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Dunedin Falcons flying high
The Dunedin High School baseball and softball teams scored wins May 2 to capture district championships. The Falcon baseball team beat Tarpon Springs 10-0, extending their district championship streak to seven (2017-2024). Jack Johnson pitched five innings, while Colton Beard, Aiden Sherifi and Luke Oester combined for a triple play...
USF Bulls now boast a football Hall of Famer
TAMPA — Roughly five months before beginning work on its on-campus football stadium, USF has experienced another groundbreaking moment:. The program’s first professional football Hall of Famer. Former Bulls receiver S.J. Green, an all-state performer at Brandon High, has been selected for induction in the Canadian Football Hall...
Future of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project
The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is about to come into clearer focus as the St. Petersburg City Council begins discussions about the team's planned $1.3 billion ballpark. The stadium would be the anchor of a much larger project to transform downtown with affordable housing, a Black history museum, a hotel and office and retail space. The council begins a look Thursday at the plans for what the city calls the Historic Gas Plant Project. The name is a nod to the area's history as a once-thriving Black community that was demolished for a highway and the existing Tropicana Field.
Run for Fun: Running all 6 World Major Marathons
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In this week’s episode of Run for Fun, we discuss the six World Major Marathons. These marathons are Tokyo, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London and New York City. Professional and recreational runners from around the world train to tackle the 26.2 miles in each of these cities. The marathons are difficult to […]
Senior pitchers lead East Lake to district title
East Lake, a runner-up to St. Petersburg Northeast in the Pinellas County Athletic Conference championship game, bounced back from that defeat to win the Class 6A, District 10 title May 2. The top-seeded Eagles drew a first-round bye before routing Countryside 10-0 in the semifinals and edging No. 2 Sickles...
Clearwater native is Madison Mallards' general manager
Growing up in Clearwater as a big sports fan and athlete in high school and college, Samantha Rubin might have figured she would end up working for a sports team, but might not have guessed that in a few short years she would enter an exclusive club, that of becoming a general manager.
Florida grinds out midweek victory over South Florida
It hasn’t been the season Florida baseball fans were expecting or hoping for in 2024. However, the Gators looked far from a squad that hasn’t won a regular season series since March 31 in their midweek matchup against South Florida. According to the most recent Baseball America NCAA...
Tampa Bay Downs: 2023-24 Season Recap
Before the 2023-2024 meet, Tampa Bay Downs received a $5.5-million allocation from the state of Florida for purses and operations. Officials earmarked 90 percent for overnight purses, enabling the track to lure its strongest roster of trainers, jockeys and horses in recent memory. The public responded in kind to the...
Can’t have a state flag football tournament without Tampa Bay teams
TAMPA — Tampa Bay flag football teams are back in the state championships, this time in their own backyard. On Friday at One Buc Place, in the indoor AdventHealth Training Center, two teams from Hillsborough County — Robinson (22-0) in Class 1A and Lennard (18-3) in Class 2A — will play in state semifinals.
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