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Magic Come Up One Point Short in Season Opener

  ORLANDO, Fla – The Orlando Magic tipped off the season with an 87-88 loss against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday. In a battle of guards, it was Nikola Vucevic that missed a go-ahead bucket with 3.5 seconds left on the clock. The Wizards came to town with one of the most explosive backcourt duos […]

Abby Wambach-A Legend Retires

U.S. Women’s Soccer Captain Abby Wambach retired today at the age of 35. The native of New York endeared herself to Floridian soccer fans early in her career by winning two SEC Most Valuable player awards at the University of Florida in 2000 and 2001. Her long and storied international career started shortly thereafter, and […]

Engines Start again in St. Pete

Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to open Verizon IndyCar Series season, March 11-13  Tickets to the three-day, adrenaline-pumping event go on sale to the public November 4 PETERSBURG,  Fla. — The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, one of the biggest event weekends in the Tampa Bay area, will serve as the opening race […]

Roemon Rips Game Winner

Toronto Blue Jays prospect (and former Dunedin Blue Jay) Roemon Fields ripped a two-run game-winning triple in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Salt River Rafters to a 5-4 win in Arizona Fall League play October 24, 2015. The speedy Fields batted .262 with 46 stolen bases across three levels of the […]

PHOTO GALLERY: Flowers Record Setting Day

Quniton Flowers and the USF Bulls dominated the SMU Mustangs winning 38-14.  USF QB Quinton Flowers set a career and USF rushing record for a QB – 201 yards. Travis Failey Photo Gallery                                             […]

Flowers Powers Bulls

 USF 38  SMU 14 On a day when they were without their leading rusher, South Florida had to look no further than Quinton Flowers. Flowers entered the game having never rushed for more than 98 yards in a game. By the end of the first half, he had rushed for 142 yards and was on […]

JAYS OUT: No More Insurance Needed

On Thursday, two of the three Toronto Blue Jay insurance policy’s Jeff Francis (L) and Drew Hutchinson wait in the bullpen at the Mattick Complex.  These two along with Bo Schultz pitching in an inter squad game between Blue Jay prospects during their last day of instructional camp.  The three pitchers continued to workout at the Mattick […]

AUDIO: Baseball with Tommy G. World Series

  Tommy G. from Sports Tonight talks about World Series. Terry Collins, Lorenzo Cain and Andy McPhail sounds bites… https://soundcloud.com/rocket-sports-ent/baseball-with-tommy-g

Bulls Look to Lasso Mustangs

It was Lou Brown, Manager of the woeful Cleveland Indians in the movie Major League II that said: “Ok, we won a game yesterday. If we win today, it’s called “two in a row.” And if we win again tomorrow, it’s called a winning streak”…It has happened before!” Don’t look now, but South Florida has […]

Hezonja, Vucevic Shine for Magic in OT Thriller

ORLANDO, Fla – Fresh off of their trip to Rio de Janeiro, the Magic returned home to take on the Pelicans on Wednesday night. The Magic won 110 to 107, but in the preseason, the score is of less importance than the flow of the game. With only one more on the schedule before the […]