The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Vincent Jackson was found deceased in a Brandon hotel room Monday.
Due to the challenges posed by COVID-19, the World Golf Championships originally set to be held in Mexico City will not be played in Mexico this year. Instead, this year’s championship will be held in Bradenton, which will bring the top 72 best golfers in the world to the suncoast
Two of Mote Marine Laboratory’s animals have predicted that the Bucs will win Super Bowl LV in Tampa, as they become the first team to play a Super Bowl at home. The other two voters picked Kansas City.
Super Bowl 55 is just a week and a half away and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is hoping to shine a light on human trafficking in the state ahead of the big game.
LSU will interview current Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones for the Tigers’ open defensive coordinator position, according to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg.
Police arrested a man Monday they say broke into a mansion owned by Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and model Gisele Bundchen and made himself comfortable on a couch while no one else was in the home.
The Tampa Bay Rays are headed to the World Series after beating the Houston Astros 4-2 in the seventh and deciding game of their American League Championship Series Saturday night in the MLB playoff bubble.
The grand opening of Sandlot Off-Road Adventure Park opens Oct. 9. The park is formerly known as Florida Tracks and Trails and will reopen under different ownership.
According to Coach Matthew McElhiney, Braden River’s volleyball season has come to an end because a Braden River volleyball player came in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID.
Several recent public opinion polls have shown skepticism from the Japanese public and the business community that the games can go on — or should go on.
The Florida High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted 11-5 to begin the fall season as previously scheduled on August 24. Sarasota County Cchools are going with that start date. Meanwhile, in Manatee County, the start of sports is still up in the air.
The coronavirus forced another change in Major League Baseball’s schedule, bringing the league’s total to eight teams affected in the first nine days of the season.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that he will sign a bill to allow collegiate athletes to earn money for use of their name, image and likeness. SB 646, is titled the Intercollegiate Athlete Compensation and Rights and will deliver compensation for athletes who previously could be deemed ineligibl
The 42-year-old quarterback with six Super Bowl rings said on Instagram on Tuesday morning that he is leaving the New England Patriots. Friday, the Buccaneers announced Brady was joining the team.
Before making it to the NFL, Austin Reiter started on the field at Lakewood Ranch High School. Reiter graduated in 2010 before heading to USF. Mustang Coach Mick Koczersut still remembers how hard Reiter worked not only on the field but also in the classroom.
Florida State has fired Willie Taggart one day after the Seminoles were beaten by Miami and fell closer to missing a bowl game for the second consecutive season.
Stephen Strasburg gutted through without his best fastball to throw a five-hitter Tuesday night, and now it’s on to Game 7 in the first World Series ever in which the visiting team won each of the first six games.
During a news conference at the state capitol, DeSantis told reporters he supports bills filed for the 2020 legislative session that propose what he calls needed reform for college athletes.
The School District of Manatee County has cancelled all of tonight’s preseason football games due to the excessive rain that the Suncoast area has experienced within the last week.
The School District of Manatee County has announced that two graduates from high schools in the county were selected in Monday’s Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.
DeAndre Hunter hit two critical threes with the Cavaliers on their heels late, one in regulation and one again in overtime, and his 27 points led the team.
Coaches still will have two challenges per game, and in the final two minutes of a half or fourth quarter or for all of overtime, the replay official can order a review of offensive or defensive pass interference.
Le'Veon Bell agreed to a deal early Wednesday morning, ending months of speculation about where he'd resume his playing career after six years with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Robert Kraft was among hundreds of men charged in a crackdown on massage parlor prostitution and an investigation into human trafficking at Florida spas.
Team LeBron rallied back from a double-digit deficit and defeated Team Giannis 178-164 as the NBA’s best and most famous stars played in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte at the Spectrum Center Sunday night.
Country music superstar Garth Brooks will end his baseball retirement and spend just over a week participating in spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
New England topped the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in a game that dragged the high-def NFL back to the days of black-and-white TV. It was the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in the 53-year history of the game.
