Category: Sports

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of South Florida announced Thursday that it received a $5.1 million gift from J.D. Porter and the Porter family for naming rights to the school’s new indoor athletics facility. The building will be named the Porter Family Indoor Performance Facility.…

Read More USF Receives $5.1 Million Naming Rights Gift For Indoor Performance Facility

TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Strikers have announced the team’s inaugural season schedule of games for competition in the National Indoor Soccer League (NISL). Joining NISL as it enters its second year in action, the Strikers are one of two expansion teams, along with…

Read More Tampa Bay Strikers Announce Full NISL Inaugural Season Schedule

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, 24, suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field during the first quarter of Monday night’s game between the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. Cardiac arrest results from electrical disturbances that cause the heart to suddenly stop beating properly. Hamlin suffered a cardiac…

Read More Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin In Critical Condition After Terrifying On-Field Injury

TAMPA, Fla. – Mississippi State played its Reliaquest Bowl game Monday, three weeks after coach Mike Leach passed away due to complications from a heart condition. There were several remembrances of the beloved coach throughout Raymond James Stadium. “Mike” was in red letters between the…

Read More With Heavy Hearts, Mississippi State Won Reliaquest Bowl For Mike Leach

TAMPA, Fla. – Comeback Tom does it again. This time it was with Tom Brady connecting on the deep ball to Mike Evans for three long scoring touchdowns as the Bucs beat the Carolina Panthers 30-24 and the Bucs clinched the NFC South for the second year in…

Read More Tom Brady And Mike Evans Lead Bucs To Win And NFC South Title

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady and WR Mike Evans put it together Sunday, beating out the Panthers 30-24 and clinching the NFC South Championship title Sunday. While the Bucs haven’t played like Super Bowl contenders for most of the season, that…

Read More Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC South Champions After Scratching Out Panthers 30-24

TAMPA, Fla. – Blaine Gabbert, backup to legendary Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, is being heralded as a hero after he helped rescue people from a downed helicopter in Hillsborough Bay.  According to The Washington Times, Gabbert and his brothers were riding personal watercraft…

Read More Bucs Backup QB Blaine Gabbert, Brothers Rescue Family From Helicopter Crash In Tampa Bay

TAMPA, FLA. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Tom Brady is only focusing on one thing this week, beating Carolina. “We’ve got to do a good job, and I’ve got to play quarterback,” Brady said. “I’ve got to prepare well, and that’s what I’m thinking about.”…

Read More Bucs Tom Brady Not Thinking About Playing Or Retiring Next Season

TAMPA, Fla. – Thanks to Mother Nature’s relentless pounding of upstate New York, the Lightning got an unexpected extension to their Christmas break. The team was scheduled to depart Detroit for Buffalo following last Wednesday night’s 7-4 loss to the Red Wings. With a forecast…

Read More Lightning Emerge From Christmas Break With Three Home Games In Four Days

The NFL’s PR woes continue. As The Free Press reported on Monday, the NFL flubbed a tribute to the late Pittsburgh Steelers legend, Franco Harris, on Saturday. The NFL not only cut to a commercial before the end of a ceremony honoring Harris, who died…

Read More 1M Frigid Tennessee Residents Endured Power Blackouts While NFL Game Was Fully Powered