From Bill Vilona: Four weeks from Friday, the official start of the Blue Wahoos season happens. But we’ve got a lot going on at the ballpark before Opening Day of the Southern…
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Daily Outtakes: Guns, Facebook and Baseball – American favorites
Last Saturday night, four people were taken to hospitals late Saturday night after gunshots were fired in Denver. A fifth victim was discovered Sunday morning. All five are expected to survive their…
Daily Outtakes: Good News, Bad News and Wahoos
Good News: Another Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, and ends on Friday, Sept 8. You can purchase qualifying items related to disaster preparedness exempt from…
Vilona on Blue Wahoos baseball
Pensacola Sports Hall of Famer Bill Vilona discusses sports reporting and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
Daily Outtakes: Now We Know
Fake Battles On Tuesday, the Escambia County School Board approved an emergency rule empowering Interim School Superintendent Keith Leonard to remove from the schools any book challenged for its sexual content. The…
UWF Masters in ‘Money Ball’
Beginning in Fall 2023, the University of West Florida will offer a new Master of Science in Administration with a specialization in sport administration. The graduate program will be offered fully online….
Daily Outtakes: Westside redevelopment
Buying Pensacola Motor Lodge The City’s Westside Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will consider a proposal to buy the Pensacola Motor Lodge on West Cervantes Street at its meeting on Monday, June 12….
Fred Waters Clinic returns
The Fred Waters Youth Baseball Clinic returns on Saturday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to noon at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Read more. The Fred Waters event is open to all youths ages…
Daily Outtakes: Talking with Tim
Mentor: Malcolm Thomas I interviewed Superintendent Tim Smith yesterday and asked if he felt his predecessor, Malcolm Thomas, was undermining his leadership. “No, he was a mentor to me, and I’m really…
Real News: The Magic Man and more
Today’s ‘Real News with Rick Outzen’ touched on today’s news headlines – homelessness w/Quint Studer, UWF Argo baseball, American Magic, State of the Bays, and the festival that kickstarts the Journey to…
Baseball returns to Blue Wahoos Stadium – 36 college and high school games
Baseball returns to Blue Wahoos Stadium later this month with a local showdown between Baker High School and Pensacola High School on February 25, kicking off a 36-game pre-season schedule hosted in…
Wahoos hire new VP
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos announced on Tuesday the hiring of Steve Brice as the organization’s new Executive Vice President and General Manager. Brice brings with him 15 years of experience in the…