What to know before the 153rd Belmont Stakes kicks off

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on June 5, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

NBC SPORTS – The Belmont Stakes returns to early June and closes out a dramatic 2021 Triple Crown, only on NBC Sports. The 153rd Belmont Stakes airs on Saturday, June 5 from 3-5 p.m. ET on NBCSN and from 5-7 p.m. on NBC. Coverage is also available on NBCSports.com and on the NBC Sports app. NBC Sports will also broadcast from Belmont Park on Friday, June 4 from 5-6 p.m. ET with live racing, insider previews, and expert betting tips. What started as a much-anticipated return to normal on the First Saturday in May turned into controversy when, eight days after the 147th Kentucky Derby,...

Alex Cejka wins 2021 Senior PGA Championship

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 30, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

Alex Cejka has won the 2021 Senior PGA Championship. The tournament wrapped up around 6 p.m. Sunday, May 30 with the 50-year-old pro taking the title. Alex Cejka makes history with Senior PGA title! Cards a 67 and becomes the only player ever to win his first two major starts. pic.twitter.com/YIrAteqJ1A— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 30, 2021 Cejka turned pro in 1989, ESPN reports. The post Alex Cejka wins 2021 Senior PGA Championship appeared first on NBC2 News. NBC2 Fort Myers

Indy 500 hosts largest crowd since start of pandemic

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 30, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The milk is on ice, celebrities are in the house and Indianapolis Motor Speedway is buzzing again both with the roar of engines and the largest crowd at a sporting event since the start of the pandemic. The Indianapolis 500 will welcome a sold-out 135,000 spectators on Sunday — nine months after the race ran without fans for the first time in its 105-year history — and drop the green flag on a packed house and a party not seen since early 2020. “We’re just excited to be opening up America,” said Roger Penske, who bought Indianapolis in January 2020, roughly two months before...

Inaugural Zach Martin memorial game held at Dunbar

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 29, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Every down, every snap, and every touchdown scored Friday night at Dunbar High School was done so in the name of Zach Martin Polsenburg. July will mark the fourth anniversary of the death of the football player after suffering from heat illness during a practice at Riverdale High School. Friday’s game between Dunbar and Estero was for Zach. “I was convinced that this is something that we could do and accomplish,” said his mother Laurie Giordano. Tonight’s game comes as a results of a settlement reached between Zach’s...

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Lightning move past Panthers in Game 6 shutout

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 27, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

TAMPA, Fla. / NHL — For the first time since the 2018 playoffs, the Lightning got to celebrate a series-clinching win on home ice with their fans. After securing an early lead over the Cats, Tampa Bay put on a defensive line in front of Andrei Vasilevskiy to eliminate the Panthers with a 4-0 shutout win. For the second-straight game, Tampa Bay led 1-0 through 20 minutes, with the goal coming on their first shot of the night, according to NHL.com. Unlike Game 5 where the Bolts snagged a lead and lost it, Tampa Bay doubled their advantage on a second power play advantage. In the first...

Lightning look to close out the Cats in Game 5

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 24, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

SUNRISE, Fla. / NHL — The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to clinch the first round of the NHL Playoffs against the Florida Panthers tonight, May 24. On Saturday, the Bolts overcame the Cats 6 – 2 on home ice. Alex Killorn scored a team-high two goals for the Lightning in the victory. The Lightning have never lost a playoff series when owning a 3-1 lead, winning all 10 previous playoff series when up 3-1 and ending the series in Game 5 in seven of those situations. Tampa Bay takes on the Cats in Game 5 at the BB&T Center at 8 p.m. Tampa Bay leads the series 3-1. Capacity at...

Everblades Sign Naples Native for Playoff Run

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 22, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

FORT MYERS, Fla.–Being inside Hertz Arena for an Everblades game is nothing new for Zach Solow. “I came to the games my whole life. Season ticket holder section 111,” Solow said. “We would come here and we would play mini hockey in the concourse during the intermissions.” Now he is going to have to trade those mini sticks in the concourse for the real action on the ice, something that will take some getting used to. “It’s going to sink in once that puck drops on Friday night and I’m going to soak up every second of it,” Solow said. Solow signed this week with the team after...

Sunshine State showdown: Lightning take on Panthers in first round of playoffs

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 16, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

SUNSHINE, Fla. / AP — The defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning will take on the Florida Panthers for the first time in the postseason on Sunday night. Florida was second in the Central Division, Tampa Bay was third. The Panthers went 5-2-1 against the Lightning in the regular season, though that seems irrelevant given that Tampa Bay’s lineup will be considerably different in this series. The Lightning are adding Nikita forward Nikita Kucherov — whose last game was Sept. 28, which just happened to be the night Tampa Bay hoisted the Stanley Cup. He missed the entire regular...

Kobe Bryant among 9 others to be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 16, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

LOS ANGELES / CNN — Kobe Bryant was officially inducted in to the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night. “I wish my husband was here to accept this incredible award,” Bryant’s wife, Vanessa Bryant, said at the ceremony, as she was joined onstage by basketball legend Michael Jordan. “He and Gigi deserved to be here to witness this. Gigi would be so proud to watch her daddy get enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame.” The NBA legend was posthumously elected into the Hall last April in his first year of eligibility — just months after Bryant, his...

Rombauer wins the 2021 Preakness Stakes

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 15, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

BALTIMORE — Rombauer won the 2021 Preakness Stakes Saturday evening in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes was the second leg of the American Triple Crown of horse racing, NBC Sports reports. The Preakness reclaimed its traditional second spot in the Triple Crown for its 146th running after an October edition in 2020. Last year, Kenny McPeek’s Swiss Skydiver became the sixth filly in history to win the Preakness Stakes. She outlasted 2020 Kentucky Derby champ and eventual Horse of the Year Authentic in a furious chase to the wire. The post...

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