The Blue Angels have added the first female demonstration jet pilot to its aerial demonstration team. Lt. Amanda Lee, an ODU graduate based at Oceana, is the newest core member of the Navy’s famed team. Lee is currently assigned to the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 and goes by the call sign “Stalin.”…… more »
Norfolk, Virginia, native, Fireman Skyler Brooks, was awarded the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal aboard USS Constitution, July 14th. The Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal is awarded to service members who perform outstanding volunteer community service of a sustained, direct and consequential nature. “I’m glad I’m at a place that gives me a plethora of…… more »
Service Member Spotlight is brought to you by Cardo Max. Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Devin Krause, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, installs a jet engine on an F/A-18F Super Hornet in the hangar bay of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), July 12, 2022.…… more »
Matt Ryan came through in a clutch moment for the Celtics during Monday’s Summer League game. Ryan sank the game-winning shot to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 111-109. Just a year ago, Ryan was a Door Dash driver, after his NBA contract had been waived by the Denver Nuggets. “It’s pretty emotional,” Ryan, 25, said in…… more »
The Sun Belt Conference announced its 2022-23 men’s basketball conference schedule on Tuesday. During the conference regular season, teams will compete every Thursday and Saturday from Dec. 29 and Dec. 31 through the last weekend of February. Each team will play an 18-game conference slate. The season will conclude with the 2023 Sun Belt Men’s…… more »
U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raphael McCorey, from Chesapeake, Virginia, performed the National Anthem during a Fourth of July celebration aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while underway for Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief…… more »
Roger Owens, the world-famous peanut man at Dodgers stadium, is being banned from tossing the bags to fans anymore. The 79-year-old old began pitching peanuts at Dodger Stadium back in 1962 and can toss a bag of peanuts behind his back or between his legs. Owens told the Los Angeles Times that Levy Restaurants, the…… more »
The general manager of the San Francisco Giants’ single-A affiliate, the Eugene Emeralds, Allan Benavides, took singing the National Anthem before the game to a whole new level. The GM delivered a rousing rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner…while getting a prostate exam! Take a listen: Our manager may be the first person to ever sing…… more »
The days of MLB players and managers arguing calls with behind-the-plate umps appear to be numbered. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred shared in a lengthy interview with ESPN this week that the transition to an automated strike zone is likely to happen by 2024. Manfred tells ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr., “We have an automated strike zone system…… more »
The streaming service Peacock is doing something different for their national broadcast of the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers game Sunday at Comerica Park in Detroit. There will be no play-by-play announcer or analysts during the game. Instead, two NBC hosts and former Tigers outfielder, and current TV analyst Craig Monroe will take viewers around the…… more »