The Wicomico County Education Foundation is launching its inaugural golf tournament on Oct. 3 at Green Hill Country Club in Quantico, Maryland, to fund local youth athletics. Proceeds support Wicomico County Public Schools’ Middle School Sports Program, which now offers seven sports: flag football, cross country, volleyball, basketball, soccer, track, and cheerleading. The event marks a community-wide effort to expand access and opportunity for local students through sport.

Early momentum is evident: participation, GPA, and attendance have all risen thanks to community backing, with disciplinary incidents dropping and leadership skills strengthening. The foundation frames the fundraiser as an investment in the next generation of student-athletes and the broader health of the community, inviting players and sponsors to join through the registration link.

Fred Kerley is provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit on an anti-doping whereabouts charge, a move that could carry a two-year ban if upheld. The case centers on missed tests within a 12-month window, a violation Kerley’s camp says he will contest, arguing non-negligence or testing lapses by officials. Kerley, the 100m World Champion in 2022, bronze medalist at Paris 2024, and Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo 2020, has faced a tricky year, including a Tokyo World Championships hiatus and comments about 2025 bringing new hurdles.

For fantasy-minded track followers, the ruling injects uncertainty into Kerley’s availability and role on relay rosters and sprint-lineups. If the charge stands or a lengthy appeal unfolds, sprint depth on the U.S. side could shift, altering projections for major meets and relay strategies. The outcome will influence not just Kerley’s schedule but the broader sprint architecture around Team USA in the coming season.

Las Vegas’ dive-bar circuit comes to life in a compact, brand-new tour of the city’s rough-and-tumble drinking dens. From the puke-insurance gag at the Double Down Saloon to Atomic Liquors’ neon-history glow, the piece frames dives as living, chaotic spaces where character outlasts polish and price tags tell stories as loud as the music.

A roll call of staples follows: Huntridge Tavern, Stage Door, Rusty Spur, Hard Hat Lounge, Champagnes Cafe, Dino’s Lounge, Moondoggies Bar & Grill, Red Dwarf, Grey Witch, and Atomic. Each spot is sketched as a cultural artifact with budget booze, unapologetic attitude, and a soundtrack that ranges from underground gigs to karaoke nights and Vegas lore. The piece also clarifies what a true dive bar is: decades of s— kicked out, a vibe that can’t be manufactured.

Pop-cultural nods anchor the tour, honoring icons who celebrated Vegas’ gritty hospitality. The text invites readers to feel the authenticity of these venues, where the energy of the crowd and the lineage of the joint carry more weight than glossy polish. It’s a celebration of a city’s underbelly—one that fantasy-football fans can appreciate as a lens on risk, mood, and schedule planning.

The Southport Connector in southern Osceola County is set to be publicly unveiled next month as a 15-mile tolled expressway intended to reshape local travel. Planned as six elevated lanes running over Cypress Parkway, the project stretches from the Poinciana Parkway to Pleasant Hill Road and onward to Florida’s Turnpike, with the southern segment near Lake Tohopekaliga still awaiting a final route. Officials hope the beltway will give Osceola residents their first continuous highway link across the county as housing booms continue nearby.

Environmental groups warn the route would slice through a critical slice of the Florida Wildlife Corridor, raising concerns about wildlife crossings, habitat fragmentation, and longer-term ecological balance. The notion of elevating the road to minimize vehicle-wildlife collisions is on the table but may prove prohibitively expensive. Habitat management, including prescribed burns, could be disrupted by the highway’s presence, complicating management of Disney Wilderness Preserve lands and local ecosystems.

Disney’s Wilderness Preserve, created to offset development, now sits at the heart of a debate about urbanization versus conservation. Community pushback has lingered since 2018, when toll revenue projections led to a board vote against moving forward. With 17,000 homes approved nearby, county leaders advocate phased progress to engage residents, while the final decision rests with the CFX board in December.