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Jozy Altidore is from Boca Raton. // Ian Dawson

Jozy Altidore

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His Kick Start From his early days in Boca Raton to his current days in Europe, soccer star Jozy Altidore gets a kick out of life. This story begins with a bunch of […]

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Profile, Sports
Randy Starks is a Pro Bowl DT for the Miami Dolphins. // Jason Nuttle Photography

Randy Starks

April 13, 2013by Nila Do Leave a comment

The article originally appeared in the December 2012 issue of Gold Coast magazine. Playing With Style Who says jocks don’t know how to dress? This one does. Miami Dolphins Defensive […]

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Profile, Sports
AnquanBoldin

A Story I’m Proud Of

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To date, this is one of the most remarkable stories I’ve had the privilege to write about. A teenager survives 14 gunshots. 14. That’s nearly one bullet for every year […]

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Sports
I was tracking horse hoof prints...

Polo, Anyone?

January 13, 2013by Nila Do 2 Comments

Polo season has begun. Normally, I ache at anything that interrupts me watching the NFL playoffs, but ever since we did an article on the International Polo Club and polo […]

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Blog, Sports
Believe me, I'm not as happy as I look while on this ascent.

The Anatomy of a Skydive

January 5, 2013by Nila Do Leave a comment

Not to be overly dramatic, but there’s something harrowing about watching your loved ones plunge to the depths of the earth from 13,500 feet in the air. One second they […]

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Blog, Sports
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The Epic Ragnar Relay Weekend

September 20, 2012by Nila Do 3 Comments

Last Friday I awoke to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” It blared from an iPhone at 6:30 a.m. in a bedroom that housed six adults for the night. It was […]

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Blog, Personal, Sports
Ryan Hunter-Reay won the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series Championship. // Jason Nuttle Photography

A Winning Influence

September 5, 2012by Nila Do 2 Comments

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I believe I singled-handedly won the 1992 NBA Championship for Michael Jordan and the Bulls. That’s right. I’ll go toe-to-toe with […]

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Sports
I'm a pretty huge sports fan, so any opportunity to interview and feature a pro athlete is an exciting one for me. Here are behind-the-scenes looks at our photo shoot of Dolphin DT Randy Starks, to be published in one of our fall issues. We photographed and interviewed Randy at the W Fort Lauderdale, a posh spot for an equally posh dude.

A Labor of Love

September 3, 2012by Nila Do Leave a comment

For most all of us, we work. Putting it simply, we work, we make money, and then we do it all over again the next day. Some like their jobs […]

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Beauty, Entertainment, Food/Restaurant, Sports, Writing
The OrangeTheory studio I went to was the flagship one, located right off Cordova Road off 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale, in the Publix shopping complex.

I Got OrangeTheoried

May 1, 2012by Nila Do Leave a comment

Who likes getting their butts kicked? Not me. For all intents and purposes, that’s what happened to me when I went to my first OrangeTheory class last Friday. I’ve heard […]

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Sports
The three amigos do Warrior Dash (Chris, George and Nila).

Warrior Dash!

December 4, 2011by Nila Do 1 Comment

Staying clean is overrated. That’s what I learned after yesterday’s Warrior Dash obstacle race. Don’t know what Warrior Dash is? It’s a “hellish” 3.1 miles of running mixed with 12 […]

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