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MLB’s Chinese Media Partner Has Targeted An NBA Exec For Supporting Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Protesters
Chuck Ross
Major League Baseball renewed a licensing contract earlier this week with a Chinese media company that has targeted an NBA executiv [...]
Accelerated Baseball Academy Proven To Be Talented
STATESBORO, GA. - Former Tampa resident, Gene Reynolds Jr., is making headway with his Christian athletic program known as Georgia Premier Academy (G [...]
COVID-19 Forces Small Universities To Revisit The Way They Recruit
LAKELAND, Fla. - The 2021 college football recruiting cycle for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) programs is currently un [...]
Raymond James Stadium Lights up Blue to Honor Fallen Officers
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Sports Authority is joining other community partners, by lighting up Raymond James Stadium in blue to honor Tampa Police Offi [...]
Maia Chaka Becomes First Black Female Official in NFL History
Maia Chaka has been added to the NFL roster of game officials for the 2021 season, the league announced today.
Chaka makes history as the first Bl [...]
LAKELAND: The Club At Eaglebrooke Honored By Golf Channel’s Golf Pass as ‘Best in Florida’
LAKELAND, Fla. - The Club at Eaglebrooke, the Ron Garl-designed gem nestled among the oaks of Southern Polk County – has been honored by Golf Channel [...]
Bucs, Lightning, and Rays Unite to Support First Lady DeSantis’ Resiliency Initiative to Empower Florida Students
TAMPA, Fla. - Today, Florida's First Lady Casey DeSantis announced the launch of a resiliency initiative for Florida schools to emphasize key charact [...]
Lightning-Panthers: Can We Get a Stinking Rivalry Already?
TAMPA, Fla.- It still sits in Amalie Arena, all by its lonesome: the Governor’s Cup. The crystal vase was awarded exactly one time, to the winner of [...]
Former NFL Buccaneers Great Vincent Jackson Found Dead in Hotel Room
TAMPA, Fla.- The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Vincent Jackson. Jackson, 38, [...]
‘Drunk Tom Brady’ Trending in Tampa, Ahem…Champa Bay
TAMPA, Fla. - The Super Bowl Camps celebrated their win against the Kansas City Chiefs, in pure Tampa fashion today, a boat parade.
The parade got [...]