in Vero Beach. LoDuca was not seriously injured and the Dodgers went on to win 6-5 in the Grapefruit League season opener.
     
  
Tamara Lavache, 16, runs bleachers at the Citrus Bowl with a conditioning group from Vero Beach High School. The group includes students from all sports, but Lavache runs track for Vero Beach High School which starts in February.
   
Frances Johnson, left, Leigh Rolandelli, center, and Ashton Lewis, right, of Northwest Guilford High School celebrate the first and only goal during the first half of their game against Grimsley High School in Greensboro on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. Northwest Guilford beat Grimsley 2-0.
   
Blisters from rowing.
     
  
Brittney Gulino performs on the double trapeze during the Aerial Antics Circus at the St. Edward's Middle School gymnasium in Vero Beach. It is the major public performance for gymnasts who take classes through the Vero Beach Recreation Department.
   
Florida golfer.
   
Sherice Walker of Cummings High School completes one of three preliminary round long jumps during the NCHSAA 2-A track and field state championship at N.C. A&T on Friday, May 18, 2007.
     
  
Junior varsity cheerleaders for Treasure Coast High School cheer on their football team as the team plays their inaugural game against Sebastian River High School in Sebastian.