When you do a year-inreview column, the temptation is to favor your personal biases – that is, to overlook that which you find uninteresting, or not in your sports wheelhouse. With that in mind, I asked for suggestions from a local celebrity who is plugged in to our sporting culture. We now present, with an assist from my good friend D.M. (he’s shy), the top sports stories for 2019, South Florida style. Feel free to disagree.

Once every four years world-class athletes gather to compete against each other, and for a chance at immortality. Let’s face it: you may accomplish a lot of things in your life but to be known as an Olympic champion is a dream few of us will ever realize.

The Miami Marlins have revamped the franchise this offseason with the hope of contending for their third playoff birth in team history. The team is opening the doors to a brand new stadium this year and can boast a place to call their own for the first time since the team’s inception in 1993.