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The Clearwater Community Sailing Center has announced that Clearwater native, and lifelong member of the center, Noah Lyons has qualified to represent the USA in the IQ Foil Windsurfing Class, at the 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris. Lyons, who began his sailing career at the age of 6 with the Optimist class, has risen through

The University of South Florida will hold its groundbreaking ceremony for its new on-campus stadium during the university’s annual Homecoming Week celebration, scheduled for October 14 to October 19, 2024. USF also released two new daytime renderings of the on-campus stadium, which follow the first set of renderings published in December. Following a competitive bid

A new study, from Canada Sports Betting, found that Baker Mayfield is the most popular Tampa Bay Buccaneers player, according to monthly Google searches. Mayfield, the Bucs quarterback, was found to have, on average, 631,000 searches, monthly. In second place was Mike Evans, wide receiver, and in third place was Lavonte David, linebacker. Evans had

Global Sports Institute, led by professional athletes Donald Suxho, a two-time United States Olympian, and Yury Shakirov, plans to transition a building that previously was the Tervis headquarters, in Venice, to a sports facility. Plans for the sports complex include four indoor volleyball courts equipped with Teraflex flooring, pickleball equipment, with 15 courts, and a

The Florida Sports Hall of Fame will hold its annual Baseball, Bourbon and Cigars event, on March 20, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at the JC Newman Cigar Co., in Ybor City. The event will feature Florida Sports Hall of Fame members, and Tampa natives, Wade Boggs (2003), Lou Piniella (1977) and Gary Sheffield

Shilen Patel, former chief executive and owner of HealthAxis Group in Tampa, has confirmed to Tampa Bay Business and Wealth that he will acquire the West Bromwich Albion Football Club, a professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. A move that makes him the first Indian American to own a club in

Bilkul Football WBA, a company ultimately owned by Florida-based entrepreneur Shilen Patel and his father, Dr Kiran C. Patel, has reached an agreement to acquire an 87.8% shareholding in West Bromwich Albion Group Limited, the parent company of West Bromwich Albion Football Club. The takeover has been approved by the EFL, with the exchange and

The Valspar Championship, marketed as “The Most Colorful PGA TOUR Tournament in the World,” is scheduled to take place March 18 to March 24, at Innisbrook Golf and Spa Resort, in Palm Harbor.  Each year, the nationally televised golf tournament draws some of the best golfers in the world. It also provides a week-long roster

Tampa Bay Sun FC has announced a new partnership with sports marketing and sponsorship platform Parity. The partnership will enable the company to share their suite of services with the Tampa Bay Sun’s athletes, making Parity the official development partner of Tampa Bay Sun FC. As part of the partnership, Parity will host tailored informational

The ReliaQuest Bowl, hosted by the Tampa Bay Bowl Association, is one of the most popular bowl games in the United States.  On New Year’s Day, the nationally televised game brings together teams from the SEC and the Big Ten or ACC.  The annual Bowl game has an economic impact worth $1.1 billion and has

The University of South Florida released new renderings of the university’s on-campus stadium at a board of trustees meeting, on Tuesday. The new renderings are conceptual and will evolve as the design process continues and more detailed design elements are finalized. Along with the images, USF released several new details about the stadium including shaded

The University of South Florida Bulls will take on Syracuse University at the 2023 RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl, at FAU Stadium, on December 21, at 8 p.m. This marks the 11th bowl appearance for the Bulls. USF football’s five-win improvement, over 2022, ranks as the greatest turnaround in program history and is tied with Liberty