Category: Sports

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners recognized three outstanding student-athletes with the 18th annual Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award and two Honorable Mentions during today’s meeting.   The Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award honors a high school baseball player or team…

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TAMPA, Fla. – Most so-called NFL media experts are predicting the Bucs to fall short of winning the NFC South. Some even have the Bucs finishing 3rd behind the Falcons and Panthers. Bucs QB Baker Mayfield doesn’t seem surprised and, in fact, welcomes it. “It doesn’t matter,”…

Read More Baker Mayfield ‘It’s Expected To Underestimate The Bucs’

The Florida High School Athletic Association on Tuesday opened the door for student-athletes to earn money from business agreements such as endorsement deals, with the organization’s president calling the move a “good starting point.” The FHSAA’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a seismic…

Read More Florida High School Athletic Association Approves Athlete-Pay Rules

New data has pinpointed the best states for a golfing vacation, with Florida leading the rankings with a score of 64.42 out of 100.   The study, carried out by relocation experts  My Baggage, analyzed the distribution of golf courses, driving ranges, tournaments, and golf coaches…

Read More New Study: Florida Named Top US State For Golfing Getaways

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – As part of the NFL’s Inspire Change social justice initiative, Gulf Coast JFCS was one of 10 social justice programs nationwide awarded a grant renewal for its work to enact positive change in the community. The new two-year grant of $450,000…

Read More NFL Renews Grant For The Gulf Coast JFCS And St. Petersburg Police Department CALL Program

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Nothing has come easy for the Rays in 2024 and their walk-off wins against Oakland on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon were evidence of that. Alas, they battled and battled to take two of three from the A’s at Tropicana Field…

Read More Tampa Bay Rays Follow Walk-Off Wins With Trip To Baltimore

Rock went one-on-one with Bucs first-round draft pick center Graham Barton. Rock talked to Graham after his first pitch at a Rays game about how he got to this point, coming from Brentwood, Tennessee, and Duke. What’s it been like so far in Tampa Bay?…

Read More Rock Riley: Bucs 1st-Round Pick Center Graham Barton And Someone Made Rock Starstruck

TAMPA, Fla. – For the third time in the last five seasons that it is has been held, the University Tampa Spartans make the trip to Cary, N.C. for the Division II national championship. The top-ranked Spartans (48-8) last won it all in 2019 and,…

Read More Tampa Spartans Seek Ninth National Title

Pointing to trade secrets, ESPN and three athletic conferences have waded into a legal battle about whether the Atlantic Coast Conference should have to turn over media-rights contracts to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. ESPN, the Big 12 Conference, the Southeastern Conference, and the Big…

Read More ESPN, Conferences Fight Records Disclosure In Florida

TAMPA, Fla. – The Bucs’ major emphasis on offense is improving their run game, so Bucs right guard Cody Mauch is beefing up. “One of the biggest things for me this offseason was to get a little bit more strength, a little bit more weight,”…

Read More Cody Mauch Beefs Up To Help Improve Bucs Run Game