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On Episode 22 of the "Gameday. Every Day." podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, discuss the return of Red Bull Flugtag to Tampa with a little history lesson, and get you geared up for the Stateside Cup, West Ham United F.C. vs. Crystal Palace, coming to Raymond James Stadium on August 3. Ryan and Rob also give an update on the planning for the 2025 Women's Final Four at Amalie Arena, share the incredible success story of the Hillsborough County Tournament SportsPlex, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and give a salute to The Captain, Steven Stamkos, one of the greatest Team Tampa Bay ambassadors of all-time.

On Episode 21 of the "Gameday. Every Day." podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, discuss the record-setting three-day stay for the Savannah Bananas in Tampa Bay, and Rob shares some incredible stories from Banana nation that made the trip to visit George Steinbrenner Field! Ryan and Rob also discuss the incredible community-wide effort hosting Royal Rumble and RAW, why the NCAA is visiting town, the plans to land another Super Bowl in Tampa and reveal some of the memorable moments from this year's Sneaker Soiree! Ryan and Rob also pay tribute to a pair of Team Tampa Bay treasures, Martin Fennelly and David Pizzo, who've been lost way too soon.

On Episode 20 of the "Gameday. Every Day." podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, recap an unbelievable 2023 for sporting events in Tampa Bay, capped off by a record-setting NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championships! Rob shares a cool anecdote from the festivities and the fellas look back on what made 2023 so special, including a two-day Banana Ball bonanza, an epic Frozen Four and much more! Ryan and Rob also look forward to the upcoming Sneaker Soiree, Royal Rumble weekend and what's on the horizon for 2024!

On Episode 19 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, introduce you to the newest member of Team Tampa Bay: The Tampa Bay Sun FC! Ryan and Rob welcome Sun FC President Christina Unkel and head coach Denise Schilte-Brown, the former USF Bulls head coach, to discuss how the league was formed, the theme behind the team's new logo and what the next 12 months will look like leading up to the inagural season!

On Episode 18 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, discuss how Tampa Bay has become the epicenter of youth an amateur sporting events, spearheaded by our Senior Vice President for Sports Tourism Jason Aughey and Director of Sales and Events Tony Diaz, plus updates on NCAA Volleyball Championship and Royal Rumble tickets and Friday's Replay Tampa Bay drive across Hillsborough County!

On Episode 17 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, recap Rob's visit to Georgia for the Savannah Bananas 2024 World Tour Draft, where Tampa Bay was selected with the No. 1 overall pick! Rob chats with Bananas star and Pinellas County native Dan Oberst about his experience in Tampa Bay in 2023 and the excitement to return in 2024! Rob also chats about the plans for WWE's Royal Rumble in January 2024 and the plans around Gasparilla weekend! The crew also gives an update on the record demand for December's NCAA Volleyball Championships and chats with AVCA CEO Dr. Jaime Gordon!

On Episode 16 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, preview the second match up on Aug. 25 of our Road to Tampa Bay Invitational, two Top-12 programs facing off in the Florida and Penn State! Ryan and Rob give you a rundown of the big storylines, including having the Nittany Lions back, who won it all in 2009 the last time the Women's Volleyball Championships were held in Tampa Bay! Ryan and Rob are joined by the Gators' Elli McKissock and Alexis Stucky, as well as Penn State's Mac Podraza and Taylor Trammell -- who are all serving as the Tampa Bay Sports Commission's Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Brand Ambassadors, where they will promote the TBSC, its social impact initiatives and its commitment to growing the game of volleyball! If you missed Part 1, previewing USF vs. Georgia Tech, go check out Episode 15!

On Episode 15 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, preview the opening match up on Aug. 25 of our Road to Tampa Bay Invitational, the host USF Bulls vs. Georgia Tech. Ryan and Rob give you a rundown of the big storylines, including Yellow Jackets coach Michelle Collier, a former USF All-American and a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame, returning to face her alma mater. Ryan and Rob are joined by USF's Ragan Kinard and Tatiana Johnson, as well as Georgia Tech's Liv Mogridge and Bella D'Amico -- who are all serving as the Tampa Bay Sports Commission's Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Brand Ambassadors, where they will promote the TBSC, its social impact initiatives and its commitment to growing the game of volleyball!

On Episode 14 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, take the pod on the road to visit the University of South Florida for their volleyball Media Day, as we close in on the Road to Tampa Bay Invitational! Ryan and Rob unveil the new "Setting the Standard — Growing the Game" campaign, count down to the tournament's opening weekend and visit with USF Bulls head volleyball coach and Tampa Prep alum Jolene Shepardson, who gives us a preview of the 2023 season for the Bulls! We're also joined by the Tampa Bay Sports Commission's Vice President of Events Claire Lessinger to elaborate on the new campaign and give us the details on final preps ahead of game day! Plus, Rob recaps his visit to Canton, Ohio for Ronde Barber's Pro Football Hall of Fame induction!

On Episode 13 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, count down to the 'Road to Tampa Bay Invitational' which is less than 40 days away! They discuss the impact of ABC's big announcement that they'll be broadcasting the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. ET.! Plus, we're joined by Penn State women's volleyball head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley and assistant coach and three-time champion Megan Hodge Easy, who played in the last volleyball championships in Tampa in 2009! Plus, Rob is excited about his upcoming trip the Canton, OH for Ronde Barber's Hall of Fame induction!

On Episode 12 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, are BACK with the first episode of 2023! They recap a special two-night run for the Savanah Bananas in Tampa, discuss the impact of the Frozen Four on the Tampa Bay community and the quest to get a fourth, plus recap a busy April and introduce you to a new member of Team Tampa Bay! Rob and Ryan also discuss the hot start to the season for the Tampa Bay Rays! Rays Up!

On Episode 11, Part 2 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, discuss the growth of women's volleyball ahead Tampa Bay's hosting efforts for the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Championship Final Four at Amalie Arena on Dec. 13-16! Ryan dives into his background and love for volleyball, while Rob shares the emotions of being a "VolleyDad"! We also sit down with Dr. Jodie Libadisos, USF's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration, and our good friend Claire Lessinger, the Tampa Bay Sports Commission's Vice President of Events, and former head volleyball coach for USF! Ryan and Rob also share their top memories from 2022 and look ahead to an exciting 2023!

On Episode 11, Part 1 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, get you ready for Team Tampa Bay's turn to host the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Championship Final Four at Amalie Arena on Dec. 13-16, which has been 14 years in the making! Rob recaps his visit to Omaha to take in the sights and sounds of the 2022 Final Four and announces the "The Road 2 Tampa Bay Volleyball Invitational", featuring the Florida Gators, Penn State Nittany Lions, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the host institution USF Bulls, set for Aug. 25-26 at Amalie Arena and USF's Yuengling Center! We also hear from NCAA Director of Championships Kristin Fasbender, Georgia Tech coach Michelle Collier and Gators coach Mary Wise on this episode! Part 2 will drop later on this week!

On Episode 10 of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, look back on 25 years of accomplishments for the Tampa Bay Sports Commission as Rob relives some of his favorite moments from his 18 years leading the way (2:00)! Rob and Ryan also recap recent in-town site visits for the Women's Final Four, Women's Volleyball and what's planned for hosting the Frozen Four folks in a few weeks (7:00)! Rob also takes us inside how Tampa Bay was able to land a spot on the Savannah Bananas 2023 "Banana Ball World Tour", which will hit 33 cities, and we're honored to be one of them (14:20)! Savannah Bananas Owner Jesse Cole also joins us for an inspiring conversation, looking back on how the Bananas came to be, his inspirations, the chance to come to Tampa Bay and more (17:00)! We also recap the Tampa Bay Tailgate Fest and Ryan and Rob are aging like fine wine (36:00)!

On Episode Nine of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, discuss the success of the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Tampa Bay and the highlights from the historic event, including the incredible run by Konnor McClain (4:00)! We also relive the incredible moment where Shilese Jones, McClain and Jordan Chiles made history on the podium, celebrating the all-around competition! Team Tampa Bay's Joey Johnston, the "Dean of Sports Journalism" in Tampa Bay, joins the podcast to share his favorite moments from USAG and honor Leonard Levy, who passed away this week (10:00). Rob and Joey open up about Leonard's legacy and share stories of his impact on the Tampa Bay sports community!

On episode eight of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, discuss Rob's dinner with Tom Brady at Berns (3:00), their emerging bromance, the new partnership between the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and the TB12 Foundation and Lisa Borges, the Executive Director of the TB12 Foundation, joins us to take us behind the scenes on all the incredible work the foundation does and what this new collaboration means for Tampa Bay (9:00)! Ryan and Rob also recap the busy summer for the sports commission (23:00) and look ahead to the USAG Championships in August!

On episode seven of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, relive the huge Tampa Bay Lightning win over the New York Rangers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Final and detail how Tampa Bay became a finalist, yet again, for the 2027-31 NCAA Women's Final Four (5:00)! Ryan and Rob also welcome Claire Lessinger, the Tampa Bay Sports Commission's VP of Events, to discuss the process for landing an event like the Women's Final Four and her involvement in planning the TBSC's "Beyond Barriers" event in collaboration with ESPN Fifty/50 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX at Amalie Arena on June 23 (12:00)! The event will include an educational and thought-provoking sneak peek of ESPN Films' 37 Words, 4-part documentary series, chronicling the hard-fought battle of equal rights in education and athletics from award-winning directors Dawn Porter and Nicole Newnham (13:00)! Ryan and Rob are also joined by ESPN's Allison Glock, the Executive Producer of W. Studios and Fifty/50, to detail her two-year journey leading up to ESPN Fifty/50 and what she learned gearing up for the month-long celebration (27:00)!

On episode six of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, open up with the big broadcasting deal for Tom Brady and Ryan's new TV ventures! The pair gets you set for the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Amalie Arena this August with an inside look at how the event came to be (7:00)! USA Gymnastics President and CEO Li Li Leung also stops by to share her journey to the top of USAG, the culture change within the organization and what we can expect at Amalie on August 18-21 (9:00)! Ryan and Rob are also joined by Cam and Brooke Brate, who dish out the details on their epic wedding and what life has been like for Tampa Bay's favorite newlyweds! Cam also shares his excitement for Tom Brady's return and the upcoming 2022 season (23:00)! Rob also gives us an update on his visit to ACC country and more events on the horizon for our home town (38:00)!

On episode five of the "Gameday. Every Day" podcast, Local TV personality Ryan Bass and Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, give their take on Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians stepping aside and Todd Bowles taking over, plus chat about the wedding of Tampa's favorite newlyweds, Brooke and Cam Brate (4:45)! Rob also gives us the background on Tampa's first two rounds hosting the Frozen Four in 2012 and 2016, and we set the scene for Rob's scouting trip to Boston this weekend ahead of the event's return to our town in 2023 (7:00). NCAA Associate Director Championships and Alliances, Operations Chad Tolliver also joins the podcast to get us ready for this weekend's Frozen Four and to tell us why Tampa is such a special host site (11:00). We also chat with Replay Tampa Bay MVP Benjamin Mallin, who single-handedly set a Replay Tampa Bay record for the number of items collected during a stand-alone drive (24:00)!

On this week's episode of the Gameday. Every Day. podcast, Rob recaps his visit to Minneapolis for the Women's Final Four as Tampa gets ready to host in 2025 and Ryan relives what was a memorable March Madness across the sport! The fellas are joined by Gaither High Alum and Duke's Director of Athletics Nina King to discuss her busy week, love for Tampa and the growth of women's basketball (4:30). Ryan and Rob also welcome Busch Gardens Park President Neal Thurman to the pod as we look forward to this weekend's 8th annual Tampa Bay Kids Triathlon at Adventure Island and Busch Gardens (16:15)!

On this week's episode of the "Gameday. Every Day." podcast, Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, takes us behind the scenes of the SEC Men's Basketball tournament at Amalie Arena, where Tennessee was crowned the SEC Champions! Local TV personality Ryan Bass chats with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey about the job Tampa did as a host city (4:20), plus we get you set for the 2022 Valspar Championship at the Copperhead Course! Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers great Rondé Barber, the General Chair of the Valspar Championship, joins us (16:00) to talk about what fans can expect at the tournament and the epic field coming to Innisbrook! Saturday's concert headliner Chris Young stops by as well to rag on Ryan and give us a preview of the set list for the show (33:50)! Ryan and Rob also give their Final Four picks for the NCAA Men's and Women's March Madness tournaments!

On this week's episode of the "Gameday. Every Day." podcast, Rob Higgins, the Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, gives the background on how Tampa landed this year's SEC Men's Basketball tournament at Amalie Arena. Local TV personality Ryan Bass updates us on his new influencer lifestyle and we preview the upcoming 2022 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament with ESPN college basketball analyst and former USF Basketball coach Seth Greenberg, who also fills us in on the early days of "Higgy". Dan Leibovitz, a veteran basketball coach and the Associate Commissioner for SEC Men's Basketball, also joins the show to get us ready for the tournament! Plus, will Tampa be next to get the NHL's outdoor Stadium Series after a successful game last month in Nashville? Rob gives us the scoop.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Gameday. Every Day. podcast! On our first episode, Rob Higgins and Ryan Bass are reunited again, they recap their adventures since the Tampa Bay 55 podcast and give the scoop on what to expect with this new venture! Rob goes into detail on his trip to Los Angeles for Super Bowl LVI and when Tampa Bay could potentially see another Super Bowl come to town. The guys also recap the 2022 Sneaker Soiree, with an appearance from the legendary coach Tony Dungy, and get you ready for the 2022 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at Amalie Arena in early March!