tampa bay buccaneers Planning to relocate to the New Orleans area to prepare sunday game against saints Hurricane Milton is expected to hit the west coast of Florida.
The Bucs intend to travel Tuesday and spend the rest of the week out of state instead of practicing as usual at the team’s training facility in Tampa.
Milton intensified into a Category 5 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and could make landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday.
nhl‘S tampa bay lightning Monday night’s scheduled preseason finale against Nashville PredatorsThe game was initially rescheduled from September 27 due to Hurricane Helene, which had caused widespread damage in the area two weeks earlier.
The Lightning open the regular season on Friday at Carolina. There was no immediate information on whether the team would evacuate Raleigh, North Carolina, ahead of the storm.
nba‘S orlando magic On the road this week, playing new Orleans But Monday night and at st anthony But Wednesday,
College sports are also being impacted, with UCF in Orlando announcing that all home athletics events for Wednesday and Thursday have been canceled. That includes Wednesday’s volleyball match against Colorado, Thursday’s women’s soccer match against Arizona and the first day of men’s tennis ITA Southeast Regionals on Thursday.
school said saturday big 12 home football game vs cincinnati still set for one 3:30 PM ET launch.
Coach Gus Malzahn said the Knights planned to practice Wednesday morning before the storm was expected to impact the Orlando area.
“We’re trying to stick to our routine as much as possible,” Malzahn said. “We’ll adjust to it. No matter what happens, we’ll have a plan. We’re talking about it. I think the main thing as far as the plan is is to make sure that our players and all of our guys are taken care of.” Be kept.” Program.”
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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