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CDC: Rec Hockey Game At Tampa-Area Rink Shows Superspreader Risk

By Christine Sexton - News Service of Florida • Oct 16, 2020
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Samantha Gades / Unsplash

A recreational hockey game this summer in the Tampa Bay region resulted in 15 cases of COVID-19 in men between the ages of 19 and 53 and provides scientists with evidence that the virus can spread at indoor sporting activities.

Ex-FSU Coach Bobby Bowden Leaves Hospital After COVID-19 Treatment

By • Oct 16, 2020
Mark Foley/FloridaMemory.com / From WFSU

Former Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden has been released from the hospital after being treated for COVID-19.

Bowden family friend Kim Shiff says the 90-year-old college Hall of Famer was back home after a weeklong stay at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.

Alabama Coach Saban Tests Negative In Time To Coach Against Georgia

By • Oct 14, 2020
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NPR

Alabama coach Nick Saban was back on the sideline against Georgia after all. The Southeastern Conference cleared Saban on Saturday to coach in the game after he tested negative for COVID-19 the past three days. The move came hours ahead of Saturday night’s game between the second-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 3 Bulldogs. Alabama won, 41-24.  Saban had initially tested positive on Wednesday, along with athletic director Greg Byrne.

Gators Coach Mullen Joins Players In Testing Positive For Coronavirus

By • Oct 14, 2020
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Carl Lisciandrello / WUSF

University of Florida football coach Dan Mullen, who last week wanted 90,000 fans packed inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium amid a pandemic, says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Mullen made the announcement Saturday on Twitter, saying his initial positive result was confirmed by a second test. The Gators had at least 21 players and coaches test positive earlier in the week, an outbreak that prompted the Southeastern Conference to postpone Florida’s next two games.

Bobby Bowden Says He's Tested Positive For Coronavirus

By editor • Oct 6, 2020

Former Florida State University and hall of fame football coach Bobby Bowden says he’s tested positive for the coronavirus. The 91-year-old has told other media outlets he believes he contracted the virus during a recent hospital stay over a leg infection.

Bowden tested positive for the virus last week and is planning to be tested again. He told the Tallahassee Democrat that he doesn’t have much energy but is otherwise feeling okay.

Bowden retired from FSU in 2009. He won two national championships and a dozen division titles.

Buccaneers, USF Unveil Raymond James Stadium Attendance Policies

By Mark Schreiner • Oct 1, 2020

The Buccaneers will allow season pass members with continuous membership since 1998 or earlier, as well as some family and staff members into Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Team officials estimate that under 10,000 people will be in attendance.

They'll increase seating to about 25% capacity — around 16,000 people — for the Green Bay Packers game on Oct. 18.

Tennessee Titans Game Postponed Indefinitely After More Coronavirus Cases Reported

By editor • Sep 30, 2020

Updated Oct. 1 at 11:30 a.m. ET

The Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers will be cooling their cleats a little longer, after the Titans reported more coronavirus cases.

The teams were supposed to square off on Sunday, but the game got postponed earlier this week because of the league's first coronavirus outbreak — the first time a scheduled game has been delayed because of the coronavirus.

USF Football Postpones FAU Game Following COVID-19 Cases At Notre Dame

By Mark Schreiner • Sep 24, 2020

This Saturday's football game between the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University has been postponed.

USF paused all on-field activities earlier Wednesday after seven players at the University of Notre Dame - which beat USF 52-0 in South Bend, Indiana, this past Saturday - tested positive for coronavirus.

Orlando High School Football Game Canceled After Positive Coronavirus Tests

By Danielle Prieur – WMFE • Sep 16, 2020
Dave Adamson

Evans High School’s football team has reported five positive coronavirus tests, and its Thursday game against West Orange High School has been canceled, the Orange County school district said.

DeSantis Urges Bucs To Reconsider Not Allowing Fans For First Two Games

By editor • Sep 4, 2020

A day after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced they would play their first two games in Raymond James Stadium without spectators, Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the team to allow fans to attend.

“If the Bucs had fans, I would try to go to the first home game. I would,” DeSantis said during a Thursday roundtable in St. Petersburg about bars and breweries. “I am not going to go if other fans are not allowed.”

Football Games Teed Up For South Florida Fans

By • Aug 25, 2020
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The Florida Channel

A limited number of South Florida football fans can make plans to watch college and professional games in person next month, even as the region remains behind the rest of the state in reopening its economy during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Monday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens and pointed to a decrease in positive coronavirus tests as he supported plans to allow 13,000 fans, about 20 percent of capacity, into the stadium for home games of the Miami Dolphins and the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Riviera Beach Native Joins Las Vegas Raiders as In-House Social Worker

By editor • Aug 12, 2020

Before Devon Lewis-Buchanan founded Inspire Youths, the organization that brought behavioral health education to marginalized communities in Riviera Beach, he was a linebacker for the University of Louisiana— and a Las Vegas Raiders rookie prospect.

Lewis-Buchanan was hurt during the 2012 NFL rookie camp. He eventually pivoted to a career in social work and community activism for mental health awareness. After joining the Raiders staff this summer, he says life has “come full circle.”

NFL's Top Doctor On How Football Plans To Return

By • Aug 5, 2020

American football is famous for being a full-contact sport. That presents a challenge for trying to keep the coronavirus at bay.

But the NFL is going for it, with some changes.

MLS Player Tests Positive for Coronavirus Weeks Before Orlando Tournament

By Daneille Prieur • Jun 15, 2020

A player for Major League Soccer has tested positive for coronavirus, just three weeks before a tournament is scheduled to be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando.

It's Time For Pro Sports To Restart In Florida, DeSantis Says

By • May 14, 2020

Gov. Ron DeSantis said it’s time for professional sports teams to play ball again in Florida.

DeSantis, who is still rolling out the first phase of the state’s economic recovery effort amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Wednesday he will lift restrictions so teams would be welcome to train and play games in empty stadiums in Florida.

Student Athletes Who Specialize Early Are Injured More Often, Study Finds

By editor • Jul 25, 2017

If you're involved in high school athletics, you know the scene. There's increasing pressure to specialize in a single sport and play it year-round.

Girl Athletes at Greater Risk of Concussions?

By • Mar 26, 2013
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

While most of the buzz around concussions has been concentrated on football, girls who play sports are reporting concussions at twice of the rate of boys, experts say. Coaches of high school girls’ teams are taking concussions more seriously, the Orlando Sentinel reports.