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Local Boxer Officially Joins Florida Hall of Fame
ST. PETERSBURG – Over the weekend, the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame (FBHOF) hosted a multi-day celebration to welcome several new members into its family. The festivities, which were held at the Hilton Lake Carillon in St. Petersburg, culminated in the induction of 24 members on Sunday. The event...
Tampa's Felicia Stancil riding for Olympic gold in BMX
OLDSMAR, Fla. — One of the most exciting sports in the upcoming Paris Olympics is BMX. It takes speed, strength and strategy. Five U.S. riders have qualified for the games, including Tampa resident Felicia Stancil — one of the most decorated BMX riders in the world. “I ended...
Learning to swim in Florida is crucial. Here's how these adults did it
In the shallow end of the recreation center pool, Felicia Singleton tried again.State of splash: After learning a few basic water skills at camp growing up in New York, she'd spent most of her life reading books from the safe and dry pool deck.But on a recent afternoon at a St. Petersburg YMCA, Singleton, now in her 50s, was starting to get the hang of a body rotation drill to fine-tune her freestyle."That's it? I did something?" she said after another attempt. Her swim instructor nodded, beaming.Why it matters: About 15% of American adults — nearly 40 million people —...
Mussels win weather-shortened finale against Tarpons 3-2
FORT MYERS – The Mighty Mussels claimed a weather-shortened 3-2 win over the course of two days at Hammond Stadium. Fort Myers (37-36, 6-2) jumped ahead of the Tampa Tarpons 2-0 on Saturday night before a storm forced the contest into a suspension in the second inning. The teams resumed play on Sunday and completed six innings before weather caused the game to be called with Fort Myers leading 3-2.
GALLERY: Reese and Spohrer gunning for the top on Championship Sunday
RICHMOND, Va. — Lightning might not strike the same place twice, but the yellow bolt that is Skeet Reese was zapping the James River during Championship Round morning at General Tire Stage Six Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Reese quickly ascended to the top of SCORETRACKER®, nearly hitting 30 pounds in Period 1.
247Sports shares 2024 bowl projection for Iowa football featuring familiar foe
247Sports shared its college football bowl game preseason predictions and College Football Playoff picks on Monday. Brad Crawford predicts that Iowa will see a familiar shade of orange. Crawford projects that Iowa will meet the Tennessee Volunteers in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl on New Year’s Eve from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. The ReliaQuest Bowl will kick off at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 on ESPN. It’s an interesting matchup thanks to the contrast of styles. Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and the Volunteers are known for what they can do offensively. There’s so much excitement surrounding what former five-star...
Florida Gators basketball set to tip off 2024-25 season against South Florida Bulls
The University of Florida men's basketball team is shaping up its schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season, with finalizing an exciting opener. According to reports from Swamp247, the Gators are expected to face the South Florida Bulls on November 4 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville. This matchup...
TJ Speed Brings Sceats and Becklin to Mid-Ohio
PITTSBORO, Ind. – TJ Speed Motorsports has entered Liam Sceats and Cooper Becklin for races 13 and 14 of USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. With the goal to finish the season strong, only six wheel-to-wheel races over three event weekends remain.
Willie Lampkin Setting the Tone for UNC
Fueled by his love of the game and drive for success, the offensive lineman is seeking a major leadership role on the 2024 Tar Heels. This series of longform player feature stories is brought to you by Heels4Life, the NIL collective for UNC Football. You can learn more about how to get involved at heels4life.org.
Leonor Medeiros and Alyssa Montgomery Named to WGCA Academic All-American Team
Junior Leonor Medeiros and graduate transfer Alyssa Montgomery, members of the record-setting 2023-24 women's golf team, have been named to the 2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar Team that was announced today. Medeiros and Montgomery, who also earned CSC Academic All-District honors, were each named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team for...
USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 17
TAMPA, Fla. – The USL Championship announced the Team of the Week for Week 17 of the 2024 regular season on Tuesday, with Charleston Battery forward MD Myers voted the Championship Player of the Week presented by Konami eFootball after he recorded his second hat trick across all competitions this season in the Battery’s 5-2 victory against Southern Derby rival North Carolina FC.
‘Caption This’ For Your Shot at Scoring Wallen Tickets
It’s almost time for Wallen! You could score two tickets to see Morgan Wallen live on Thursday, July 11th at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Head over to @k923orlando on Instagram to comment with your caption on our Wallen pic to enter for your opportunity to win. Please make...
USF men’s soccer faces former AAC foe UCF in new 2024 schedule
USF men’s soccer is set to play against ranked teams such as Hofstra and former rival UCF in its new 2024 schedule released on Monday. Both teams are ranked on the United Soccer Coaches Men’s Top 25 Poll, compiled by the largest soccer coaches organization in the world. Hofstra is currently ranked 17th, while UCF is ranked 19th on the poll.
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