Posts Tagged ‘Winter Haven’

Winter Haven’s Andre Berto will step into the ring Saturday night to make his first defense of the WBC Welterweight title that he won in June. Berto’s match will be right before the big Shane Mosley vs. Richard Mayorga bout and will be seen on HBO starting at 10:30pm live from the Staples Center in [...]

As the Florida Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony gets closer (just one week away now), a lot has been made about the big names that will be inducted on August 16. One of the great stories of the new Hall of Fame class is the story of Otis Birdsong. He started his legendary career [...]

In case you missed it this weekend, Winter Haven boxer Andre Berto won the WBC welterwight title by defeating Miki Rodriguez. The fight was televised on HBO. Berto is now 22-0 with 19 knockouts and is in line to fight some of the biggest names in boxing. Congratulations Andre. We’ll keep you posted on his [...]

The countdown is now over and the 2008 Florida Sunshine State Games is now underway in Polk County. Florida’s only Olympic-style Sports Festival began last weekend with Flag Football and  the games continue this weekend all over Polk County.  More than 5,000 of Florida’s finest amateur athletes, between the ages of 4 and 88, will compete in over 20 sports [...]

The best community college baseball teams from around Florida are playing for the Florida Community College Activities Association Championship. The tournament started on Friday and ends Tuesday.  Games are played all day on the weekend and during the day on Monday and Tuesday, so here is your chance to leave work early and catch some [...]