Sports

It might be time to rename Fort Myers, “Hockey Town”. For the fourth consecutive year, The Florida Everblades find themselves competing for a spot in the Kelly Cup Championships.

A negotiated settlement in an NCAA infractions case has been made with Florida Gulf Coast University.The negotiated resolution, announced Friday, stems from an infractions case from July 2023 to May 2024 within the university's men's tennis program. The penalties levied by the NCAA against FGCU in the case include a $25,000 fine; the men's tennis program was prohibited from recruitment efforts January 6-21, 2025; the issuance of a 2-year probation; and vacation of selected team contests.

17-year-old Gianna Clemente throwing out first pitch at the April 14 Yankee game highlights a busy year

The sport of croquet deals in blobs, crushes, death rolls and ducks. And it is playing out once again at the Sarasota County Croquet Club in Venice via the Under 21 world championship.

WGCU reporters and videographers were awarded recently by the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists for entries dealing with the environment and sports.

Croquet is a game that comes from the elite and has been a backyard staple for years. The sport is gaining a new following with some top notch competitions in Sarasota.

The Atlanta Dream announced Monday the completion of their 2025 coaching staff, adding former FGCU head coach and player Chelsea Lyles and former FGCU assistant coach Camryn Brown as assistant coaches under former FGCU head coach and now Atlanta Head Coach Karl Smesko. Lyles and Brown join assistant coaches Brandi Poole and LaToya Sanders, who were added to the team in January.

The FGCU women's basketball Eagles, ranked 14th in the NCAA DI tournament, were beaten by the 3rd ranked Oklahoma Sooners Saturday 81-58 in the first round of March Madness action.The loss was the second year in a row the Eagles were ousted from the tournament by the Sooners.

The FGCU Eagles women's basketball team, winner of a ninth straight ASUN championship Saturday, were selected as the 14 seed to play against 3 seed Oklahoma Sooners during Sunday's 2025 NCAA DI women's basketball tournament bracket selection show.The game will be Saturday in Norman, Oklahoma.