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The "Kids & Cops” series is a way for officers to interact with children outside of their regular duties. The Clearwater Police Department held its first flag football game with kids from the North greenwood Recreation Center.

In the heart of St. Petersburg, FL, an exciting event is brewing that's sure to captivate all golf enthusiasts. The TOP GOLF ST. PETERSBURG CUSTOMER APPRECIATION EVENT is set to take place at the renowned Topgolf venue. This is more than just a gathering; it's a celebration of the sport and the people who make it special.

It is always welcome when a horse to watch shows up in the race of the day in Oldsmar and Heavenly Appointed (4-1) fills that bill nicely. She made the last when after her promising debut at Delaware when Jorge Ruiz left the Point of Entry filly with too much to do.

A pair of state-bred sprint stakes at 7 furlongs tops today’s docket in Oldsmar, so pair in fact that trainers and riders are shipping north from Gulfstream to get the money. The first of the pair is the Marion County Florida Sire Sprint and the last time Dean Delivers...

Lowe (knee) has fully recovered and doesn't expect to be limited in his winter workouts, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Lowe was placed on the 10-day injured list at the end of the 2023 campaign after suffering a fractured right patella, but the injury won't alter his offseason program much. The Maryland product should report to spring training with a clean bill of health.

Editor's note: This article initially ran on the LPGA Tour's website. To see the full article click here. It won’t be the first time. When some of the best LPGA Tour players tee off with their partners from the PGA TOUR in the Grant Thornton Invitational, the only mixed-team event on either tour, it will spark a lot of memories from veterans. For as unique as the Grant Thornton format is to those playing, this isn’t the first time that pros from both tours have competed as teammates.

There are three state championship games taking place this week that are rematches from 2022 and Thursday morning's Class 1M tilt between Chaminade-Madonna vs. Clearwater Central Catholic is one of them.  The Lions ran away with the Class 1M state championship at Gene Cox Stadium last year ...

Clearwater Central Catholic rallies to earn return to state finals. “We've been down before so coming back, it was no big thing,” Tre McClellan said. “We knew what time it was so we all locked in in our heads, we just came out and were straight dawgs.”

If you’re looking for someone to handle the swimming leg of a triathlon relay, you can’t do much better than a three-time Olympic gold medalist who, by the way, won two of those golds in the distance of the upcoming swim: 800 meters. “When they first asked me,...

CLEARWATER — Ask Tre McClellan how he and his Clearwater Central Catholic teammates can constantly survive early double-digit deficits, emerging victorious each time, and he'll give you the answer. “We be straight dawgs,” the senior two-way starter explained. “It's all about the heart and having that dawg in us.”...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The argument about where to build a new baseball stadium was long, often feisty, but clearly necessary. The negotiations about cost, revenues, infrastructure, real estate, amenities, history, housing and all the other details that creep up in a project of this size were extensive and, presumably, contentious but also critical to reaching a satisfactory conclusion.

November 28, 2023 - Adarius Hayes, a senior linebacker for Largo High School, has earned a spot among the nation’s elite prep football players. Hayes will represent the area at the 2024 Under Armour Next All-America Game in Orlando. The game kicks off at 4 p.m. Jan. 3 at Camping World Stadium.

ST. PETERSBURG Fla. (WFLA) — Over 200 pickleball players competed in the third annual St. Pete open pickleball tournament at Fossil Park Sunday. I Love St. Pete Pickleball Academy owner Gregory “Storm” Johncox organized the event. “It can be a little difficult, but it’s easier on the...

I was surprised and disappointed to read the editorial by former St. Petersburg mayor Rick Baker in which he pushed for the Rays to be rebranded when they move into their new ballpark. He wants the team to be renamed the St. Petersburg Rays. He reasons that because St. Petersburg is coughing up the cash to build the new stadium, St. Pete should get the branding rights as well. This is a really bad plan.

Coming off of an ACL tear a year ago, Clearwater (Fla.) three-star safety Jarvis Boatwright committed to USC when other schools still wanted to see him play with a full season of football post surgery. That full season is now in the rearview mirror with Clearwater’s FHSAA 2A Championship in...

HOLLYWOOD, FL — In a display of sheer dominance, No. 2 Chaminade-Madonna High School's football team delivered an unchallenged performance, defeating Archbishop Carroll 47-7 in the FHSAA Football State Championships - 1 M playoff game.

We broke down the 6-foot-1 safety's film to better understand what USC can expect from the Florida product.

ST. PETERSBURG — Just a few years shy of its 100th birthday, Derby Lane still looks like its old self. The grandstands at the longest continually operating greyhound race track in the country are empty and quiet. The tote board no longer displays racing odds in lights and is neatly boarded up since voters outlawed greyhound racing. They held their last race on Dec. 27, 2020.

It's safe to say that Tiger Woods hasn't been sitting on his couch eating potato chips while he's been recovering from various injuries. He's clearly been hitting the gym - a lot. At today's PGA Tour media event for the Hero World Challenge, Woods showed up looking more fit than we've seen him in a ...

The Tampa Bay Rays’ proposal to build a new $1.3 billion stadium included a pledge to annually emblazon jerseys with St. Petersburg’s name for at least one home game. Any switch from the regional moniker would require approval from Major League Baseball (MLB). Multiple city council members expressed their appreciation for the municipal branding at a subsequent meeting.