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A bill that would exempt minor-league baseball players such as those on the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels from the state’s voter-approved minimum wage was delivered Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The proposal (SB 892) would incorporate into the state minimum-wage law a carve-out for minor-league baseball players that is in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

Fifteen-year-old part-time Estero resident Gianna Clemente won her first United States Golf Association tournament this week. Clemente, and her playing partner Avery Zweig, won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Tournament outside of Seattle.

The world’s largest pickleball event is happening this week in southwest Florida.

Estero’s Gianna Clemente turned 15 last week and is the youngest player in the field. She qualified by being one of the top 30 ranked amateurs in the United States based on 2022’s Women’s World Amateur Golf rankings.

After upsetting Washington State Saturday the FGCU women were denied a trip to the Sweet 16 by a tough Villanova team.

Playing on an injured ankle, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and scrambled 26 yards on the go-ahead drive before Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to give the Chiefs a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.

Gianna Clemente joined current LPGA stars Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda, Brooke Henderson and Grace Park and hall-of-famers Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias as winners of the prestigious South Atlantic Women’s Amateur Championship played at Oceanside Country Club along the edge of the Atlantic.

FGCU's Men's soccer earns a 3-2 victory at Mercer in the final minutes in a contest in Macon, Georgia.

Minnesota Twins’ Spring Training schedule features 17 games at Hammond Stadium; Grapefruit League home opener set February 25 vs. Tampa Bay; Twins to host exhibition against a World Baseball Classic opponent on March 9.

El evento y la subasta de automotriz en Naples recaudo $1,000,000 para ayudar a los necesitados. Ahora te puedes inscribir para una capacitación de habilidades para la vida por St. Vincent de Paul de Naples. D'Ernest Johnson, ex alumno de Immokalee High School y jugador de los NFL Cleveland Browns comparte su historia en el NBC programa TODAY.