Rick's Podcasts

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that it has selected Pensacola, Fla., and Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park as its new home for the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship. County Commissioner Steve Barry discusses the NAIA announcement and how the county's investment in Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park has reaped dividends. 

App State, ULM, Southern Miss, and Louisiana all earned victories on Wednesday at the Pensacola Bay Center to punch their tickets to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship.  Today, the men play:Thursday, March 7Game 3 – (8) South Alabama vs. (9) Georgia Southern – 11:30 a.m. CT [ESPN+]Game 4 – (5) Louisiana vs. (13) Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m. CT [ESPN+]Game 5 – (6) Southern Miss vs. (11) Texas State – 5 p.m. CT [ESPN+]Game 6 – (7) Georgia State vs. (10) Marshall – 7:30 p.m. CT [ESPN+]Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmers has the details. We also discuss the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship coming to Pensacola in December.

Mayor D. C. Reeves said that he followed the charter when he allowed the contract to begin the demolition of Malcolm Yonge Gym yesterday.  The building was condemned, and the city government can't be hamstrung by petition initiatives from what he considers a small group of citizens.

The Malcolm Yonge Gym has been demolished. The citizens who tried to get a citywide referendum on the demolition have given up their fight.  Teresa Hill and Jonathan Green discuss the demolition and their next steps.

The full show: Jennifer Brahier, Jenny Hamilton, Ray Palmer, Emily Echevarria, and Mark Remilllard.

The Council on Aging of West Florida is bringing high-flying, intergenerational fun back to Pensacola’s Casino Beach Friday, March 15 through Sunday, March 17 for its third annual kite festival, Gulf Winds Credit Union Kites on the Coast.  Emily Echevarria has the details.

 Coastal Carolina and Texas State collected victories in first-round action at the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship on Tuesday evening at the Pensacola Bay Center. In the women's tournament,  Georgia Southern & Coastal Carolina won their opening-round games to advance. Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer reviews this first day.

Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school’s failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the Clery Act, a law that requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to collect data on campus crime and notify students of threats. ABC New's Mark Remillard has the details.

The University of West Florida has joined the eighth cohort of NASPA’s Culture of Respect Collective. The two-year program guides colleges and universities that have committed to ending sexual violence through an evaluation and action-planning framework that will further bolster response and prevention initiatives on campus. UWF Title IX coordinator Jenny Hamilton has the details.

The full show: Sena Maddison, Troy Rafferty, Bart Hudson, Mike Denkler, Mike Dobuski and D.C. Reeves.