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Bill Kemp

Bill Kemp

Joined: Jul 17, 2022

Bill Kemp is an award-winning sports journalist at the state and national levels. Over the course of 25 years, he’s covered more than 4,000 sporting events including the NFL regular season, playoffs and Super Bowls, Major League Baseball regular season and spring training, NASCAR racing at Daytona and Talladega International Speedways and major college football regular seasons and bowl games. He was named by the Associated Press Sports Editors as a Top 10 sports columnist and Top 3 by the Alabama Press Association for best sports column and sports page design. He has served as preps editor at the Lakeland Ledger as well as sports editor at five different newspapers in Florida and Alabama. He has been published in dozens of newspapers including USA Today, the Miami Herald, the Orlando Sentinel, the Jacksonville Times Union and the Tampa Bay Times. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida. He has been writing for SBLive Sports since 2022.

Michigan freshman guard LJ Cason snatches a rebound against Virginia Tech on Nov. 27, 2024 at the Fort Myers Tip-off at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena. Cason finished with seven points.
Florida

Michigan's 'Florida Crew' shines in a Thanksgiving homecoming

Wolverines capture the Fort Myers Tip-off Beach Division championship in a celebration of family, basketball and big wins.

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St. Thomas Aquinas players and coaches celebrate after winning the 2024 Class 6A girls volleyball state championship on Saturday at Polk State College in Winter Haven.
Florida

St. Thomas Aquinas repeats as 6A volleyball state champs

Winter Park comes back to prevail in 7A; Chiles wins 5A crown for its first state title.

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Orlando Bishop Moore players celebrate after winning the Class 4A girls volleyball state championship game on Saturday at Polk State College in Winter Haven.
Florida

Bishop Moore volleyball refuses to be denied in bid for state championship

The Hornets outlast Miami Mater Lakes in a classic 5-set FHSAA Class 4A title match.

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Winter Park players celebrate winning a point against Kissimmee Osceola during a Class 7A semifinal at the FHSAA girls volleyball state tournament on Friday at Polk State College in Winter Haven.
Florida

Winter Park defeats Osceola Kissimmee to reach 7A volleyball state final

The Wildcats will meet Tampa Plant in Saturday's championship match.

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Miami Lourdes Academy seniors Olivia Guzman (3) and Gianna Diaz (21) go up to block a shot from Port Charlotte senior Nygeria Hart during a Class 5A semifinal matchup at the FHSAA state tournament on Thursday at Polk State College.
Florida

Lourdes Academy reaches its first FHSAA state volleyball final

The Miami squad will face Chiles on Friday for the Class 5A state championship; Mater Lakes and Bishop Moore will battle for the 4A state crown.

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Lake Highland Prep players celebrate after winning the Class 3A girls volleyball state championship against Ocala Trinity Catholic on Wednesday at Polk State College in Winter Haven.
Florida

Lake Highland Prep and Westminster Christian win FHSAA volleyball crowns

Westminster Christian players celebrate winning a critical point during the first set of the Class 2A state championship match against Ocala Trinity Catholic on Wednesday at Polk State College in Winter Haven.

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Naples' Seacrest Country Day players and coaches celebrate with the state championship trophy after winning their fourth consecutive state title Wednesday at Polk State College in Winter Haven.
Florida

Naples Seacrest four-peats as Florida 1A state volleyball champs

Stingrays top Boca Raton in the 1A state final; Westminster wins a sixth consecutive 2A crown; Lake Highland Prep rolls to the Class 3A title.

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Belton-Honea Path has raced out to a 3-0 start heading into this battle with second-ranked Westside (2-0).
South Carolina

Belton-Honea Path at Westside: Live score updates

Undefeated South Carolina powers collide as the Bears visit the Rams for a Top 25 showdown

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Tampa Jesuit will be looking to get its hands on a victory when the Tigers host Valdosta in a Florida-Georgia border war.

Valdosta (GA) at Jesuit (FL); Live Score Updates from this border war

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After squeaking past Southridge, 17-14, in last week's season-opener, Columbus takes on a bigger challenge as Our Lady of Good Counsel, Maryland's No. 1 team, visits South Florida.
Maryland

Live score updates as Good Counsel visits Florida power Columbus

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Lakeland (0) Malik Morris signals a Lakeland touchdown in a 2023 contest against Bartow.
Florida

Live score updates: Lakeland vs. Miami Central

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Lakeland Football Coach Marvin Frazier talks with Lakeland High School quarterbacks Zander Smith (left) and Chad Williams during their first day of practice at Bryant Stadium in Lakeland Florida

Top 5 reasons why Lakeland can repeat as Florida high school football state champions in 2024

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