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Proposal to pay baseball players less than minimum wage narrowly advances in Florida Senate

A new bill might make it legal for Minor League Baseball players in Florida to be paid less than minimum wage.
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Florida House unanimously passes changes to pay for athletes

The Florida House passed a proposal that would allow colleges and universities to help connect student-athletes with endorsements.

Florida high school athletic board drops menstruation questions

the Florida High School Athletic Association Board dropped questions about student-athletes’ menstrual cycles from a physical evaluation form.

MLB rejects Rays’ hopes to split seasons between Tampa Bay & Montreal

Major League Baseball has rejected the Tampa Bay Rays' idea to split future seasons between the Tampa Bay region and Montreal.
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Colin Kaepernick taking a knee influenced a generation of activist athletes: author

WMNF's Seán Kinane interviews The Nation's Dave Zirin, author of a book about sports & activism: The Kaepernick Effect. Taking a Knee, Changing The World.

The Rays lead the American League but still can’t fill the Trop

John Romano and Charlie Frago of the Tampa Bay Times joined Janet and Shelley on MidPoint to talk about the  Tampa Bay Rays and the state of baseball in Tampa Bay. The Rays have the best record...

“Trial and Error” on Morning Energy

There is a saying in life that, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”. However, along the road to success comes a lot of “Trials and Errors”. Today is the opening ceremony for...
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DeSantis signs trans girls sports ban on first day of LGBTQ Pride month, protests and legal challenges swiftly follow

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill banning transgender girls from Florida school sports into law Tuesday, the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month. Protests and promises of legal challenges swiftly followed the signing. LISTEN:...
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Legislature revives, passes trans girl sports ban prompting fierce backlash

Florida’s ban on transgender girls participating on girl’s teams died in the senate two weeks ago, but was revived and passed by both chambers late Wednesday as an amendment to a different bill. Members of...
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Players call for Stanley Cup Playoffs to be halted in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests

Some professional hockey players have called for the Stanley Cup Playoffs to be halted in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests. In a tweet Thursday afternoon, player Evander Kane tweeted today that players with the...
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Rays expect taxpayers to fund much of team’s proposed Ybor stadium

On Tuesday afternoon the Tampa Bay Rays unveiled their proposed Ybor City baseball park; according to the Rays, the project would cost $892 million, about a third of which would be the cost of the...

ESPN’s Jemele Hill’s message to some news consumers: ‘Your emotions are not facts’

ESPN’s Jemele Hill says the news business has changed dramatically since she first got into the industry in the late 1990’s, with the most significant difference being that instead of getting the news to inform...

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