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Tampa business leaders make the case for an Ybor City ballpark
Although regular season Major League Baseball has been ongoing in Florida for more than twenty-five years now, a compelling argument could be made that it really hasn’t been much of a success. While both the...
Rays president tries to sell St. Pete crowd on Ybor stadium
The Tampa Bay Rays hope to abandon St. Pete for a new baseball stadium in Ybor City and have much of it paid for with public funds; team co-president Brian Auld faced a Suncoast Tiger...
Ed O’Bannon tells WMNF how he sued the NCAA and won
Former college basketball player Ed O’Bannon took on the giant NCAA in court – and won his lawsuit in 2014; O’Bannon wanted athletes to be able to receive compensation for the use of their likenesses...
Documentary explores a literally cool part of black sporting history
On Saturday in South Florida, Tampa Bay Lightning winger J.T. Brown became the first NHL player to participate in a silent protest during the national anthem. Here’s a WMNF News story from March featuring Brown:...
Manatee County students fight back against ban on taking a knee
Schools in Manatee County got an email recently from the district Supervisor of Athletics telling athletic directors that it would break district rules if student athletes don’t stand during the national anthem. The memo says...
Everyone wants to cut drug prices, so why isn’t that happening on Capitol Hill? Kaiser Health News reporter Jay Kaiser came on MidPoint for the first portion of the show and discussed why there are...
Golf course residents protest Tampa Sports Authority over pesticide
A half dozen residents of Forest Hills demonstrated outside Raymond James Stadium Thursday against plans to fumigate a golf course near their homes; next Tuesday the Tampa Sports Authority plans to apply the pesticide Curfew...
Rick Baker pushes for ‘yes’ vote on Rowdies stadium
St. Petersburg voters will decide next Tuesday whether the city should lease a historic waterfront sports stadium to the Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer team for 25 years. The Rowdies want to expand the stadium with...
Journalist Noah Pransky on Radioactivity Wednesday
Questionable analysis used in deciding sports subsidies The state of Florida and local governments spend a lot of money subsidizing stadiums for sports teams. Host Rob Lorei talked with Noah Pransky, who is an investigative...
Documentary explores a literally cool part of black sporting history
A new Canadian documentary looks at the history of black athletes in ice hockey. The film, Soul on Ice: Past, Present and Future, by Kwame Mason, made its Tampa premiere last night in Ybor City...
On today’s program, Dave Zirin, the sports editor of The Nation and the host of the popular Edge of Sports podcast, was our guest for the first part of the program. He discussed San Francisco 49ers...
Women’s Show – Brazil: Economy and Olympics – and NOT Campaign Mania
How many times since the opening ceremony in Rio have your heard “The Girl from Ipanema?” Do you know more about archery than you ever wanted to know? It’s hard not to get caught up...
