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  PONTE VEDRA BEACH (SportsDay Media) – Four-time PGA TOUR winner and founder of NB3 Foundation, a national, award-winning Native-led nonprofit, Notah Begay III has been named the recipient of the Payne Stewart Award presented by Southern Company, honoring his character, sportsmanship and commitment to charitable giving. Begay III, 53, will be honored Tuesday, August 25, at the Payne Stewart Award Ceremony in conjunction with the 2026 TOUR Championship. Golf Channel will televise the ceremony as part of a “Golf Central” special from 7-8 p.m. ET at the Southern Exchange in downtown Atlanta. “Notah Begay III has always used his platform to make a meaningful and lasting impact, particularly within his Native American communities, and that ongoing work no doubt reflects the values of character, compassion and leadership that define the Payne Stewart Award,” said PGA TOUR CEO Brian Rolapp. “The PGA TOUR is proud to recognize Notah as the 2026 recipient of the Payne Stewart Award presen...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (SportsDay Media) – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp were swept on Sunday in an 11-2 loss to the Rochester Red Wings at ESL Ballpark. The Red Wings (56-38, 11-10) opened up the scoring with a massive third inning. Jumbo Shrimp (50-44, 8-12) reliever Amos Willingham (0-2) issued a leadoff walk to Riley Adams before Cayden Wallace singled. Maxwell Romero Jr. followed with an RBI single for the game’s first run.  Christian Franklin then walked to bring up Abimelec Ortiz, who crushed a grand slam to make it 5-0. Two batters later, Andrew Pinckney doubled before scoring from second on a passed ball. Pinckney walked with one out in the fifth and Trey Lipscomb singled. Joey Wiemer brought in Pinckney with an RBI double before consecutive RBI singles from Adams and Wallace made it 9-0. Jacksonville got on the board in the sixth. Kemp Alderman led off with a double. After a strikeout and an error, he scored on Gage Miller’s RBI single. Rochester added their final two runs in t...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Special to Jax SportsDay) – Home runs from Andrew Pintar and Graham Pauley were not enough for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in a 7-2 loss to the Rochester Red Wings in Friday’s series opener from ESL Ballpark. After Pintar’s homer tied the score at one in the top of the third, the Red Wings (54-38, 9-10) took control of the game in the bottom of the third. Jumbo Shrimp (50-42, 8-10) starter Bradley Blalock (1-7) issued a leadoff walk to Abimelic Ortiz to start the inning.  A ground out pushed Ortiz to second before Andrew Pinckney socked a double to plate Ortiz and put Rochester in front. Trey Lipscomb followed with an RBI single to make it 3-1. The Red Wings added on in the fourth. Phillip Glasser led off with a double. He scored on Christian Franklin’s RBI triple. A Yohandy Morales RBI ground out widened the gap to 5-1. In the fifth, Riley Adams clubbed a long home run to give Rochester a 6-1 advantage. The Jumbo Shrimp answered in the seventh inning on a long ...

  B y Jeff Moeller, Jax Sports Day A year ago, Travis Hunter made as big a splash as when the Jaguars first took the field in 1995. Jacksonville shocked the league and the football world when they moved up in the draft to make Hunter the second overall pick last season. His Heisman Trophy added to the hype.  Expectations were sky-high, and the Jags had a potential two-way player who could certainly make a difference in a club who was looking for a major gamechanger.  Hunter had the ability to excel offensively and defensively. He was viewed as the player that could put them over the top, and take some pressure off Trevor Lawrence. Hunter initially discovered the difference between college football and the NFL. But he did begin to adapt. Ironically, Hunter went down in practice after he had his most productive game of the season with a seven-catch, 101-yard effort against the Rams. He also proved he could play corner when he had as good a game on the other side of the ball...

  Specal to SportsDay Media JACKSONVILLE — Deja Kelly's 21 points led the way for the Charlotte Crown as they snapped Jacksonville's six-game win streak with a 90-82 win at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena Sunday afternoon.   Charlotte raced out to a swift 13-0 lead to open the contest, putting the Waves at low tide early.  However, the Waves were resilient and pressed the Crown for the remainder of the game pulling within three at one point in the second half.   In fact, the Waves would pull within one and two possessions on several occasions throughout the contest, but Charlotte would counter with a flurry of points to gain some breathing room.  Charlotte used strong play down low, especially in the fourth quarter, totaling 44 points in the paint for the game.   Jacksonville never held a lead in the game.   Ariel Hearn led the Waves in scoring with16 points, while Shyanne Sellers chipped in 15 points.  The Waves (12-4) are bac...

ORLANDO (SportsDay) – Orlando City SC today announced a strategic partnership with the Football Science Institute (FSI) aimed at enhancing its technical and sporting infrastructure, participate in applied research initiatives and expand professional development opportunities for its staff. “We are always looking for ways to push the standard of excellence across our club, and this partnership with FSI is an important step in that process,” said Orlando City SC General Manager & Sporting Director Ricardo Moreira. “By connecting cutting-edge research with our day-to-day operations, we can create an environment that supports innovation, enhances player performance and invests in the continued growth of our staff.” Through this partnership, Orlando City staff and professionals will gain access to FSI’s educational programs, developed and delivered by experts working within some of the most competitive environments in world football.  The agreement will also provide opportunities f...

JACKSONVILLE (SportsDay) - Sporting Club Jacksonville announced today the signing of Keeley Dockter, a defender from the University of Portland, and Amanda Poorbaugh, a goalkeeper from Penn State University, pending league and federation approval. The additions come ahead of the second season for the Sporting JAX Women’s team following a record breaking inaugural season for the first Gainbridge Super League expansion team in the 2025/26 season. Before kicking off her professional career with the Reign, Dockter acted as a crucial member of the University of Portland’s back line with 64 starts in 69 appearances and 5,411 minutes logged. Her collegiate career resulted in three goals and two assists for the Pilots, including two game-winning goals. During her redshirt senior year, she led a defense that conceded just 12 goals, the second fewest in the West Coast Conference and the 17th fewest in the nation during the 2025 season. Her achievements that season earned her All-WCC First Team, ...