TOKYO (AP) — Alice Dearing has an afro, a voluminous puff nearly impossible to protect in most swimming caps. Her hair shrinks if it gets wet. And the chlorine? The chemicals in a pool can cause severe damage that requires substantial time and money to treat. The first Black female swimmer on Britain’s Olympic team…
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Tampa Bay Lightning // The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forwards Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk to three-year contracts, both worth $758,333 AAV, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced Saturday. The first year of the contracts are a two-way deal, and the second and third years…
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Tampa Bay Lightning // The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Alex Barre-Boulet to a three-year contract worth $758,333 AAV, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced. The first year of the contract is a two-way deal, and the second and third years are one way. Barre-Boulet,…
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TAMPA, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Coach Bruce Arians and QB Tom Brady agreed that today was not the team’s best day of practice. It was a warm and sunny 84 degrees this morning on day 5 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp practice at the AdventHealth Training Center. Fans were vocal with their chants…
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Tampa Bay Lightning // The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Remi Elie to a one-year, two-way contract today, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced. Elie, 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, played in 28 games for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League in 2020-21, recording 10…
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Daytona International Speedway // Officials from Daytona International Speedway and STILLHOUSE Spirits, a part of the portfolio of Bacardi Limited, announced today that STILLHOUSE Black Bourbon has become the Official Bourbon of the Daytona International Speedway and the DAYTONA 500. As part of the multi-year partnership, STILLHOUSE will…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: UCF Athletics // UCF and Big Ten Conference member Maryland have scheduled a football series featuring games in the 2025 and 2028 seasons. The Knights will play the Terps on Aug. 30, 2025, at Maryland Stadium in College Park, Maryland. Then those two teams return to face each other…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) — Source: Orlando City SC // Alex Leitão has resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer for Orlando City SC, it was announced today. Leitão, who joined the organization in 2015, will remain involved as a soccer operations advisor to the organization. “On behalf of the entire organization, I’d like…
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