Sports–Entertainment

By Laura Lyon
September 18, 2024

St. Pete flood insurance CEO buys slice of pickleball team

Neptune Flood Insurance is now the title sponsor of Florida Smash.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Laura Lyon
September 3, 2024

Tampa entrepreneur grows goat yoga business with grit, good times

How a small family and half a dozen goats jumped to new heights.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Laura Lyon
August 29, 2024

$2.4B Clearwater yacht company adds to board

MarineMax, a Clearwater-based recreational boat, yacht and superyacht services company, has appointed Bonnie Biumi to its board.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Andrew Warfield
August 28, 2024

Orioles plan high-tech expansion of Sarasota spring training site

A proposed clubhouse addition would bring high-tech batting cages, player facilities and additional parking.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Mark Gordon
August 26, 2024

NBA's Cavaliers to hold weeklong training camp in Bradenton

This will also be the Cavaliers’ first remote training camp since the 2004-05 season at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Mark Gordon
August 23, 2024

Legoland Florida president sets sights on new ways to grow market share

The newly minted top executive at Legoland Florida takes on the role just as the hyper-competitive $30 billion amusement park industry begins to show a slight dip in what was a post-COVID surge in attendance.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Elizabeth King
August 21, 2024

IMG Academy adds softball, appoints Olympic medalist as director

The Bradenton school for student-athletes announces its 16th sport, the groundbreaking for facilities and a new Olympic bronze medal-winning director.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
August 20, 2024

Famed high-end steakhouse debuts food truck at women's pro soccer game

Bern's Steak House, along with several other local restaurants, is serving concession food at Tampa Bay Sun FC home games.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Louis Llovio
August 16, 2024

How childhood friends built a pro women's soccer team — from scratch

On the eve of its first-ever game, a look at what it took to build the Tampa Bay Sun FC.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Louis Llovio
August 13, 2024

Vinik to expand Lightning ownership, team worth 'close to $2 billion'

Jeff Vinik is in talks to grow the Tampa Bay Lightning’s ownership group but has no immediate intentions to step away from-day-to-day operations.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Elizabeth King
August 12, 2024

Forget pickleball: Entrepreneur brings indoor padel to Sarasota-Manatee

The Pad Sarasota offers space to play padel, a racket sport that is growing worldwide in popularity.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
August 9, 2024

With the future secured, Rays make plans, prepare to break ground

The Tampa Bay Rays plan to move forward with the team's new stadium and the 86-acre redevelopment around it after years of trying to work out a deal that would keep the team in town for the long term.