Sports
26 April 2024
Jonas Bauer wasn’t pleased with the way he was playing. So much so that after his district champions...
Sports
26 April 2024
You hang around long enough on this rock, and you see enough things that feel simply unexplainable t...
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According to the fine folks at the Mayo Clinic, the yips are involuntary wrist spasms that occur most commonly when golfers are trying to putt. However, the yips also can affect people who play other sports, such as cricket, darts and baseball.
19 April 2024
This column will be uncomfortable for golf lovers to read. Heck, it was uncomfortable to write. Bein...
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(Gianna) Clemente is no flash in the pan, either.
12 April 2024
From what little I remember of being 16, absolutely none of it revolved around being considered by a...
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GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
5 April 2024
When Gulf Coast High School activities coordinator Alan Scott conducted a nationwide search for the ...
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GOLF
5 April 2024
There are 365 acres of former plant nursery that stay in my mind 365 days out of every year. Its rol...
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5 April 2024
This April, the golf world’s most esteemed event, The Masters Tournament, makes its anticipated retu...
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PADDLE SPORTS
29 March 2024
Let it be known that I wish to petition the Naples City Council for new signs welcoming visitors to ...
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“Blaine wrestled for Mark Rosenbalm and I think he took some of Mark's attributes and combined them with his own coaching style to come up with a winning formula.”
29 March 2024
Blaine Ison has been part of the Palmetto Ridge family for nearly 20 years, so it was going to take ...
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COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
22 March 2024
One of the greatest to ever do it is doing it again, right under our noses, and with just a fraction...
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LEARNING FROM THE LEGENDS
22 March 2024
Jimmy Arias, who was ranked as high as 5 on the ATP Tour and was a 1983 U.S. Open semifinalist, stop...
Sports
15 March 2024
Michael Kersey learned from his experience last year at the Class 1A state wrestling championships i...
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
15 March 2024
The Collier County chapter of the National Football Foundation held its annual banquet Thursday, Mar...
Sports
Most artificial turf surfaces are known to last around 8-10 years before turf replacement is necessary, and they are all about in need of their second replacement. At around half a million a pop, that is $4 million just for CCPS to shell out.
15 March 2024
This column is about grass. Or, more specifically, the lack of it in Collier County. No, I’m not tal...
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FGCU MEN'S BASKETBALL
8 March 2024
FGCU, et al, Plaintiff -v.Patrick Brian Chambers, Defendant Opening Statement of Mr. Dewey C. Howe, ...
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NAPLES RACING LEGEND
“Swamp buggy racing isn't for the faint of heart, but Leonard would say if you were man enough to get up in there close, he'd give you the room you needed. ”
1 March 2024
Leonard Chesser was described by those who knew him best as a “man’s man” and a father among fathers...
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1 March 2024
Still wracked with grief over losing his son Matthew on Sept. 11, 2001, Matt Sellitto moved to Naple...
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BOXING LEGEND
Sugar Ray Leonard kicked off his career at the age of 20 in 1977 by winning his first professionall fight, setting the stage for a collection of the most memorable bouts in boxing history.
1 March 2024
Special to the Naples Press One of boxing’s all-time greatest performers is coming to Naples this mo...
Collier now
Homeowners hit by permit fraud still awaiting repairs by builder
13 June 2025
Monika and Paul Gatto purchased 2½ acres off Livingston Road five years ago and signed a contract to...
Sports
16 May 2025
The very best people in the world at what they do, essentially, take something that is exceedingly d...
Collier now
6 June 2025
Organizers of this year’s Great Canoe Races of Naples are following in big footsteps as they reimagi...
B: Arts & Living, ...
Purradise Gardens helps street cats survive in Collier County
30 May 2025
Down a gravel road called No Name Lane off Immokalee Road sits Purradise Gardens, a one-of-a-kind sa...
Food & Flavor
6 June 2025
Tacos are not merely delivery systems for whatever just came off the grill or the pan, but the broad...
Sports
23 February 2024
Alexander “Chev” Machado needed an outlet to help with his post-traumatic stress disorder. So the Ar...
Sports
23 February 2024
Michael Byrd had a vision. Why not meld arguably the best destination in the country—Naples, Florida...
Sports
23 February 2024
At age 5, attracted to the sport’s fast pace, AJ Radunz first donned skates and began playing hockey...
Sports
16 February 2024
Arguably the best sporting event in Collier County history is going on this weekend, and a precious ...
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
9 February 2024
The Immokalee girls soccer program just completed what is believed to be the first winning season in...
Sports
9 February 2024
For the first part of the 20th century, thousands flocked to baseball stadiums around the country to...
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GOLF
“But even as objectively exceptional as Langer was on the world stage before his cake got 50 candles on it, he is truly great after that benchmark.”
2 February 2024
Juan Ponce de Leon meandered around the Caribbean, and eventually bumped into Florida, back in 1513—...
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
2 February 2024
Robbie Schank’s home away from home for more than 30 years has been the soccer pitch at Lely High Sc...