Here’s what you need to know before the 2021 Preakness Stakes kicks off

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

NBC — The Preakness Stakes is reclaiming its traditional second spot in the Triple Crown for its 146th running after an October edition in 2020. The 2021 Preakness Stakes will air on Saturday, May 15 from 2-5 p.m. on NBCSN and from 5-7:30 p.m. on NBC, NBC Sports reports. Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit opens as the 9-5 morning-line favorite after Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert agreed to “rigorous” conditions set by The Stronach Group and the Maryland Jockey Club. On Sunday, May 9, Baffert announced that Medina Spirit had 21 picograms of the steroid betamethasone in a postrace drug...

Former FGCU, Dunbar Star Working Towards WNBA Shot

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

As the WNBA tipped off their 25th season tonight one of Southwest Florida’s best is on the outside looking in after having her senior year cut short FGCU and Dunbar alum Keri Jewett-Giles is hungry for an opportunity she believes she’s earned. For Keri Jewett-Giles 2020 was supposed to be a dream season. It was supposed to include a deep run with FGCU in front of WNBA scouts leading to her being drafted but as we now know she was never given that chance. “I feel like I got robbed my last college season,” Jewett-Giles said. COVID canceled her dream run to finish her FGCU career putting...

FGCU expects sports venues at full capacity in Fall, masks optional

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 14, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

FORT MYERS, Fla.– Wings up and masks off. “It’s certainly exciting to be able to get things back to a normal sense and feeling,” said Florida Gulf Coast University Assistant Athletic Director John Sinnett. FGCU announced earlier this week, even before the CDC, that it would be changing its guidelines so that facemasks on campus were optional but recommended. The policy includes athletic venues. “If they choose to wear a mask that would be their personal decision, but they will not be required,” said Sinnett. The on campus...

Gateway football laying building blocks for future success

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 12, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

LEE COUNTY, Fla.– Building a high school football team from the ground up is no easy task. “When we took over this program I think we had three kids that had ever played a snap of football before,” said Cullen O’Brien, the first head coach in the history of Lee County’s newest school, Gateway High School. As daunting as it seems, O’Brien and his Eagles have embraced the challenge. “It’s awesome to just put your stamp on something and just be a part of building a program from the ground up,” said O’Brien. For now,...

Mighty Mussels make long-awaited home debut

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 12, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

For the first time at home, the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels were introduced to Southwest Florida after COVID-19 canceled the team’s initial first season in 2020. It was a purple and gold debut that has been in the making since 2019 for the rebranded team that fans have been eager to see. “We have waited a long time through the pandemic,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said. “We have been very smart operating under the CDC guidelines but tonight it shows. People are everywhere they are having fun, they are eating hotdogs, and they are watching our home team the mighty...

Michael Jordan shares final text messages from Kobe Bryant

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 12, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

NBC News — Michael Jordan said that he still gets choked up when looking at a series of 17-month old texts. Jordan and the late basketball icon Kobe Bryant chatted via text about family, hoops and tequila just weeks before his death, the Chicago Bulls legend revealed. Jordan told ESPN that he’s kept the final texts even if they inevitably bring a tear to his eye. “He was just so happy,” Jordan said of Bryant’s final weeks of life. “He was doing so well.” The two basketball stars exchanged messages on December 8 2019, seven weeks before Bryant, 41,...

Medina Spirit can race in Preakness despite failing drug test after Derby

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 11, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

(NBC) Medina Spirit has been cleared to race in the Preakness Saturday despite testing positive for a steroid after winning the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Bob Baffert revealed Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone, which put his Derby win in question. Shortly after the announcement, officials at Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is held, said Baffert would be suspended indefinitely from the track. After the 3-year-old finished second at the Santa Anita Derby on April 3, Medina Spirit “developed dermatitis on his hind end” before a veterinarian “recommended...

FGCU senior to represent team at NCAA golf tournament

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 11, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — For the first time in six years, the FGCU golf team will have a representative at an NCAA tournament. The hot streak started at the Old Corkscrew Golf Course and the Eagle’s one and only home tournament this season. The momentum carried over to the ASUN Championship Georgia. Most golf shots are close to impossible to predict, but for FGCU senior Van Holmgren — his match sealing putt was seen a mile away. “I was standing by my assistant coach at the time. I looked at Austin and I said ‘he’s going to make this’ and Austin said ‘of course,” FGCU head...

Derby winner ‘Medina Spirit’ fails drug test, officials say

Written by Fort Myers Mortgage Syndicated User on May 9, 2021. Posted in Fort Myers Mortgage, Mortgage Fort Myers.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Owner of Kentucky Derby winner ‘Medina Spirit’ is fighting back after being told the horse failed a drug test. Bob Baffert’s frustration was apparent as he tried to digest the latest positive drug test involving one of his prized thoroughbreds. Medina Spirit is Baffert’s fifth horse to fail a drug test in a year, which the Hall of Famer vowed to fight “tooth and nail” in the latest doping scandal for horse racing and arguably the sport’s premier trainer, AP reports. Flanked by his attorney Craig Robertson in a morning news conference at Churchill Downs on...

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