The 20th Annual Sebring Firemen, Inc Memorial Golf Classic is presented by AXA Advisors and Home Depot. The Classic will be held Saturday, August 10 at Sun ‘n Lake Golf Club. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and a cannon start at 8:30 a.m. All proceeds to benefit student athletics.
PALM COAST – An hour and a half. That’s how long Sean Dale had to wait to be crowned the 73rd Florida Open Champion on Sunday at Hammock Dunes Club. Dale fired a final-round 9-under 63 to capture the championship at 12-under 204.
SEBRING – Strong, passionate and inspirational is the best way to describe Judith and David Reed. The Reeds hope to inspire others and have made a few world records along the way. Judith Reed, who is 72-years-old, holds eight world records in powerlifting.
WIMBLEDON, England — For nearly five tight, tense and terrific hours, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer traded the lead, playing on and on and on until an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker was required to settle their memorable Wimbledon final.
BALTIMORE — The Tampa Bay Rays took a combined perfect game into the ninth inning before Hanser Alberto beat the shift with a leadoff single against Ryan Yarbrough, wrecking history in the making and taking some of the edge off their 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
SILVERSTONE, England — A day of dramatic English sporting glory began with a far more fortuitous — but still record-breaking — victory for Lewis Hamilton on the nation’s Formula One track.
BRIOUDE, France — Like a lost love, the Tour de France gains in value for riders who can’t race in it.
LONDON — For the past three years, the only way Sergei Starodoubtsev experienced the NFL was by watching highlights of JuJu Smith-Schuster and other players on Instagram.
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Highlands County teams are hanging tough in the Dixie Youth Softball State Tournaments in Belleview.
SILVIS, Illinois — Cameron Tringale and Andrew Landry topped the John Deere Classic leaderboard Saturday, with a half-dozen guys right behind them.
PALM COAST - After posting the low round yesterday, Mickey DeMorat continued his strong play on Saturday at the 73rd Florida Open Championship to finish the day at the top of the leaderboard. DeMorat carded a 4-under 68 on the Links Course at Hammock Dunes Club to move to 11-under 133.
The Freshwater Fishing Forecast for the third week of July gives angler the full moon headed toward the lunar apogee which occurs next Sunday and a typical rainy season weather forecast with no high or low pressure systems to factor-in until next weekend.
SEBRING – The second Heartland Golf Open Qualifier drew golfers from across Highlands County to Sun ‘N Lake Golf Club.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Anthony Davis’ year of uncertainty finally felt finished when he stood in the Los Angeles Lakers’ training complex and proudly held up his new gold jersey while LeBron James looked on approvingly.
The Dixie Youth Softball State Tournament is in full swing in Belleview this weekend. Representing Highlands County in the Angels Traditional division is Sebring and Lake Placid is in the Belles and Ponytails X-Play divisions.
BALTIMORE — Stevie Wilkerson hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to back a surprisingly effective performance by Baltimore’s pitching staff, and the Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 Saturday in the opener of a split doubleheader.
BALTIMORE — The Boston Red Sox have upgraded their starting rotation by obtaining right-hander Andrew Cashner in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles.
SAINT-ETIENNE, France — As their country prepares to celebrate Bastille Day, Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot were in the mood for fireworks a day in advance at the Tour de France.
TORONTO — Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud will start from the pole for the IndyCar race through the streets of Toronto.
