Mike Bianco was still catching his breath a few weeks after the Seminole native had coached the University of Mississippi baseball team to the College World Series championship.
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Mike Bianco was still catching his breath a few weeks after the Seminole native had coached the University of Mississippi baseball team to the College World Series championship.
BELLEAIR — Tickets went on sale last week for the 2022 Pelican Women’s Championship, scheduled for Nov. 7-13 at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — As the starting quarterback for Clearwater High School, Garrison Bryant learned how important it was to prepare for a game by analyzing the opponent beforehand. Bryant is using that strategy as a pitcher in the New York Mets farm system with the hopes that it will eventually…
On Nov. 8, Largo voters will decide whether it will be game on or game over for a massive sports complex proposed for a vacant piece of city-owned land west of the Largo Central Park Nature Preserve.
After three years and a $3 million rebuild of the twin starting hills, Oldsmar’s BMX Supercross track is scheduled to reopen with a 6 p.m. ceremony Friday, July 15.
Jay Hook was still basking in the glory of his team's 1961 pennant-winning season when he got the news that the expansion New York Mets had acquired him through the MLB expansion draft. The Cincinnati Reds left Hook unprotected and the Mets scooped him up in preparation for their inaugural 1…
As a catcher at Seminole High School and later at Pasco-Hernando College, Greg Jones was a solid backstop and hitter. As a pitcher his resume was miniscule. In fact, less than miniscule.
DESTIN – Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the 2022 Gulf red snapper recreational season will last 57 days, the longest season since the state assumed management of red snapper and will include both a summer and fall season. The announcement affects persons fishing from private recreational ve…
The tournament, a $100,000 singles and doubles event, features more than 50 players from around the world, including former Wimbledon winner Eugenie Bouchard and two-time champion Grace Min.
TAMPA — The Harlem Globetrotters will bring their newly reimagined Spread Game Tour to the Tampa Bay area for a show on Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m. at the Yuengling Center, 12499 USF Bull Run Drive in Tampa.
LARGO — The trickle-down effects from the ongoing pandemic have touched nearly every part of society, including the job market and local government offices. Even recreation departments have been hit hard by employee defections and a lack of applicants to fill many positions.
When Tom Kotchman made his pro debut with a Cincinnati Reds Class A minor league team in 1977, little did he know that this would be the start of baseball career that would span over four decades — and is still going strong.
CLEARWATER — The Philadelphia Phillies finally kicked off the team’s 75th anniversary season of spring training in Clearwater when they hosted the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2022 Grapefruit League home opener at BayCare Ballpark on March 19.
LARGO — Dozens of runners of all ages and skill levels — including high school track stars, young kids and seniors — gathered downtown for the city’s annual Shamrock’n Run 5K and Fun Run, held March 18.
The crack of the bat ringing through BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater on Monday, March 13, was music to the ears of everyone in the stadium, as the Philadelphia Phillies got back to work on the 2022 spring training season following the end of the 99-day Major League Baseball lockout.
CLEARWATER — Dozens of local schoolkids and business owners, community leaders and golf fans were invited to the Chi Chi Rodriguez Driving Range on March 2 for the annual Driving for a Purpose event.
PALM HARBOR — The Valspar Championship is billed as the PGA Tour’s most colorful event, an apt moniker for a tournament sponsored by a paint brand but also one that suits its fun, family-friendly reputation.
In 1969, Lopez become the first Black manager at the Triple-A level. This was six years before Frank Robinson became the first Black manager in the major leagues. The fact that he was making history didn't really dawn on Lopez. "That wasn't on my mind," he said. "I just needed the work to pay the rent."
BELLEAIR — Roughly 700 runners from Pinellas County congregated on the mall in front of Town Hall on March 5 for the 20th edition of the annual road race, the Belleair Sunset 5K and Fun Run.
SEMINOLE — It’s a rivalry that always brings out the best in both teams and when Seminole and Osceola get together, familiarity between the two squads is a definite.
The tournament will kick off on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, and already has early commitments from top pros including Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and Bubba Watson, plus defending champion Sam Burns.
It's been nearly 2½ long years since Keith Thurman's last visit into a boxing ring. The former welterweight (and super welterweight) world champion, who grew up in Clearwater and now lives in St. Petersburg, can't wait to step back into the ring when he faces Mario Barrios in Las Vegas on Feb. 5.
As a pitcher at Clearwater High School, Howard Johnson put up some pretty impressive numbers even though his overall won-loss record might not have shown it. Impressive enough that between his pitching and hitting, the 1978 graduate caught the attention of the New York Yankees in that year's…
TORNADOES 40, SHARKS 14
The Pelican Golf Club delivered a week full of exciting play and memorable moments to Belleair.
Even before the final round of the 2021 Pelican Women’s Championship ended with top-ranked Nelly Korda knocking in a birdie on the first playoff hole under darkening skies in front of a packed gallery on the 18th green, the second-year tournament had widely been considered a success.
BELLEAIR — World No. 1 player and Bradenton resident Nelly Korda, sister Jessica Korda, defending champion Sei Young Kim and fan favorites Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson headline a field of early commitments for the 2021 Pelican Women’s Championship, tournament officials announ…
Ken Burns' PBS series on Muhammad Ali this past week has brought back two memories of my own "interactions” with Ali.
Bobby Wilson has lived in a lot of places in his life, thanks to a major league baseball career that has taken him to California, Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, and Michigan. If you count stops in the minor leagues, you can add places like Utah, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. So even though the form…
LARGO — For Largo native Matheu “Mat” Nelson, July 11 was a day the baseball catcher won’t forget.
The New York Yankees were in the midst of winning the World Series against the Reds in the fall of 1961 when a man in an Army uniform came into the visiting clubhouse at Crosley Field in Cincinnati and said, "I am looking for Anthony Kubek." Tony Kubek finished the World Series, with the Yan…
Former Largo High multisport standout Bobby Roundtree, whose football career at Illinois was cut short by a 2019 swimming accident that left him partially paralyzed, died July 16. He was 23.
When the New York Yankees arrived in St. Petersburg in 1961 for what would be the team's last year of spring training in the city, there were the usual expectations that they'd be heading into another pennant race that season.
TAMPA — The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their newly reimagined “Spread Game Tour” to the Tampa Bay area for one show Sunday, July 25, 2 p.m., at the Yuengling Center, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SUN 130, Tampa.
CLEARWATER — A trend is beginning around the Tampa Bay area for high school athletic stadiums, as many football programs are pushing to get artificial turf fields laid down at their facilities.
For 13 years as a major league ballplayer and another 17 as a manager, Davey Johnson was under immense pressure to produce hits or wins.
DUNEDIN — The Toronto Blue Jays bid farewell to TD Ballpark on May 24 as the team dropped a 14-8, 11-inning decision to the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.
CLEARWATER — The Clearwater Threshers recently returned to the field following an 18-month layoff caused by the pandemic, and everyone from the fans to team officials to Phinley the mascot was thrilled to be back at BayCare Ballpark again.
LARGO — The game of youth soccer has taken a dramatic turn in the past 20 years. A combination of competitiveness and cash has changed the game for some from a recreational outlet to a lucrative enterprise that includes numerous affiliations and big-time tournaments.
PALM HARBOR — Like many events returning to the schedule this year, the 2021 Valspar Championship would be considered a success just because it was being played following a coronavirus-induced hiatus.
PALM HARBOR — To say everyone associated with the Valspar Championship was disappointed when the PGA Tour event was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus would be a massive understatement.
DUNEDIN — I am a baseball stadium nut. Some people enjoy coins and stamps as hobbies. Others prefer baking and gardening. Me? I go to Major League Baseball stadiums.
Typically when spring training ends, Major League Baseball players pack up their bats and gloves and head north for the start of the regular season and the highly anticipated Opening Day. But this being 2021, which so far has been a slightly less crazy version of 2020, traditions are out the window.
PINELLAS PARK — “Like father, like son.”
Go to a Philadelphia Phillies home game any day during the regular season (last year notwithstanding) and the unmistakable aroma of barbecue wafts through the air beyond the left field fence. Playing host to "Bull's BBQ" every game is “The Bull” himself, longtime fan favorite Greg Luzinski, …
Despite a Major League Baseball mandate that capped attendance at 2,200 per game at newly renamed BayCare Ballpark as well as other stadium safety guidelines, officials at the facility said they considered the season a success. Now, they are turning their attention to the upcoming Clearwater Threshers season.
CLEARWATER — The Philadelphia Phillies’ annual St. Patrick’s Day game is usually a raucous affair, with thousands of green-clad fans, many fresh in town from Philly and ready to party, packing what is now BayCare Ballpark.
SEMINOLE — After a year of waiting, Joey Krehbiel is back on the mound and ready to pitch, this time for his hometown team.
CLEARWATER — Ruth Eckerd Hall and the Ted Williams Museum will present the rescheduled Phillies 40th Anniversary of the 1980 World Championship featuring an evening of classic stories and videos. The event will take place Sunday, March 21, 7:30 p.m., at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth …
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