Monthly Archives: December 2023
O’Leno Park Suspension Bridge
A suspension bridge over the Santa Fe River at O’Leno State Park in Columbia County.
Boardwalk at Blackwater River State Park
Blackwater River State Park is in Santa Rosa County and features a boardwalk area through a Cypress Swamp which is fairly typical of the West Florida and the Gulf Coast. It is one of multiple Cypress Swamps in the park.
USL Super League heading to Fort Lauderdale
The USL Super League announced the awarding of a new Super League franchise to Fort Lauderdale in late November. It’s a standalone club for now with no men’s entry. Super League Fort Lauderdale is founded by Tommy Smith. The club has plans for a modernized stadium and on-site training facilities in partnership with Nova Southeastern […]
FSU wins a 4th women’s soccer national title
Florida State beat Stanford 5-1 in Cary, NC in early December to win a championship capping an unbeaten season. It is Florida State’s 4th title in 10 seasons (and I’d argue two of best FSU teams in that run didn’t win the title) and demonstrated once again FSU not the University of North Carolina (which […]
The Tampa Bay area has a new women’s pro team kicking off in 2024
The Tampa Bay Sun will kick off USL Super League play in August of 2024. Childhood friends and local business leaders Darryl Shaw, David Laxer (who co-owned FC Tampa Bay/Tampa Bay Rowdies from 2008-2014), and Jeff Fox serve as owners of the team. Long-term the club plans to play at a purpose-built stadium on the […]
Jacksonville has a new men’s and women’s pro soccer team
Merry Christmas everyone! This week, I’m going to be pushing out some articles related to the growth of women’s soccer in Florida (Florida State just won its fourth NCAA women’s title). Each of these articles first appeared on The Florida Soccer Report. Today we start with the announcement of Sporting JAX from two weeks ago. […]
Little Talbot Island
SR AIA runs right through Little Talbot Island en route from Jacksonville to Amelia Island.
Timucan- Theodore Roosevelt Area
We look around the Theodore Roosevelt Area of the Timucuan National Ecological and Historic Preserve in Duval County.
The Florida Squeeze 