In last week’s Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft, the state of Florida had 158 players selected in the 2018 draft where 135 total selections came from its Sunshine State-based university, college, junior college, or high school ranks. Of the 1,214 selections of the 40-round draft held in Secaucus, N.J., a total of 653 […]
USRowing will be partnering with Visit Sarasota and the Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates (SANCA) to bring the USRowing Youth National Championships back to Florida for the next three years, the organizations announced on Sunday. Nathan Benderson Park, which hosted the 2017 World Rowing Championships last September, will play host to the event from 2019-2021. […]
More than 700 Sunshine State Games athletes will be in the water and on the archery range this weekend in Gainesville and Lakeland with competitions in Swimming, Synchronized Swimming and Archery. The Games continue through the remainder of the month of June with nine upcoming sports being held in six different Florida communities. The three […]
Sunshine State Games athletes will be gliding across the water at Nathan Benderson Park in rowing and paddling events and lifting heavy amounts of weight at the Olympic weightlifting competition at the Bradenton Area Convention Center. This is the second weekend of multi-sport 2018 Sunshine State Games competitions going on through the months of May […]
May 21-23, 2018 One Ocean Resort – Jacksonville, Fla. Event Program The 2018 FSF Industry Partners Summit brings together representatives from Florida’s 27 sports commissions and sports events rights holders from around the country. Twenty-three presenters from a variety of sports will share their information with Florida’s finest sports tourism promoters throughout the day on […]
In the first multi-sport weekend of the 2018 Sunshine State Games, over 2,500 athletes were competing in three sports in three Florida communities. Statewide, 131 individual gold medals were awarded in Figure Skating while eight Basketball team and nine Lacrosse team medals were presented. With more than 300 figure skaters on the ice at Florida […]
The Florida Sports Foundation (FSF), a Division of Enterprise Florida, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jason Hendrix has joined the staff as the Director of Communications. In this position, Hendrix will plan and direct all aspects of communications while managing and implementing all media strategies that foster the daily relationships with local, regional, and […]
The 2018 Sunshine State Games Schedule of Events features more than 30 sports in 19 different Florida communities. Now in its 39th year, the Games are an Olympic-style sports festival offering Floridians of all ages the opportunity to compete in a wide variety of sports. Competition begins this weekend with the Sunshine State Games Dominoes […]
Click this link Florida Football Central Time for the pdf document to download and print. This document has 2018 schedules for Florida’s three NFL teams and 18 college football teams. Welcome to Florida Football NFL Draft Picks The NFL produced 22 new members of Florida’s three teams and 19 players from Florida colleges were drafted. The Jacksonville […]
The 2018 Sunshine State Games Super Regional featured 44 Florida-based Volleyball teams playing in Fort Myers, Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15. See results below in the seven age groups where the winners qualified for the AAU National Championships in Orlando in June. The 14-Year Old Age Group winners, Tainas Volleyball Club, from Orlando (pictured […]