Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Men’s Basketball preview: The rest of the state
A quick look at the schools who aren’t in power five conferences (outside FAU who we did a full preview of due to their status nationally). Bethune-Cookman A lack of depth probably dooms any real chance for improvement this season. Keep an eye of Zion Harmon, a potential SWAC player of the year. Florida A&M […]
Florida State Men’s Basketball preview
Florida State were probably consistently the best team in the ACC from 2017 through 2021 (Virginia has an argument but I opt for FSU). The bad news is part of that period coincided with Covid which curtailed the Seminoles otherwise excellent chances of winning titles in 2020 and 2021. While the Seminoles have beaten in-state […]
UCF Men’s Basketball preview
UCF enters the Big 12, which last season was probably the country’s best conference. For a university with the nation’s second-largest undergraduate enrollment sitting in the middle of a huge TV market, this is an incredible opportunity. Johnny Dawkins team last season scrapped and fought in the American but fell short too many times, and […]
Miami Men’s Basketball Preview
Only one men’s program has made the NCAA Elite 8 each of the past two seasons – incredibly that program is Miami, who despite having some very solid teams through the years (including teams that won the Big East and the ACC) had never been past the Sweet 16 previously. It’s no fluke either as […]
Florida Atlantic Men’s Basketball Preview
Last season was a dream season for FAU, but this season with high expectations and a new conference, a spotlight will be focused on the program like never before. Prior to last season, the school had never won an NCAA Tournament game and had made the Big Dance just once. Now, suddenly they’re the hunted […]
Metrojet and Delta Express – Florida-centric “Airlines within Airlines”
On September 24, 2001, US Airways announced it was shutting down its successful MetroJet subsidiary in the wake of the attacks of September 11. From a Florida perspective this is significant, because with the shuttering of MetroJet, outside a later attempt to make Fort Lauderdale an international hub, US Airways ceded much of its dominant […]
TFS 2023-24 NCAA Men’s Basketball previews for Florida Schools
We don’t cover sports a whole lot here at TFS, but given the state’s obsession with college football and our natural contrarian streak, we’re going to check in on college hoops on the men’s side this season. Besides, we had two Florida schools make the Final Four last season. Here is our schedule for school […]
Florida Panther Wildlife Refuge- 1 1/3 mile trail loop
The 1 1/3 mile loop at the Florida Panther Wildlife Refuge features both prairie areas and heavily wooded jungle like habitats.
Florida Panther Wildlife Refuge- internal 1/3 mile trail
This trail at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Collier County is resembles a jungle and is particularly mosquito-infested in summer.
US Airways Fort Lauderdale hub of the mid 2000’s – the plans that led to the quick rise and fall
The closure of United’s Miami hub after 9/11 and the failed attempts to merge United and US Airways left the Star Alliance without a South Florida hub. In addition American Airlines, who dominated Miami and had crushed the competition from United in the 1990’s down the road in Miami, had moved aggressively into Fort Lauderdale […]




