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Not the norm: Female motorsport fans reflect on the misogyny that runs deep within the sport  

September 14, 2025September 14, 2025 Irena Mesa

Photo by Irena Mesa By Irena Mesa In 2025, IndyCar saw a 72% increase in viewership of women aged 18 to 24. When James Hinchcliffe, an IndyCar commentator and former

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USF alum Rob Higgins named university’s first CEO of Athletics

September 11, 2025September 19, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo courtesy of USF Athletics By Dominic Feo Following a national search, the University of South Florida hired alumnus and Tampa-native Rob Higgins to be the university’s first-ever CEO of

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USF leaves the swamp ranked, upsetting No. 13 Florida, 18-16

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo courtesy of USF Athletics By Dominic Feo After Week 2 of the college football season, the only team in the country with two wins against ranked opponents is the

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USF stuns No. 25 Boise State in gritty upset

August 30, 2025August 30, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo courtesy of USF Athletics  By Dominic Feo Oct. 28, 2016, the University of South Florida football team beat the No. 22 Naval Academy 52-45. USF went on to lose

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For USF football, success is the expectation for 2025

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo by Kendall Bulkiewicz | The Crow’s Nest By Dominic Feo “We ended the [regular] season about as bad as you could end it,” said University of South Florida head

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Buccaneers backups end preseason with 23-19 loss to Bills

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo by Kendall Bulkiewicz | The Crow’s Nest By Dominic Feo For players at the bottom of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers depth chart, the third and final game of the

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USF Athletic Director Michael Kelly leaving for the United States Naval Academy

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo courtesy of USF By Dominic Feo After serving for seven years as the University of South Florida vice president of athletics, USF announced that Michael Kelly has accepted the

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Loudoun United FC spoils Steve Coleman’s debut in 2-1 Rowdies defeat  

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Kendall Bulkiewicz

Photo by Kendall Bulkiewicz | The Crow’s Nest By Kendall Bulkiewicz The Tampa Bay Rowdies suffered a 2-1 loss to Loudoun United FC on April 12 in their first match

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USF long jumper Goodness Iredia receives three-year ban for doping

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Kendall Bulkiewicz

Photo courtesy of USF Athletics By Kendall Bulkiewicz A University of South Florida track-and-field athlete was suspended for doping with an anabolic steroid, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) reported on

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How fan-made accounts are outplaying mainstream sports media

April 15, 2025April 16, 2025 Dominic Feo

(From left to right) Joel Robinson, Colby Allfrey, and Will Stertz during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 21, 2024.  Photo courtesy of Colby

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Heading into the 2026 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Pri Heading into the 2026 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, 17-year-old Gulfport-native Nikita Johnson was optimistic. 

“I’m super thrilled, it’s such a tough category, so to be in [Indy NXT] again and for my first full year is amazing. Hopefully we can pull off a few wins,” Johnson told The Crow’s Nest at the Grand Prix Kickoff Street Party on Feb. 25. 

Johnson got his first win as a full-time Indy NXT driver earlier than expected. Starting from P2 after exceeding expectations in qualifying, Johnson overtook grid leader Max Taylor on the race’s initial turn and led the rest of the way. 

“I saw there was an opportunity coming into turn one, so I went for it and stuck it,” Johnson said during the post-race press conference. “After that — I don’t want to say smooth sailing — but I had it pretty controlled. It was still a little bit tough. Max was right there all the time behind me.” 

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In a repeat of the 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St In a repeat of the 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Álex Palou parked his No.10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda in victory lane on March 1. He grabbed the lead in Lap 42 out of 100 and didn’t let go until the checkered flag waved. 

He finished 12.4948 seconds ahead of Scott McLaughlin, who took pole in qualifying on Feb. 28, for the largest margin of victory in the history of the street circuit. 

“[Palou] uses guard base and gets track position,” McLaughlin said in a post-race press conference. “Obviously, I think the correct decision today was probably to start with red tires, but we didn’t know that going in.” 

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Have you checked out Dave Crow’s participation a Have you checked out Dave Crow’s participation at the Grand Prix? You can find it on our latest print issue! 

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Social media and protests are some of the main way Social media and protests are some of the main ways that people get involved in activism today. 

However, not everyone does this with selfless intention. 

Performative activism is when one involves themself with a social movement in a way that benefits them but not the movement they claim to support. 

“When it’s performative, it can come off a lot more like self-serving, or it can come off a lot more like you’re just here for the flashiness, but there’s no real work happening after,” said Harrison Lundy, the public policy director for Voices of Florida and a volunteer for 5051 Florida.  

It’s like putting on a mask, Elise Prophete, junior political science and sustainability major and Governor of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s student government, told The Crow’s Nest. 

When engaging in performative activism “we’re not allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and be at risk for the things we care about,” Prophete said. “We’re not allowing ourselves to truly care about them.” 
Performative activism has the effect of boosting one’s own social credit while devaluing a social movement.

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The poet laureate usually holds their position for The poet laureate usually holds their position for the mayor’s term and Johnson-Greene will join a distinguished body of poets who previously held the role, including Peter Meinke, Helen Wallace, and more recently, Gloria Muñoz.  

His reaction was one of surprise and astonishment.  

“I think I began to babble something like Courage the Cowardly dog,” Johnson-Green told The Crow’s Nest.  

Johnson-Green’s experience with poetry began about eight years ago, but he still considers himself new to it. He stayed away from the art form for a long time because of the sad connotations it carried.  

This changed when he attended a poetry open mic at Studio@620, a local visual and performing arts venue in downtown St. Petersburg.  

“The walls were a passionate red, the seating was cool and raised up like a theatre, and the poets were everyday people; the oldest around sixty-three and the youngest was about seven,” said Johnson-Green.  

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February was a month full of fun festivities. Here February was a month full of fun festivities. Here’s a look back at all the great events that happened on and off campus.

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