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It’s time for the Lakeland Flying Tigers 1st 2023 Homestead
Flying Tigers Celebrate 2023 Opening Day at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium on Tuesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. 2023 Opening Homestand Includes Six Games Against the Bradenton Marauders First Homestand Features Opening Day ’34 Club Buffet, Bingo Tuesday,...
Barnett, McGriff among Polk County Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023
He may have only made the junior varsity basketball team at Florida Southern – as well as the accounting club – but his support of his alma matter’s sports program as well as other contributions to the sports industry in Polk County has earned Barney Barnett a...
Wanderers Canadian soccer club to train Auburndale
AUBURNDALE – The Wanderers will have a new home – at least for the spring. Today, the HFX Wanderers Football Club of the Canadian professional soccer club announced that they will hold Spring Training at the newly built Auburndale Stadium at Lake Myrtle Sports Park in...
The savings are fluid with the Craft Beer Pass
While local beer drinkers have long known Central Florida as a brewmaster’s paradise, steps have been taken to tell the rest of the world. Participants in “The Adventure on Tap Central Florida Craft Beer Pass” can redeem special offers and qualify for prizes by...
Silver Garland launch a success
The longest running service award program in Polk County returned after a year-long break. The Silver Garland Awards program was started more than 45 years ago by the then New York Times owned Lakeland Ledger, who sought to honor the outstanding volunteerism of area...
Minor league holds only East Coast tryouts in Central Florida
Think you’ve got the stuff to be a Boy of Summer? Here’s your chance to turn those backyard homerun dreams into professional baseball reality. The Pioneer Baseball League, a professional minor league and an official partner of Major League Baseball, will be holding...
Tigers BBQ is a ‘welcome back’ to the Boys of Summer
Spring showers may bring May flowers, but what else does Spring bring? Why, baseball of course. A tradition that started more than 70 years ago, the Tiger BBQ returns in 2023, a sign that the Boys of Summer and the Great American Pastime, baseball, have returned....
Bartow’s own Ken Riley to be enshrined in NFL Hall of Fame
The world just learned something that Polk County knew long ago – Ken Riley deserves to be in the NFL Hall of Fame. After a 15-year career with the Cincinnati Bengals, Riley recorded at total of 65 interceptions – an amount only surpassed by four other players. As...
Hardball and softball fill fields this weekend
A Winter Haven softball team takes on the Tournament of Champions while Southeastern University brings the best in NAIA baseball to town WINTER HAVEN – While more than 80 softball teams from around the world will be playing throughout Polk County in the coming weeks,...
NBA legend Rick Mahorn to be inducted into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame
The free Friday night event kicks off a weekend of small college basketball at Florida Southern College LAKELAND - NBA legend Rick Mahorn is just one of the inductees into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Friday night. The event will be followed by the Small...