Articles By: Rick Sassone

Rick Sassone, Editor/Publisher of Rocket Sports & Entertainment - Rick has always been a passionate sports fan, writer and photographer and will combine this passion along with his sales, marketing and branding experience to grow Rocket Sports & Entertainment Network. Rick is the host of the Rocket Sports & Entertainment Show which is, by the way, expanding to full time in the fall of 2015. Rick is the play by play voice of Saint Leo University Basketball and Tarpon springs Spongers football.

Saint Pete Beach and The TradeWinds Welcomes Pinball At The Beach.

Saint Petersburg Beach will be invaded by pinball enthusiasts from all over the country as the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort will be the place for the 3 day event. The conference will include over 200 plus pinball machines, your favorite designers and many artists and vendors etc all while being able to have a cocktail […]

Spookala Brings a Scary Star Studded Weekend to The Tampa Fairgrounds This April

Spookala returns to the Tampa Fairgrounds bring along a plethora of who’s who in the action and horror movie realm on the weekend of April 4-6th. The event will also include Slipknot’s own Corey Taylor who will be doing photos, autographs and a live acoustic performance without an additional charge. All you need to attend […]

EDDIE TRUNK, MICK MARS, SEBASTIAN BACH, TIM “RIPPER” OWENS, CARLOS CAVAZO, PENELOPE SPHEERIS, BIOHAZARD, WHISKY a Go Go TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE 2024 METAL HALL OF FAME

  The 2024 7th Annual Metal Hall of Fame Gala “The most important night in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal” will take place on January 24, 2024, at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove, Anaheim, CA, and will be hosted by radio  Icon / 2024 Metal Hall of Fame Inductee Eddie Trunk, and entertainment personality Cathy Rankin.  The event will include a special 40th Anniversary Induction for Eddie […]

TIM “RIPPER” OWENS TAPS JAMEY JASTA TO PRODUCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM

FANS ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT  Grammy-nominated vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-Judas Priest) has started working on new music produced by Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) and Nick Bellmore (Jasta, Dee Snider) that will feature his heaviest songs yet.  Watch the album teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np552glb9jI Players on the effort include Nick Bellmore (Dee Snider/ex-Toxic Holocaust on drums), Charlie Bellmore (Dee Snider/ex-Toxic Holocaust on guitars), […]

Dunedin’s Post 275 Drops Their Season Final Game 2-1 to Countryside’s Post 79 2-1

Dunedin’s Post 275 Drops Their Season Final Game 2-1 to Countryside’s Post 79 2-1

Greg Hardy From The NFL And The UFC Signs With Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

BKFC SIGNS FORMER NFL STAR, UFC VETERAN GREG HARDY!! Philadelphia, PA (June 15, 2022) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sport has signed former NFL Star Defensive End and UFC Veteran Greg Hardy to an exclusive multi-fight promotional contract. Following an All-Pro career with the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys, Hardy, standing 6’5” most recently competed […]

Honoring Karen Michels

Karen M Michels, 72, passed on June 1, 2022. She was born to Howard A Buck and Rita M Buck in LaSalle, Illinois on October 8, 1949. Karen graduated from LaSalle-Peru High School and worked at several companies in her lifetime including LaSalle Credit Bureau, Pinellas County Public Defender’s Office, Sunblades Ice Arena, and Lincare […]

Memorial Day Rewind

BY EDDIE MICHELS The following is what I wrote in 2019 the second year I was blocked by VFW Post 5540 from announcing Phoenix’s Memorial Day Parade because I mentioned in 2017 that the villages three schools weren’t flying the American Flag.       Well I have what I wrote for you before and a lot […]

Rare Submariners

On Friday in Bradenton, RSEN’s Eddie Michels captured this shot of the Blue Jays submariner Adam Cimber. Cimber pitched one inning Friday, giving up a hit and striking out two. Cimber the Toronto Blue Jays right-hander, is on the short list of MLB players that have used the submarine style delivery. Cimber was drafted 9th […]

Eddie’s Night at the Park

The Baltimore Orioles had thirteen hits to plate eleven runs to outlast the Pittdsburgh Pirates in Bradenton Friday evening by a score of 11-9. It was great to have our own Eddie Michels out at the ballpark to bring us his stellar photos. Five O’s had two hits a piece including homers by Trey Mancini […]