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TAMPA, Fla. – Can you believe we have reached the end of the first month of the 2024 college football season? For USF, the final Saturday in September marks the beginning of American Conference play. And a vital opener (Noon/ESPNU) it will be as the…
Read More USF Bulls Visit Tulane To Open American Conference Play
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from behind to defeat the Florida Panthers 8-7 in an exciting preseason matchup at the Kia Center in Orlando on Wednesday night. The Bolts scored three unanswered goals in the final 5:21 of the third period to…
Read More Tampa Bay Lightning Win Preseason Thriller Over Panthers In Orlando
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning kicked off their preseason with a 2-1 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes at AMALIE Arena. Despite controlling the shot count for most of the game, the Bolts couldn’t secure the win, conceding a late goal in the final…
Read More Lightning Fall To Hurricanes 2-1 In Preseason Opener
The legalization of sports betting was expected to mark a significant milestone for Florida and its residents in 2021. The three-decade compact, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr., included provisions to benefit the state and its people.…
Read More Florida’s Sports Betting Legalization Transforms Its Economy
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to quarterback Baker Mayfield, had a really good week of practice. Well practice is supposed to make perfect and the Bucs were far from that getting totally dominated by the Denver Broncos 26-7. “I thought we prepared well,”…
Read More Tampa Bay Bucs Get Throttled By Denver Broncos
TAMPA, Fla. – When looking at Miami’s scoring drives, it is hard not to notice the length: 75 yards, 90, 80, 80, 80, 80, 96. That is not a misprint. Not on a Saturday evening when the No. 8/11 Hurricanes piled up 592 yards in…
Read More Bulls Beaten By Miami At Line Of Scrimmage; USF Students Showed Up Big Time
TAMPA, Fla. – Rock talks to Pro Football Hall of Fame Cornerback Ronde Barber. The popular Buc tells Rock that Tampa Bay fans have always been so good to him, and his love for the area is why he and his family elected to stay…
Read More Rock Riley: Bucs Pro Football HOF’er Ronde Barber Plus Rock’s Stories
TAMPA, Fla. – During the preseason USF coaches and players consistently spoke of how the defense was going to be more aggressive and force the issue. That has been certainly been the case for a unit that awaits quarterback Cam Ward and the Miami offense…
Read More USF Defense Forcing The Issue; Expect 55,000-60,000 For Saturday Night’s Miami Game
BARTOW, Fla. – The City of Bartow is set to unveil its newly renovated Bartow Sports Complex on October 4th. This project, a collaboration between the city’s Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Department and Visit Central Florida Sports, aims to make the complex a premier…
Read More Bartow’s Revamped Sports Complex To Boost Sports Tourism
TAMPA, Fla. – Miami quarterback and Washington State transfer Cam Ward is living up to preseason hype that, among other things, saw him tabbed as the ACC’s preseason player of the year. Ward has done nothing to disappoint. Through three games he is leading an…
Read More Miami Hurricanes’ Quarterback Cam Ward Not The Only Threat To USF’s Defense