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Fans may have thought when the South Florida women’s basketball team was left out of the NCAA Tournament that it was a snub, but the team didn’t have time to dwell on the exclusion from one tournament because they had to get ready for another one. After a 20-12 season and a third-place finish in
It takes four weeks to put the track up for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. It creates a pain for residents and especially for local business. But sweet relief will be here soon. The race is set to run on Sunday. Even though the race creates headaches for many residents and businesses, headaches
The helmet is brighter and the flag is bigger. The red pops more, the skull is meaner and pretty soon it will be plastered on hats, T-shirts and jerseys that will all be for sale. Thursday night the Tampa Bay Buccaneers introduced their new helmet with an updated logo design. Hall-of-Famer Warren Sapp and current
U.S. Figure Skating, the governing body of the sport in the United States, has more than 140,000 members. The chances of being among the four skaters that compete in the pairs competition at the Winter Olympics is 0.000003 percent. On Wednesday, USF St. Petersburg’s Felicia Zhang and her partner Nathan Bartholomay finished 12th in the
Willie Taggart was hired in early Dec. 2012. That gave him only a couple months to assemble his recruiting class. A year later, Taggart has had an entire season to recruit players and the extra time seems to have payed off. South Florida’s 2014 recruiting class, which was signed last Wednesday, was one of the
The 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are underway. The Tampa Bay region will be well represented at the games. Several players from the Tampa Bay Lightning will represent their countries at the games. USF St. Petersburg will have a representative in Sochi with Felicia Zhang competing in the pairs figure skating. Zhang will
The Tampa Bay Rowdies couldn’t win a second consecutive North American Soccer League title in 2013, but back on Dec. 12 the team made a deal to ensure it’s long-term viability. In front of a banner reading, “A New Era,” the team announced St. Petersburg businessman Bill Edwards had become the new majority owner of
There will be no bowl game for the Bulls in 2013. USF’s 23-10 loss to Memphis on Saturday night in Tampa dropped the Bulls to 2-7 and made them ineligible to qualify for a postseason bowl. Until four minutes left in the game, the score was close at 6-3. Memphis and USF combined for 24
When Colorado Avalanche forward Cody McLeod checked Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall from behind at full speed, the Avalanche play-by-play announcer Mike Haynes screamed across the airwaves. “He’s crushed. Oh, what a hit by McLeod.” While Kronwall lay motionless on the ice, Haynes continued. “Well, I’ll tell you what. You talk about getting a
Central Florida’s Blake Bortles connected on a game-winning touchdown pass with 23 seconds left to give the Golden Knights the upset win over then eighth-ranked Louisville on Friday night. UCF scored 24 straight points to take a fourth quarter lead. But the Knights gave the lead back with three minutes remaining. Running back Dominique Brown
