Photo Gallery from the 2018 Governor’s Baseball Dinner Media Credential Request TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Governor’s Baseball Dinner, a celebration of a new season of Major League Baseball Spring Training in Florida, makes its second stop in Palm Beach County in the last five years when the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, in West […]
Photo Gallery Results TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, came to a close on Sunday, December 9, at 7:02 p.m., at the North Greenwood Recreation Center when Bob Gill, of Weeki Wachee, and Michael Goodrich, of St. Joseph, Mich., defeated Steve Arlen, of Kissimmee, and John Trafalski, of Hernando, 11-5, […]
The State of Florida added three more collegiate national titles to its trophy case in Fall 2018 as the Sunshine State continues to produce some of the nation’s best collegiate athletic teams, programs, and student-athletes in the country. Since January 1, 2018, the State of Florida as a whole has displayed multiple championship performances as […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — The 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, came to a close on Sunday at 7:02 p.m., at the North Greenwood Recreation Center when Bob Gill, of Weeki Wachee, and Michael Goodrich, of St. Joseph, Mich., defeated Steve Arlen, of Kissimmee, and John Trafalski, of Hernando, 11-5, 11-5, to […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — Day eight of the 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, got off to a big start at Crest Lake Park in Clearwater with a milestone anniversary of a race walker and some exciting finishes on foot and on bicycles. Gary Bertelsen, of New Smyrna Beach, crossed the finish […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — On the seventh of nine days of the 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, athletes were busy hurling horseshoes across the court hoping to hear the clank of the iron post for a ringer at Ed C. Wright Park. They struck cue balls with sticks pushing them toward […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Sports Foundations announces the appointment of Kim McDougal to its board of directors. McDougal’s appointment expands the board to 24 directors. A seasoned education policy expert with almost three decades of experience, she has served in multiple leadership roles at the Florida Department of Education, including Governmental Relations Director and Senior […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — On the sixth of nine days at the 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, found cyclists on finely engineered bicycles riding for top times at one of Florida’s top beach destinations. Also at two Clearwater locations, the first of four days of Pickleball began with 343 athletes in […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — The 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, Mixed Doubles Tennis 70-74 age group featured an interesting match-up on its opening day Wednesday at Innisbrook Resort and Spa. Multiple gold medal winners, Judi and Aubrey Whitaker, of Lake Wales, were paired on the courts against Michelle and Julian Rainwater, […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — The fourth day of the 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, started wet and cloudy at Countryside Country Club for the Golf competition. The clouds cleared by midday for the 177 golfers and then returned in late afternoon with a drop-in temperature. By 5:15 p.m., light was fading […]