The University of South Florida has added home-and-home football series against Wisconsin and Maryland for upcoming seasons, Director of Athletics Doug Woolard announced on Friday. USF will visit Wisconsin on Sept. 27, 2014 with the Badgers coming to Tampa on Sept. 16, 2017. The Bulls will also host Maryland on Sept. 6, 2014 and travel to play the Terrapins on Sept. 19, 2015. USF football is now set to play eight games against Big Ten schools between 2013 and 2017, good for 40 percent of the Bulls’ out-of-conference schedule. This will be the first time USF has played either Wisconsin or Maryland in football.
The Tampa Bay Storm continued “The War on I-4” Saturday evening against the Orlando Predators, defeating their cross-state rivals 53-35 at the Amway Center to keep the Predators winless on the season. Storm quarterback Adrian McPherson threw for 223 yards and had four touchdowns in the victory, boosting Tampa Bay’s record to 3-2. The Storm now sit second in the American Conference behind the undefeated Jacksonville Sharks. With the win, Tampa Bay broke the stalemate in this storied rivalry; the Storm is now 26-25 all-time against the Predators. The two teams are scheduled to meet again this season, this time on June 8 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
After an emotional week in Boston, the three professional sports teams that call the city home returned to action on Saturday. The Boston Red Sox and the Boston Bruins played at home, while the Boston Celtics traveled to New York to take on the Knicks. For the Red Sox, it was the team’s first home game since the Boston Marathon bombings. The Red Sox went on to beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 in a game that featured an emotional speech by Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz and an eighth inning performance of “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond. The two other teams were not as lucky: the Bruins, who had resumed play at home on Wednesday, fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2; the Celtics lost 85-78.
