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Claim: Double standard still exists for female sports reporters listen

01/29/09 Mitch E. Perry
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NBC Sports will be broadcasting the Super Bowl this Sunday from Tampa.

Along with the familiar voices of Al Michaels, John Madden, and Bob Costas will be sideline reporter Andrea Kremer.

Earlier this week, WMNF spoke with Kremer, who worked at ESPN for 17 years before becoming part of NBC’s Sunday Night telecasts in 2006. We asked if she enjoys her job, which sometimes doesn’t get a whole lot of respect from viewers and critics.

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Springsteen ready for Super Bowl performance listen

01/29/09 Mitch E.Perry
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Tags: Sports, Super Bowl, media, Bruce Springsteen, entertainment, music

Rock superstar Bruce Springsteen gave his first formal press conference in 20 years this afternoon.

The New Jersey rocker is in Tampa, where he’ll be performing in front of a huge worldwide television audience this Sunday night at halftime of the Super Bowl.

Speaking to more than a thousand reporters at the Tampa Convention Center, the media center for the Super Bowl this week, Springsteen warned reporters that he wasn’t exactly a football fanatic.

Springsteen is on a particular high...

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Sarasota County tries to woo Baltimore Orioles listen

11/18/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Sarasota County, Boston Red Sox, baseball training facility, Baltimore Orioles, sports

After striking out on a deal that might have brought the Boston Red Sox to Sarasota to play their spring training games, public officials now have their eyes on wooing the Baltimore Orioles to the area.

The Sarasota County Commission today approved a plan to continue discussions to potentially increase a tourist tax -- levied on hotel rooms and condo rentals up to six months -- to 4 percent from 3 percent, reserving half those revenues for a stadium project.

The tentative costs for a ...

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Bid to bring Red Sox to Sarasota appears dead listen

10/14/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Sports, Boston Red Sox, spring training

After month of negotiations, the city and county of Sarasota announced in a joint press release this morning that negotiations with the Boston Red Sox to play their spring training games in town was over.

The news stunned some observers, including some County Commissioners.

Elsie Souza is with Citizens for Sox, a local activist group that was behind the effort to bring the Red Sox to Sarasota. She was angry about learning that the negotiations had apparently ended abruptly.

The Cinc...

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NFL commissioner, city officials tout benefits of Super Bowl listen

10/13/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Sports, Super Bowl, economic impact

In a little over 100 days, one of the biggest events in the world will take place in Tampa. Super Bowl 43 will be played at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 1.

Today in Tampa, local politicians and members of the business community crowded into a ballroom at the Marriott Waterside Hotel to boast about what the game will do for the Tampa economy and community.

The guest speaker was National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell. Goodell fielded questions in front of a crowd of about 5...

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Pro soccer coming to Tampa in 2010 listen

06/19/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Tampa Bay Rowdies, Professional Soccer, Sports

This afternoon at Raymond James Stadium, team owners announced that Tampa Bay will soon have a new soccer team with a familiar name.

"There will be a new professional soccer team that will compete in United Soccer Leagues Division One starting in the 2010 season and the name of that team will be the Tampa Bay Rowdies," said Andrew Nestor, president, CEO and part owner of the group.

Nestor said the team has not decided on a new logo, but the colors will remain green and yellow, just li...

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Minorities, women to be involved in Super Bowl planning listen

02/14/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Sports

The week of activities leading up to the Super Bowl are expected to bring millions of dollars into the community. Today, members of the City Council today told officials with the local Host Committee that they want to ensure that women and minority-owned businesses get a fair shot at some of those opportunities.

The Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee is partnering with the National Football League on what they’re calling "The Emerging Business Program" to educate and provide business opp...

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Sarasota County decides to fund stadium fixup

02/13/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Sports

The debate over whether the Cincinnati Reds will continue to train in Sarasota Took another turn yesterday when Sarasota County Commissioners voted to offer $17.6-million toward the renovation of Ed Smith Stadium.

Commissioners voted 4-1 to allocate the money. One of those Commissioners, Paul Mercier, who previously said he would not fund the proposal, obviously had a change of heart.

Commissioner Nora Patterson also had a change of heart. She had previously favored using the half-ce...

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