Rory McIlroy walks to the tee at No. 16 during a Monday playoff at the 2025 Players Championship on March 16, 2025. McIlroy defeated J.J. Spaun to win The Players for the second time. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Beachside High boys soccer team won the FHSAA Class 5A state championship with a 2-1 win over Pembroke Pines Charter on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. | Submitted, Jen Harman

Sporting Jax released a rendering of its mixed-used stadium project slated for the Southside. Team officials expect Sporting Jax to play soccer matches at the facility in 2028. | Submitted, Sporting Jax

Single-seat race cars built by universities around the world line up during a recent national competition at Michigan International Speedway. | Formula SAE

New England Patriots player DeMario Douglas, his mother, Angie Oxendine, grandmother, Yolanda Mack, great-grandmother, Glennie Haile James, and the St. Augustine City Commissioners | Submitted

EverBank Stadium, seen here in October 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Daytona 500 track. | U.S. Air Force

George H. Hodges Field on the Bolles Upper School Campus. | The Bolles School

The Jacksonville Jaguars won the AFC South title after a 41-7 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. The Jaguars (13-4) closed the regular season with eight straight wins. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville native Antonio Clary celebrates Virginia's win in the 81st TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, at EverBank Stadium. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Raines freshmen Ameer Mabane, left and Nicholas Davis, right, celebrate the team's 14-0 season during a community parade. Jacksonville celebrated the Raines Vikings winning the FHSAA Class 3A state football championship with a community parade on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Raines football players are all smiles during a school pep rally to celebrate the undefeated Vikings on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

This sign now shows the planned location of the new eighth-mile Hicken Power Dragstrip at Callahan Speedway. | Image in Time Photography

The Raines football team huddles after their 28-8 win over Sarasota Booker in a FHSAA Class 3A state semifinal on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The Vikings (13-0) advanced to the seventh state final in program history. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

North Florida Motorsports Park is billed as a "600-acre automotive lifestyle destination." | Jacksonville Daily Record

Ken Babby, pictured in 2023, owned the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp for 10 years. He purchased the club from Peter Bragan. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Camping World Stadium might host the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2027. | campingworldstadium.com

Sporting Jax’s first men’s head coach, Liam Fox, speaks to reporters Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

The Jacksonville Jaguars unveiled the new "grand staircase" at Gate 1 at EverBank Stadium. It is at the southwest corner of the stadium near Lot J. | Joe Lister, Jacksonville Daily Record

Samantha Vance is executive director of the Jacksonville Sports Foundation. The foundation announced that the FHSAA boys and girls basketball tournament will be held in Jacksonville on the campus of the University of North Florida. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Sporting Jax's inaugural match in the Gainbridge Super League was postponed four times before it kicked off shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Ribault junior Jasmine Delphonse (14) applauds Trojans setter Rivka Woolf after the Trojans recorded a side out during the first game of the season. Ribault hosted Raines in the first volleyball game inside the new Austin-Wilkes Gymnasium on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Sporting Jax captain Sophie Jones, left, shares a moment with Hibernian Women captain Rachael Boyle during a news conference Wednesday, July 30, 2025, inside Visit Jacksonville headquarters. Sporting Jax will host the reigning Scottish Women's Premier League champion in its debut match. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Thieves broke into the athletic field house and softball rooms at Terry Parker High School. | Cyd Hoskinson