Podcasts about city parks

Russell Springs Mayor Eddie Thomas joins Community Conversation to discuss progress on the city's water infrastructure project, growing activity at City Park, and plans for the future golf course development. Thomas also shares updates on community improvements, upcoming downtown projects, and credits city employees for helping move Russell Springs forward.

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Park City Ski & Snowboard Director Ehlias Louis, Development Director Heidi Voelker and Adam Cole of Cole Sports preview the 42nd annual Fourth of July 5K, Park City Tots Executive Director Sue Banerjee details on its programs and openings at the childcare facilities and Park City Recreation Assistant Director Tate Shaw provides an update on summer recreation programs and construction progress on the new facility in City Park.

Bradenton is hosting a groundbreaking Tuesday (9th) for its City Park project. It takes its name from the original name of the century-old spring training baseball stadium now called LECOM Park. It's intended to turn the area into a year-round hub of activity and connect to the rest of downtown, the riverfront and East Bradenton. We speak with Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown about the planning and potential impact. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Looking for things to do with the family this summer? City Park has a number of events coming up. We'll get the details from Rebecca Dietz, the CEO of the City Park Conservancy.

* Another blow to peace talks in the war with Iran. What you need to know * Looking for things to do with the family this summer? City Park has a number of events coming up.

(Lander, WY) – The KOVE 1330 AM / 107.7 FM Today in the 10 interview series Coffee Time continued today with host Vince Tropea, who recently spoke with Lindsey Washkoviak, the water program manager for the Wyoming Outdoor Council. Washkoviak stopped by to talk about the WOC's River Bash event taking place this Friday, June 5, from 5 to 10 PM in Lander City Park. There will be live music, food/local beer for purchase, and rubber duck races for the kiddos. While the River Bash will be a fun community event, it will also inform the public about watershed and public land issues in our area and will offer on-site resources and information. The WOC will also be hosting an open house at their office at 236 S 2nd St on Saturday, June 6, from 10 AM to 12 PM. An art exhibit of this year's calendar art winners will be on display, and light snacks will be served. Check out the full Coffee Time interview below for details on the Bash, and to learn more about the WOC’s work and mission. Be sure to tune in to Today in the 10 and Coffee Time interviews every morning from 7:00 to 9:00 AM on KOVE 1330 AM / 107.7 FM, or stream it live right here.

Clement Manyathela speaks to Jenny Moodley, who is the General Manager for intergovernmental, advocacy and media relations at Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo to better understand the work of the entity and how it improves the lives of Johannesburg residents. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, weekdays from 09:00 to 12:00 (SA Time). Clement Manyathela starts his show each weekday on 702 at 9 am taking your calls and voice notes on his Open Line. In the second hour of his show, he unpacks, explains, and makes sense of the news of the day. Clement has several features in his third hour from 11 am that provide you with information to help and guide you through your daily life. As your morning friend, he tackles the serious as well as the light-hearted, on your behalf. Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Clement Manyathela Show. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to The Clement Manyathela Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/XijPLtJ or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/p0gWuPE Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A warm winter combined with late-spring cold snaps and ongoing drought concerns are impacting Colorado growers across the state. But what does that mean for the fruits and vegetables that make it to your favorite local farmers market? Peter Wanberg, co-owner of the City Park and Lafayette Farmers Markets, joins host Bree Davies to break down how climate issues dictate why you might see peaches at this year's markets but not apples. He also shares his expert hacks for getting the most out of farmers market season, explains the difference between the produce at a chain grocery store vs. local agriculture-focused sellers, and more. For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm What do you think? Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418 Learn more about the sponsors of this May 26th episode: Denver Fringe Central City Opera Cozy Earth - Use code COZYDENVER for up to 30% off Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise

South Sioux City park with add storm safe room for $1 million.

We have two young golfers in the studio from the City Parks Foundation's City Parks Play: Ava Chen and Alex Tervoreen.

INTRO (00:24): Kathleen opens the show drinking a Peace, Love & Hoppiness West Coast Pale Ale from Big Dog's Brewing Company in Las Vegas. She reviews her weekend in Vegas, playing golf and gambling at The Venetian with her friend Ron White and seeing No Doubt live at the Sphere with HollyBobby.    TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”   TASTING MENU (1:28): Kathleen samples Hearst Ranch Beef Jerky, Hadley Fruit Orchards Hot Cheese Puffs, and Lay's Limited Edition Argentinian-Style Steak Chimichurri Chips.    QUEEN NEWS (12:12): Kathleen shares that Taylor Swift is helping Artists make millions in the Spotify stock sale, Post Malone cancels a few more shows, and Dolly Parton's Dollywood is dethroned from its top spot by Tripadvisor.    HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS (24:44): HollyBobby provides the latest news in Hollywood.   SPANISH PHRASE OF THE WEEK (1:37:14): The Spanish phrase to learn this week is “dónde está el baño” or “where is the bathroom” in English.    UPDATES (36:53): Kathleen shares updates on advanced bookings for World Cup hotels, and Delta Airlines is eliminating free snacks on flights under 350 miles.   SPORTS NEWS (52:26): Kathleen reports on the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews making a notable first, and foreign soccer fans appear to be ditching the 2026 World Cup.   HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (45:52): Kathleen reads about the swamp-dwelling “fishing cats” with webbed feet recently spotted on a trail cam in Southeast Asia.    FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (59:34): Kathleen shares articles on American's best City Park in 2026, Walmart Target & Costco are eliminating self-checkout lanes, a study proves that Big Data Centers are becoming an increasingly high drain on national energy, Stanley Tools ceases operations after 180 years, Ted Turner dies at age 87, Spanish nuns help save rare giant rabbit population, Utah fights hyperscale data center plans, and a federal investigation has been opened regarding missing scientists.    SAINT OF THE WEEK (1:34:22): Kathleen reads about Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, patron saint of the environment, ecology, and Canada.    FEEL GOOD STORY (1:35:44): Kathleen shares a story about the “7-Eleven Baby.”   

After City Park's iconic bandstand was damaged beyond repair in an overnight fire in late March, the park's neighbors and city leaders have come together to raise money for a replacement. While alternate locations are in place for big events like City Park Jazz this summer, the fire and the outpouring of love sparked new questions about the history and what's next for the park itself. So today, host Bree Davies is taking a walk through City Park's past, present, and future with Georgia Garnsey, president of City Park Friends and Neighbors, and Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand, a Sicangu Lakota and Cherokee artist who is working on the new City Park Living Land project. For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm What do you think about City Park? We'd love to hear your stories, memories, and hopes for the future! Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418 Learn more about the sponsors of this May 11th episode: Denver Health Regional Air Quality Control Levitt Pavilion Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise

Host Janet Michael sits down with Winchester City Parks Director Chris Konyar at Jim Barnett Park for an update on everything happening in Winchester's parks system — from a brand-new playground to a 250th anniversary drone show. Topics Covered

State democrats want Colorado to push back against ICE, but how is still up for debate. Purplish explains why coming up with a unified approach has proven to be challenging. Then, Gunnison author C. William Langsfeld's debut novel, "Salvation," explores the feelings that unspool after a murder in a small Colorado town, the pitfalls of westerns masculinity, and isolation. And, Colorado Wonders about the lakes in Denver's City Park.

Uh-oh!  LIV Golf lost its financial life preserver this week. The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) is pulling the Saudi P-LUG on LIV Golf at the conclusion of this season in late August. Meanwhile, PGA Tour players and cheerleaders like Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee are doing the expected “I told you so” round of high fives late this week. LIV Golf announced a restructuring plan Thursday “to support a transition from a foundational launch phase to a diversified, multi-partnered investment model”. Let me offer a simpler translation.  The Saudi money tree has dried up.  They are desperately seeking very wealthy people or cash-rich companies needing a billion-dollar annual tax loss. Oddly, no one has confirmed (or denied) whether the Saudi Public Investment Fund has officially parted ways with funding LIV Golf. The league’s Sugar Daddy cannot be happy with losing an estimated $5 billion over five golf seasons beginning in 2022. Thursday’s announcement by LIV Golf included the addition of an independent board led by a couple of investment bankers.  Good luck finding those new pigeons, gents! New Orleans’ first-ever LIV Golf event was expected to be played in late June.  Whose bad idea was that?  Not to worry.  This week, we learned that the New Orleans LIV tournament has been “postponed” (perhaps) until this fall. Louisiana’s state tourism group will receive a refund of more than $1 million already paid to LIV Golf to come to town.  However, the state’s taxpayers have already invested $2 million in making needed improvements to bring the former City Park layout (now renamed Bayou Oaks) into condition for a pro golf tournament. At least Crescent City golfers will be able to enjoy the brand new driving range and other course improvements which have been made. What are the chances that LIV Golf finds new backers and survives into next year? Despite all of that flowery rhetoric, LIV Golf’s current business model simply doesn’t work. The league initially paid more than $1 billion in signing bonuses to major golf champions such as Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Cameron Smith, and Bubba Watson.  Other top names signed for less than $100 million each. Brooks Keopka and Patrick Reed have recently left LIV Golf.  They both joined LIV Golf during its first year in 2022 and played through 2025. The two major champions negotiated their own exit plans over the winter.  Koepka then cut a deal with the PGA Tour to return this spring.  Patrick Reed was required to wait until the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup concludes in late August before he returns to the tour. LIV Golf’s biggest success has come in a few foreign countries starved to see some of the top professional golf stars. Tour events in Australia and South Africa were sold-out this spring with more than 100,000 fans during their LIV Golf tournaments.  LIV Golf’s worldwide events are also quite expensive to transport people, equipment, and facilities to different countries every two weeks. The league has played about half of its tournament schedule in the US. Those events have generally failed to attract significant crowds or revenue. LIV Golf pays its golfers a total prize money worth $30 million at each event in 2026. If a US event draws a total of 40,000 fans at (let’s say) $50 average ticket prices, that generates only $2 million in ticket revenue.  The math doesn’t work. LIV Golf’s television package with FOX Sports (which has been covered in a few previous posts) does not provide the league any significant revenue, either.  Playing in foreign countries brings major challenges for television.  Time zone differences have caused a few events to fall during the overnight hours back in the US. It would require take a drastic reduction in LIV Golf’s tournament purses (back down into the $3-$5 million range) to give the league any chance of treading water financially. Such a payday reduction would likely cause top LIV Golf names like Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to leave once their contracts expire.  DeChambeau’s LIV agreement is set to expire at the end of this summer. What type of investor wants to spend their money on such a risky business venture with its top attractions leaving?  Not many – if any. Then again, the PGA Tour’s own financial picture isn’t all that great, either The PGA Tour has always remained closely guarded when it comes to its own financial affairs.  Some at PGA headquarters may want to pop some champagne bottles upon hearing of LIV Golf’s likely demise. In reality, the PGA Tour’s accountant should counsel them to put the bubbly back into the bar – at least for now. Did you know that the PGA Tour abruptly (and very quietly) ended two long-time events staged in Hawaii? The PGA Tour has held at least one annual golf tournament in Hawaii since 1965.  Honolulu has played host to the Sony Open in Oahu for 51 years. Another tournament called the Sentry (Insurance) Open was added in Maui beginning in 1999.  It featured the winners of each of the prior year’s PGA golf tournaments along with other leading money winners. Attendance at both events has never been particularly strong.  However, January’s television coverage of golf being played in the warm sunshine of Hawaii had been great in attracting home TV audiences and the title golf sponsors. The PGA Tour just said “Aloha” to these long-time events beginning next year Cancellation of these two long-running PGA men’s golf events in Hawaii next year are not the only departures from the PGA Tour after 2026, either. Farmer’s Insurance ended its long-time sponsorship of the PGA event in San Diego earlier this spring. The insurance provider had been the title sponsor at Torrey Pines in San Diego for the past 17 years. Other long-time PGA Tour sponsors such as Genesis (Los Angeles), Charles Schwab (Fort Worth) and Wyndham Hotels (Greensboro) face renewal decisions in 2026. Primary PGA Tour sponsors are becoming increasingly skeptical about making significant multi-year financial commitments at increasing costs.  The average PGA Tour title sponsorship now costs nearly $15 million per year with a multi-year commitment required from the sponsor. These title companies expect more than just goodwill when forking-out a significant percentage of their annual advertising budget to sponsor a one week pro golf tournament. Why are PGA title sponsorships priced so high today? Let’s go back a few decades.  Phil Mickelson first teed-up on the PGA Tour in the summer of 1992.  He’s now 55 and was one of the first PGA Tour golfers signed by LIV Golf in 2022. Tiger Woods has, for practical purposes, retired from the PGA Tour.  He turned 50 last December and now qualifies to play on the PGA Champions (Senior) Tour. There was a dramatic increase for PGA tournament payouts during Tiger and Phil’s careers.  Fans of both golfers helped to generate a renewed interest in the game over the past 30 years. The total prize pool for ALL PGA Tour events in 1994 was $57 million.  By 2024, the men’s golf tournament payouts had increased almost tenfold to $551 million. Unfortunately, both Phil Mickelson and the oft-injured and recently out-of-sight Tiger Woods are no longer factors in recent years. The competition from LIV Golf beginning in 2022 absolutely contributed to the PGA Tour maintaining and boosting its tournament payouts.  It was done to prevent other major PGA stars from jumping over to the new LIV Golf league. Guess who has been footing the bill for those huge increases in tournament payouts? Tournament title sponsors, of course! A golf tournament’s title sponsor generally covers all of the costs associated with bringing a PGA Tour event to each community.  The money goes to pay for operational costs on the ground plus that rising amount of tournament prize money being paid to the players. That good ol’ economic concept of the elasticity of demand is in effect right now. The loss of PGA Tour long-time tournament title sponsors has resulted in a reduction in the number of annual events. Many PGA weekly tournaments feature a rather watered-down field with few of the top 50 players bothering to show up.  Some may not like the golf course.  Others are taking time to prepare for future events or spend the week with their families. Tournament title sponsors, though, are left with a field with few “name” golfers.  That leads to lower local attendance and reduced national television exposure for the title sponsor of that particular golf tournament. Today’s top PGA Tour fan favorites include Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler. A little renewed competition from young major champion golfers like LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Cam Smith would definitely boost interest at some of the PGA Tour’s most neglected tournament stops. The PGA Tour’s most recent media rights deals with CBS and NBC/Golf Channel provides annual revenue of $700 million through the year 2030.  It would be a smart business decision for the PGA Tour to add the primary stars of LIV Golf into the mix long before the next round of TV rights negotiations. The PGA Tour shouldn’t gloat about LIV Golf’s financial failure A $3 billion life preserver was provided to the PGA Tour in early 2024 from private equity partner Strategic Sports Group.  That cash infusion has kept the long-term golf league in respectable financial shape. Half of the $3 billion was utilized to create a new long-term bonus incentive program for the golfers.  Current PGA stars earn a portion of their bonus money based on their annual performance.  Importantly, they are required to remain a PGA member in order to collect that money in the future. The other half of the $3 billion from Strategic Sports Group was slated for “PGA Tour business.”  What exactly does that mean?  Is it being used to cover tournament losses?  What about the cost of funding former PGA players’ retirement accounts?  Nobody knows for sure. Phil Mickelson had deep suspicions about how the PGA Tour was being managed.  That is one reason why Lefty jumped to LIV Golf in 2022.  He claimed that the PGA Tour had been unfair to its players by retaining the exclusive rights to sell and market highlights of individual golfers to social media sites without compensation going back to the players. An increasing lack of trust between top PGA Tour management and several key players came to a head once LIV Golf came knocking in 2022. How can the PGA Tour patch things up with LIV golfers if that league folds soon? Yes, I do have a few ideas. Come back next time for Part 2.  Let’s work out a plan so that golf fans emerge as the winners! The post Hey, PGA Tour! Most fans WANT LIV Golfers Back! appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

The House passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Money will go to departments like TSA but not immigration enforcement operations. DHS has been unfunded since February, as Democrats demanded changes to ICE and Border operations. Republicans are now trying another way to get ICE funding through a weeks long budget reconciliation process. For now, this package will head to President Donald Trump's desk to sign, ending the longest agency shutdown in history. On Tuesday, NYC's first full casino opened in Queens after years of trying to get a license. Two more are planned to be built in the coming years. Community members are rallying against the new casinos this weekend, as they said the new casinos are being built in minority and working class neighborhoods. WFUV's Sonia Weliwitigoda spoke to a rally leader. Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants New Yorkers to take part in public hearings through a new program. Its first target is to make sure both renters and landlords have their voices heard at upcoming hearings that decide prices for rent stabilized apartments. WFUV's Mia Barth reports. Some young people in New York and New Jersey can go to the 2026 World Cup for free. Airbnb said they're giving out 1000 tickets to kids. They're working with nonprofits in the two states to select lucky ticket winners. The company also said it expects Airbnb owners in the region to be housing 25,000 people during the games. For this week's Music News, WFUV's Livia Regina gives us a sneak peek of Iron & Wine's interview about their new album. Plus, City Parks foundation announced the lineup for this year's SummerStage Festival. Host/Producer: Lainey Nguyen Editor: Lainey Nguyen Reporter: Mia Barth Reporter: Livia Regina Reporter: Sonia Weliwitigoda Reporter: Sienna Reinders Theme Music: Joe Bergsieker

Tomorrow is Earth Day, and we think the best way to celebrate is by visiting one of the city's 176 gorgeous parks. Plus, with so many parks in every corner of the city, there's sure to be one where you can escape into nature instead of sitting in traffic during Draft week! Producer Sophia Lo is with Matthew Hileman, the director of operations and visitor engagement at the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, to talk about the best parks for gorgeous views, a romantic date night, birdwatching, and more. **This episode originally aired April 17, 2025. Learn more about the sponsors of this Tuesday, April 21st episode: Pittsburgh Opera Allegheny County Poll Workers Brew House Arts PGH Cultural Trust Serial Killer Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news?  Sign up for our daily morning newsletter. We're on Instagram @CityCastPgh. Text or leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.

Stephanie Riegel joins Tommy to talk about LIV Golf and the money that's been invested into City Park and New Orleans.

Even the most stubborn owners of a failing business eventually must face the facts that their business may never become profitable. LIV Golf is owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).  The oil-rich nation’s investment conglomerate is worth more than $1 trillion.  It holds a variety of assets which are generally expected to deliver a reasonable rate of return to the fund. To date, LIV Golf has run through an estimated $5 billion of Saudi PIF funds during its first four years of operation. The sports media (chasing rumor after rumor hoping for bad news) pounced on a story this week that the Saudi PIF may be ending their support for LIV Golf soon. How soon?  No one knows. That hasn’t stopped the anti-LIV Golf crowd from generating headlines about a looming closure of the upstart league. LIV Golf president Scott O’Neill emerged Thursday prior to the opening round of the tour’s event in Mexico City to say that the league is fully funded through the August, 2026 season ending events. He was asked, “What about next year”?  No comment. At some point, every business needs to be able to stand on its own.  The Saudi group was initially excited and proud to begin a worldwide professional golf operation.  It hoped to rival the PGA Tour and the DP World (European) tours. Losing $1 billion per year only amounts to about 1% of the Saudi PIF assets. Make no question about it, the Saudis’ investment in LIV Golf has become a giant money pit with no end in sight. How did we get here? By early 2022, the Saudi PIF hired golf legend Greg Norman to put together a new worldwide golf league. Norman dangled plenty of bonus signing money (well over $100 million in several cases) to lure some of the PGA Tour’s biggest stars to jump leagues that spring. At least $1 billion would eventually be paid just to have these players under contract for three to four years (depending on each player’s negotiated deal).  American golf stars such as Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and Bryson DeChambeau all made the leap to LIV Golf. The new LIV Golf League initially offered tournament purses of $25 million (now up to $30 million) to a field of just 54 (or so) players.  That was nearly three times the $8 million average tournament purse being offered by the US-based PGA Tour. Each LIV event (prior to 2026 when the league went to a 72-hole format) initially featured a 54-hole competition. Reminder – LIV is the number 54 in Roman numerals.  In addition to individual titles, LIV golfers also participate on a season-long four-man team.  Every tournament pays an extra $5 million to the three teams posting the lowest total scores for the week. It appeared that money seemed to be no object to the Saudi PIF.  Each year has seen insufficient revenues to cover massive losses. LIV Golf plays more than half of its events outside of the United States.  That presents a big problem in trying to attract a US television audience. A tournament in Singapore, Australia, or South Africa will be played in a time zone which makes “live” TV coverage in the US quite unattractive to home viewers.  Who is going to watch golf on television during the overnight hours? LIV Golf’s actual on-air television coverage itself (which I find more interesting to watch than most PGA Tour events) has been hampered by poor distribution. The year 2025 brought the current television deal with FOX Sports.  However, finding LIV Golf on television from day-to-day on one of several different FOX outlets is akin to playing “Whack-a-Mole” daily. It’s quite confusing and almost as if FOX is intentionally trying to bury the golf coverage.  See for yourself at this link. The Saudi Public Investment Fund spent at least $1 billion just for signing bonuses for the players.  LIV Golf has then lost about $1 billion per year on bloated tournament purses and oversized operating expenses.  Television audiences have been shrinking (primarily due to lousy TV placement) instead of growing. The trends are not the friends of LIV Golf. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” That saying is often attributed to genius Albert Einstein.  It definitely applies to the Saudi owners of LIV Golf as Season #5 nears the halfway point. The media pounced on information which surfaced this week that LIV Golf is likely “toast” – perhaps even before the end of this season in late August. The usual suspects (including LIV Golf’s biggest “hater” – Brandel Chamblee at Golf Channel) have reacted with “I told you so!” glee. Not me. I fully admit to have been rooting for LIV Golf to find its niche in professional golf. Remember the ABA? My youthful self in the 1970’s was a big supporter of the American Basketball Association. I still shoot hoops with my ABA red, white, and blue basketball! The ABA’s innovative three-point shot helped to make its basketball games rather unique and more fun.  This creative new league also placed an emphasis on higher-scoring contests in contrast to the NBA’s more deliberate playing style of the 1970’s. The ABA placed franchises into growing markets such as Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and Louisville.  Yes, there were numerous franchise failures in the ABA.  The league was woefully undercapitalized and lost millions trying to play in weak markets. ABA franchises outbid the NBA for the services of future Hall-of-Fame stars like Julius (Dr. J.) Erving, Moses Malone, George Gervin, Rick Barry, Dan Issel, and David Thompson. The league also attracted a younger audience to games and on television to watch the league’s higher scoring and entertaining contests. In 1976, four ABA teams (Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and the Virginia Squires-turned New York/New Jersey Nets) agreed to join the NBA.  Salt Lake City was able to lure the NBA’s Jazz away from New Orleans to Utah a few years later in 1979. Some basketball fans laughed at the ABA’s basketball.  Many traditionalists made fun of the ABA’s 3-point line. Years later, it was the NBA which added four key ABA franchises and the league’s 3-point shot. Yes, the ABA helped to shape today’s NBA. Likewise, PGA Tour golfers have benefited from the presence of LIV Golf LIV Golf started poaching golfers away from the PGA Tour in 2022.  Almost immediately, the PGA Tour began raising its tournament purses to keep other remaining golf stars from contemplating their own exit to LIV. LIV Golf’s limited its fields to 54 (or so) golfers with “no-cut” events.  That insured every player would receive a minimum paycheck for their weekly efforts. By contrast, most PGA Tour events begin with a field of 144 to 156 golfers.  Half of the field is cut after the opening 36 holes. Those sent home early leave without earning a dime for their troubles that week. Taking its cue from LIV golf’s star-laden but smaller tournament fields, the PGA Tour began creating several “no cut” tournaments a few years ago featuring only the highest ranked 70 golfers.  That type of event may not have occurred without LIV Golf’s competitive presence. Some media critics have laughed at LIV Golf’s 4-man team competitions within each tournament. Perhaps the media should take note that the TGL (Tomorrow’s Golf League) recently concluded its second year of indoor golf competitions.  This popular weekly made-for-television golf series features four-man teams comprised of top PGA stars! Let’s see.  Higher purses, smaller “no cut” fields, and team competitions.  None of those were on the scene for PGA players prior to LIV Golf’s entry in 2022. Truth – LIV Golf has been a flop in the US Competing in the United States against the established PGA Tour has been tougher than expected for LIV Golf.  Few top US golf courses have been willing to commit to months of course preparation and the financial obligations required to host a top-level men’s golf tournament. Several LIV Golf events in America have come and gone since 2022.  Cities like Houston, Dallas, Miami, Tulsa, and Chicago have hosted a LIV Golf tournament in previous years but not in 2026. This year’s remaining LIV Golf schedule brings the tour to several US markets.  LIV plays in northern Virginia/DC metro (May 7-10), New Orleans (June 25-28), New Jersey/NYC metro (August 6-9), and Indianapolis (August 20-23).  The LIV team competition season finale is in Detroit (August 27-30). Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and his economic development team have invested $5 million of state taxpayer dollars to pay LIV Golf to play its June 25-28 event at the newly renovated Bayou Oaks at City Park (formerly City Park South).  An additional $2 million is being spent right now to prepare this venerable public golf course for the upcoming LIV Golf tournament. Pinocchio would chuckle knowing that the Pelican State officials claim that the LIV Golf New Orleans event is going to inject $40 million into the local economy during late June. As a former resident of the New Orleans area, locals know why major hotels are readily available and cheaper during the summertime.  It is exceptionally hot and steamy in the Crescent City by late June.  The conditions may be miserable for both golf fans and the players. Regardless, the State of Louisiana is now holding its collective breath that LIV Golf won’t shut down operations prior to playing its inaugural New Orleans tournament in two months. Around the world, LIV Golf has been more successful Sold-out LIV Golf tournaments in Australia and South Africa this spring brought LIV’s group of top golf stars to golf-starved countries.  Fans openly welcomed the LIV Golf stars and seemed to enjoy the league’s party-like atmosphere. LIV Golf’s 2026 schedule has taken the golfers to Saudi Arabia (of course), Hong Kong, Singapore, and, this week, Mexico.  Upcoming overseas events are scheduled for South Korea (May 28-31), Spain (June 4-7), and the United Kingdom (July 23-26). The costs of taking the LIV Golf’s traveling show via jet to tournaments around the globe is staggering.  PGA Tour events in the US are usually scheduled within a one-day driving distance.  That reduces transportation costs for the television broadcast trucks, crews and players. The clock is ticking for LIV Golf Let’s give LIV Golf a mulligan for its first two years of operation.  Since then, the losses have continued to be unsustainable.  By any reasonable measure, LIV Golf should cut its losses and end operations by the end of the 2026 season in late August. Perhaps the Saudi Public Investment Fund might forge a partnership with the DP World Tour to bring men’s golf to worldwide locations where LIV Golf has performed well. The top names in LIV Golf have been paid multi-million dollar signing bonuses.  They’ll be fine.  The remaining talented golfers at LIV Golf will find another home to play professionally soon. Just like basketball’s ABA did for the stalwart NBA, LIV Golf has made a lasting impact upon professional golf and, especially, the PGA Tour. The post LIV on Life Support appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

On the tabletop we're building up the walls with dexterity and memory game Castel Boom from Kiwizou by way of Hachette, and building up a case with MicroMacro Kids: Crazy City Park from Hard Boiled Games, also via Hachette. Away from the board games and into the realm of RPGs, we're meeting up online with strangers and playing roleplaying game oneshots with StartPlaying (and the brilliant La Lionne Cosplay). After that it's off to Germany - via Denmark - and building LEGO's spin on Neuschwanstein Castle, plus we relax with a new season of a classic TV show; yep, we're getting back into Scrubs. All that, and lawns, on Ep245. 00:00 - Two green bins. 06:57 - Castel Boom 19:54 - A naughty trip to the petrol station 23:04 - MicroMacro Kids: Crazy City Park 35:42 - “And many more” 37:35 - LEGO's Neuschwanstein Castle 42:09 - StartPlaying with Anya (aka La Lionne Cosplay) 49:23 - Scrubs On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), and Sam (@MrSamTurner). Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about, our Steam Curator page collects every video game we've ever reviewed available on the platform, and our BoardGameGeek page does the same for every boardgame. And if you'd like to see what we're up to between podcasts, your best bet is our Instagram page. Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

Fluent Fiction - Hungarian: Easter Collaborations: How Teamwork Breeds Success Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hu/episode/2026-04-07-22-34-01-hu Story Transcript:Hu: A kávézó ajtaja halkan csilingelt, amikor Zoltán belépett.En: The coffee shop door jingled softly as Zoltán entered.Hu: A park szélén található kávézó hangulatos búvóhely volt, ahol a fák rügyező ágai alatt lehetett megpihenni.En: The café, located on the edge of the park, was a cozy hideaway where one could rest beneath the budding branches of the trees.Hu: Odabent a pára lecsapódott az ablakokon, és az emberek csendesen beszélgettek, miközben ránéztek az eső áztatta City Parkra.En: Inside, condensation formed on the windows, and people quietly chatted as they glanced at the rain-soaked City Park.Hu: “A mai nap fontos,” gondolta Zoltán, ahogy a csoportjuk asztalához sietett.En: “Today is important,” thought Zoltán as he hurried to their table.Hu: Réka már ott ült, skiccekkel és színes ceruzákkal körülvéve.En: Réka was already there, surrounded by sketches and colored pencils.Hu: Ráérős mosollyal intett neki.En: She waved at him leisurely with a smile.Hu: László éppen egy teáscsészéből kortyolt, telefonján valami sürgősnek tűnő dolgot ellenőrizve.En: László was sipping from a teacup, checking something urgent on his phone.Hu: „Kicsit bonyolult a történelmi projektek világában találkozni, ugye?” nevetett Réka, miközben egy rajzot mutatott Zoltánnak.En: “It's a bit tricky to meet in the world of historical projects, isn't it?” Réka laughed, showing a drawing to Zoltán.Hu: “Ezt terveztem a borítóhoz.”En: “This is what I designed for the cover.”Hu: Zoltán elismerően bólintott, de a szemöldöke összeráncolódott.En: Zoltán nodded approvingly, but his brow furrowed.Hu: „Nagyon szép, de nem lenne jobb egy hivatalosabb stílus?”En: “It's very nice, but wouldn't a more formal style be better?”Hu: László közben felnézett, és felvonta a szemöldökét.En: Meanwhile, László looked up and raised an eyebrow.Hu: „Nem lenne egyszerűbb valami már meglévőt használni?En: “Wouldn't it be simpler to use something that already exists?Hu: Minek új dolgokat kitalálni?”En: Why come up with new things?”Hu: Zoltán vett egy mély lélegzetet.En: Zoltán took a deep breath.Hu: Az idő szorította őket, és a közelgő húsvéti ünnep bonyolította a helyzetüket.En: Time was pressing them, and the upcoming Easter holiday was complicating their situation.Hu: Mindenki az ünnepi készülődésre koncentrált.En: Everyone was focused on holiday preparations.Hu: “Tudom, hogy sietnünk kell, de fontos lenne tökéletesíteni.”En: “I know we need to hurry, but it would be important to perfect it.”Hu: Réka legyintett, és vidáman megjegyezte: „Nem kell tökéletesnek lennie.En: Réka waved her hand dismissively and cheerfully remarked, “It doesn't need to be perfect.Hu: Azt nézd, élvezd, amit csinálsz!”En: Just enjoy what you're doing!”Hu: A diskurzus hevesen folytatódott, a kávézó zajától alig hallották egymást.En: The discussion continued heatedly; they could barely hear each other over the noise of the café.Hu: Zoltán gondolataiba merült.En: Zoltán was lost in thought.Hu: A csoport munkája javult, de vajon elég lesz ez a legjobb eredményhez?En: The group's work was improving, but would it be enough for the best result?Hu: Miközben a hangok elhalkultak, rájött, hogy valamit meg kell tanulnia.En: As the sounds quieted down, he realized he had something to learn.Hu: „Jó, akkor mi a következő lépés?” kérdezte végül Zoltán egy mély sóhajjal.En: “Okay, so what's the next step?” Zoltán asked finally with a deep sigh.Hu: “Hallgatok rátok is.En: “I'll listen to you too.Hu: Legyünk együtt kreatívabbak és hatékonyabbak.”En: Let's be more creative and effective together.”Hu: Réka és László mosolyogva néztek egymásra.En: Réka and László exchanged smiles.Hu: Így hát gyorsan megegyeztek az új tervekről: Réka színes világával és László praktikusságával frissítették a projektet.En: So, they quickly agreed on the new plans: they updated the project with Réka's colorful world and László's practicality.Hu: Közös munka eredménye lett a csoport projektje.En: The group's project became the result of their joint effort.Hu: A húsvét közeledtével Zoltán rájött, hogy a tökéletesség nem minden, és a közös munka erősebbé teszi őket.En: As Easter approached, Zoltán realized that perfection isn't everything and that working together makes them stronger.Hu: Ahogy kilépett a kávézóból a még mindig szemerkélő esőbe, tudta, hogy a csapatmunka volt az igazi ajándék az ünnep előtt.En: As he stepped out of the café into the still-drizzling rain, he knew that teamwork was the real gift before the holiday.Hu: A park zöldelő fái alatt már más szemmel látta a világot.En: Under the park's greening trees, he saw the world through different eyes. Vocabulary Words:jingled: csilingeltcozy: hangulatoshideaway: búvóhelycondensation: párarain-soaked: eső áztattasketches: skiccekleisurely: ráérőstricky: bonyolultfurrowed: összeráncolódottexisting: meglévőtpressing: szorítottacomplicating: bonyolítottapreparations: készülődésdismissively: legyintettheatedly: hevesenimproving: javultdeep sigh: mély sóhajcreative: kreatíveffective: hatékonyexchanged: néztek egymásrajoint effort: közös munkaapproached: közeledtévelperfection: tökéletességdrizzling: szemerkélőgift: ajándékholiday: ünnepbeneath: alattbranches: ágaitrees: fáiurgent: sürgős

In this episode, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston joins the conversation to discuss the city's plans for data centers and how they'll impact the community. He shares the reasoning behind the proposed moratorium and the importance of regulating these facilities to ensure they don't strain the city's resources. We also dive into the recent fire at City Park and the efforts to rebuild the beloved bandstand. Additionally, Mayor Johnston talks about the city's new license plate reader contract and addresses concerns about data privacy. It's a thoughtful conversation about balancing progress with community needs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New data shows that the heat is causing air quality issues for San Diegans living near the Tijuana River Valley. National City leaders are celebrating new improvements to Pepper Park on Tidelands Avenue. Butterfly Jungle at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is now open.     What You Need To Know To Start Your Saturday. 

On this episode of Discover Lafayette, we welcome Deb and Paul Lindsay, the enthusiastic co-chairs of the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary April 10–12, 2026 in downtown New Iberia. Centered around the Sliman Theater, Shadows-on-the-Teche, and other historic sites, this year's festival brings together literature, music, food, history, and community for a full weekend of programming. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Rick Bragg is being celebrated as the 2026 Great Southern Writer, with sessions, book signings, museum tours, a book fair, and more planned throughout the weekend. Deb and Paul's story is, in many ways, a love letter to Acadiana. They were living in Guanajuato, Mexico when Deb's health concerns prompted them to consider returning to the United States. As Paul explains, they began researching Acadiana after learning Lafayette had been named “the happiest city in the USA.” Deb knew what she wanted: “I want to go someplace where there's nice people, kind people. I want to go someplace where they have great food, and I want to go someplace where they have great music, great culture.” Their conclusion? “We hit a trifecta.” Deb and Paul LIndsey are pictured in Guanajuato, Mexico in 2019. The couple had no roots in the region and no contacts here when they first began exploring south Louisiana. But a chance stop on Main Street in New Iberia on June 25, 2022, changed everything. While reading the trilingual plaque near the Bayou Teche Museum, they were approached by Cathy Indest of the Iberia Cultural Resources Association, who asked, “Y'all aren't from around here, are you?” That unexpected conversation led to an invitation to come back for the literary festival, and eventually to a much bigger decision. Back in Mexico, the Lindsays decided to do more than simply visit. They would return to volunteer and sponsor the festival as part of what Paul called an exploratory trip. They came for the 2023 festival, met local leaders and volunteers, and quickly found themselves embraced by the community. A memorable and funny festival incident sealed the deal. While attempting Cajun dance lessons, Deb became so dizzy that she had to be helped to a chair and then to an ambulance for evaluation. Paul, not yet realizing how serious things were, responded to a warning from a concerned helper who said, “Your wife is bad,” with the now legendary line: “I'm sorry, but she's always been a bad dancer.” What stayed with them most was not the scare, but the care. Paul recalls that neighbors and new friends, including Wyatt and Becky Collins, immediately stepped in to help, offering to follow him to the hospital and even opening their home if needed. Others checked on Deb throughout the night. “To me, that sealed the deal,” Paul says, “because those are the kind of people I want to be around now.” Deb adds that Acadiana's warmth is more than politeness: “I'm not sure that people in Acadiana fully appreciate just how special the culture of caring for others really is. It is endemic here. It is just part of how people are.” That sense of belonging deepened quickly. The Lindsays moved to New Iberia in October 2023 and were immediately drawn into the life of the community, volunteering at local events and building friendships that made them feel at home. Deb notes, “We have chosen to be here because, as Paul said, we feel like we hit the trifecta.” Their affection for New Iberia and the wider Acadiana region comes through clearly in this conversation, as does their gratitude for the people who welcomed them in. That spirit of welcome is central to the mission of the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival, which Deb describes as preserving “the legacy of Southern storytelling through literature, culture, and community.” The 2026 schedule reflects just how broad that vision has become: guided tours at the Bayou Teche Museum and Shadows-on-the-Teche, free literary sessions at the Sliman Theater, a children's book fair, a Main Street book fair, and multiple ticketed food-and-music experiences designed to bring people together. A major draw this year is Rick Bragg, the festival's 2026 Great Southern Writer. The festival describes Bragg as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author whose writing captures “the struggles and strength of Southern life,” and notes that he continues to teach at the University of Alabama. Paul shares that he reached Bragg personally after recognizing in his writing a deep connection to family, resilience, and Southern roots. That conversation led Bragg to accept the invitation, telling Paul, “You've made me laugh more in the last 40 minutes than I have in probably a year.” Bragg will appear for both a symposium and a special book club-style event during the weekend. Deb speaks beautifully about why Bragg matters. Though memoir was not previously her preferred genre, she says his storytelling changed that. His books about family and ordinary Southern people, she says, “remind us of our shared humanity, something especially needed in these divided times.” That human-centered view of literature runs through the entire festival. Jane and Scott Wolfe of Melba’s Po Boys in New Orleans The opening Friday session features Jane and Scott Wolfe of the infamouse Melba's Po Boys in New Orleans, who will discuss entrepreneurship, perseverance, literacy, and community. Festival listings describe their presentation as “Building Perseverance and Community: How Two Teenagers Created a Life Inside Small Business in New Orleans.” Deb and Paul highlight Jane Wolfe's remarkable path from earning her GED to studying at Tulane and later Harvard Divinity School, as well as her role in literacy work through Melba's. Published sources confirm that Jane Wolfe received the 2024 Light Up for Literacy Award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for her work with Eat and Read at Melba's, and that she is a graduate of both Tulane and Harvard Divinity School. The 2026 schedule also reflects the festival's wide-ranging curiosity. Friday includes a session on the Creole lineage of Pope Leo XIV, a discussion with romance author Juliette Cross, and a closing session on Carville and Hansen's disease. Saturday brings the Dave Robicheaux Readers Theater, a Rick Bragg book club, a session on Louisiana Black Creole Trail Riders, a program on Black female jazz singers, a Swamp Pop-themed session, and Bragg's major symposium and signing. The Children's Book Fair and the Main Street Book Fair, making the festival accessible to readers of all ages. Beyond the literary sessions, the weekend is intentionally immersive. Friday night's ticketed event, “A Novel Evening in Prose and Pours,” unfolds beneath the oaks at Shadows-on-the-Teche and includes food, drink, music, and time for festivalgoers to mingle with authors in a relaxed setting. Saturday morning introduces “Beignets & Beats, A Cajun Breakfast Jam” at Bambino's, while Saturday night has been reimagined as “Swamp Sounds: A Swamp Pop Revival,” complete with dance lessons and live music from The Revelers. The weekend closes with Symphony Sunday in the Park, a free outdoor performance by the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra in New Iberia's City Park on Sunday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m. It is a free concert under the oaks, continuing a long-running partnership between the Symphony and New Iberia. What makes this interview especially meaningful is hearing why Deb and Paul have poured themselves into the festival. Deb says the literary festival “has a special place in my heart, just because it's what brought us to Louisiana in the first place.” She sees their work as “a way of saying ‘we feel like we're a part of the community. We owe the community.” Paul echoes that sentiment and says what he loves most is that books can bring people together across differences: “It doesn't matter who you voted for; it's about coming together with common bonds and trying to learn from each other and listen to each other.” Their vision extends beyond one April weekend. They are exploring interim events throughout the year and building stronger partnerships with other Louisiana book festivals, including those in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, with the goal of strengthening audiences and collaboration rather than competing against one another. That cooperative spirit feels very much in keeping with what they have come to love about this region. As Deb and Paul make clear, the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival is about far more than books alone. It is about story, hospitality, history, music, place, and the kind of human connection that turns visitors into neighbors. Or, as Deb puts it, “It's a terrific place to be.” For festival details, schedules, and tickets, the primary website is BooksAlongTheTecheLiteraryFestival.com; BayouBookFest.com also redirects there. The festival is largely free, with select ticketed food and music events available through the website. Published festival and tourism pages confirm the event dates, venues, and the weekend's featured programming. Thanks to Deb and Paul Lindsey for their commitment to the arts, culture and community! They are eloquent spokespersons for their new home, Acadiana!

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669. Part 2. We continue Women's History Month by concluding our conversation with Marcelle Bienvenu. Whe is an author working on the history of Creole cooking. Marcelle Bienvenu's highly anticipated new release of her timeless classic, Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make A Roux? is a treasure trove of over two hundred recipes, revised with a Foreword by Emeril Lagasse and sumptuous color photography capturing the essence of every season. Marcelle is a cookbook author and food writer who has been preparing Cajun and Creole dishes since the 1960s. She has written on Creole/Cajun Cooking for The Times Picayune, Time-Life Books, and has been featured in Garden & Gun, Food & Wine, Saveur, Southern Living, Redbook, The New York Times, Louisiana Life, and Acadiana Profile. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in print for the first time in 222 years. Order your copy today! This week in the Louisiana Anthology. Meghan F. McDonald.'NOLA: An Interactive Street Performing Experience.'     Before embarking on my street performing tour of the U.S., one aspect I said I would investigate on the road was how influencial setting is for creating music.     Admittedly, this question was buried under piles of other questions that surfaced during my earlier stops, D.C., Nashville, Asheville and Atlanta. But that changed once I arrived in New Orleans.     Music and culture ' especially along Royal Street ' ooze from NOLA's pores, pumping through its streets as if the heart of all music can be found somewhere within the veins of the French Quarter. It is New Orleans, after all, that mothered music greats ranging from Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino to Lil Wayne. And that variety is not accidental ' it's part of NOLA's appeal.     On one street you may walk into an impromptu jazz ensemble performance, complete with an upright bass, saxophone player and a singer throwing out some hot scats. Five blocks down, you could stumble upon a high-energy brass group filled with trumpets, trombones and a tuba. Not to mention the multiple solo acts scattered throughout NOLA's streets at all hours of the day and night.     One factor that makes NOLA an ideal street performing city is the layout. The Quarter's tight streets, filled with sheltered sidewalks due to the vast amounts of layered decks, create a rich acoustic experience for buskers. The sound stays contained from having a ceiling of sorts, which then bounces off the parallel building in full circle. This week in Louisiana history. March 13, 1815. Gen. Andrew Jackson declares the end of martial law in New Orleans at the end of War of 1812. This week in New Orleans history. The City Park property was famous as a dueling ground long before it was a park ' more Affaires d'honneur were fought in New Orleans than in any other American city. They resulted from serious affronts, petty insults, or deliberate confrontations for the sole purpose of displaying fencing skills. Weapons of choice included swords, sabers, pistols, rifles, even bare hands. During the 1800s a series of duels were fought between fencing masters ' the most famous, Spaniard Pepe Llula was known as a duelist who met any man with any weapon. Times-Democrat on March 13, 1892, reported, "Between 1834 and 1844 scarcely a day passed without duels being fought at the Oaks'. Dueling had been outlawed two years before under the death penalty (if a death resulted) but it was seldom enforced.  This week in Louisiana. Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge 480 Richland Place Monroe, LA 71203 Open daily from sunrise to sunset Website: fws.gov/refuge/black-bayou-lake Email: blackbayoulake@fws.gov Phone: (318) 387‑1114 March is one of the best months to visit Black Bayou Lake, with mild temperatures, active wildlife, and early spring blooms along the trails and boardwalks: Boardwalk Trail: A scenic walk over the cypress‑studded lake, ideal for birdwatching and photography. Visitor Center & Nature Exhibits: Located in a restored plantation house with hands‑on displays. Wildlife Viewing: Frequent sightings of herons, egrets, turtles, and alligators in their natural habitat. Postcards from Louisiana. Sporty's Brass Band. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Listen on audible. Listen on Spotify. Listen on TuneIn. Listen on iHeartRadio. The Louisiana Anthology Home Page. Like us on Facebook. 

We'll get all the details for Lark in the Park from Gina Trapani, the Chief Philanthropy Officer for City Park.

* We'll continue to bring you the latest free agency moves for the Saints and the rest of the NFC South with Mike Detillier. * Lark in the Park is this Friday! We'll get all the details from Gina Trapani, the Chief Philanthropy Officer for City Park.

In this episode of the Only in OK Show, we are exploring the crown jewel of the 918 and a massive new tribute to an Oklahoma music legend. Part 1: The Power of Tulsa – Gathering Place We dive into why Gathering Place was recently voted the #1 City Park in the Nation for 2024 by USA TODAY. From the vision of the George Kaiser Family Foundation to its mission of unifying Tulsa across all zip codes, find out what makes this $465 million gift so special. The Bloom Watch: Learn about the 70+ cherry blossom trees expected to hit full bloom March 20–23. Adventure Awaits: We break down the Chapman Adventure Playground, the "Laredo Slide Vale" (yes, for adults too!), and the free kayak rentals at Peggy's Pond. Pro Tip: Check out the ONEOK Boathouse for the history of these iconic trees and the "Community Cherry Tree" exhibit. Part 2: Red, White, and Black-top – The Toby Keith Expressway We shift gears to discuss the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority's latest announcement: the new East-West Connector is officially being named the Toby Keith Expressway. The Project: A 30-mile, $3 billion stretch linking I-44 to I-35 as part of the ACCESS Oklahoma plan. The Family's Stance: We discuss Stelen Covel's (Toby's son) honest reflection on the project—from initial community concerns to Toby's final support for the state's economic growth. The Debate: Does naming a toll road after a local hero make the "tax" easier to swallow, or are Oklahomans still "Red Solo Cup half-empty" about the construction? Links Mentioned: Visit Gathering Place: gatheringplace.org OTA names planned turnpike corridor after Toby Keith | News | oudaily.com https://www.facebook.com/VisitDuncanOK Wright's Family Steak House Follow the Show: https://facebook.com/onlyinokshow If you visit any of the spots mentioned in today's episode, be sure to tell them the Only in OK Show sent you! #Oklahoma #Tulsa #GatheringPlace #TobyKeith #OnlyInOK #VisitOK #918 #TobyKeithExpressway #OklahomaCity #TulsaRiverParks #RedDirt #OKC #ExploreOklahoma #USAFirst #oklahomaculture

City Park doesn't get enough credit for being as fantastic an amenity as it is - and big improvements are coming. What memories do you have there?

An important and personal update from Scoot; City Park is getting a big glow-up; Where is Pops Fountain, anyway? Is it still there? New Orleans' problem is that we've got too many crabs

* The US is on pace for another record-breaking year in terms of measles cases. * City Park got a $2 million donation for improvements. We'll spend some time with CEO Rebecca Dietz about that and how work on the master plan is going.

City Park got a $2 million donation for improvements. We'll spend some time with CEO Rebecca Dietz about that and how work on the master plan is going.

* The war with Iran is impacting Louisiana. Here's how * Sexual exploitation is a too common problem in Louisiana * Measles can be deadly, and cases are skyrocketing. Here's what to know * China is ahead of the US on electric vehicles. Can the US catch up? * City Park has a ton of projects planned. Here's how they're improving * This state rep. wants to tackle AI, fortified roofs, and more

Indiana Governor Mike Braun gives himself a “B+” for this year's legislative session, saying that his administration successfully tackled issues of affordability and government efficiency. The parent company of Indianapolis's largest electric utility is going private. U.S. and Israeli militaries are pledging to continue strikes on Iran. Lugar Plaza in downtown Indianapolis by the City County Building is now officially a city park - that means stricter rules, like no smoking. A new bridge along the Nickel Plate Trail was opened on Friday.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun gives himself a “B+” for this year's legislative session, saying that his administration successfully tackled issues of affordability and government efficiency. The parent company of Indianapolis's largest electric utility is going private. The parent company of AES Indiana has agreed to a $33 billion buyout from BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners. U.S. and Israeli militaries are pledging to continue strikes on Iran. Lugar Plaza in downtown Indianapolis by the City County Building is now officially a city park - that means stricter rules, like no smoking. A new bridge along the Nickel Plate Trail was opened on Friday. Want to go deeper on the stories you hear on WFYI News Now? Visit wfyi.org/news and follow us on social media to get comprehensive analysis and local news daily. Subscribe to WFYI News Now wherever you get your podcasts. WFYI News Now is produced by Zach Bundy, with support from News Director Sarah Neal-Estes.

Bill Horan and Riya Pantel talk with Peter Hewitson, the owner of Uncle Bacala's Italian Seafood and More, on Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park, about what makes his restaurant stand the test of time, being open since 2004.  

For the first time in 26 years, the Underground Music Showcase will not be taking over South Broadway this summer — but when it moves to RiNo, would the fest lose its cool factor? And will it still be a showcase of local acts or become something more corporate? Host Bree Davies and producer Olivia Jewell Love talk through the what-ifs with Shawn King, drummer of DeVotchka, who headlined the first UMS in 2001 and closed out last year's 25th anniversary. Plus, we talk about another out-of-the-box pitch for 16th Street and our wins and fails of the week.  Bree talked about The Raven apartments and the proposal to ban face masks worn by law enforcement. Olivia discussed all the bird poop downtown and a change to bike and boat rentals at City Park and Wash Park. Shawn talked about dog parks and La Plaza. Check out City Cast's new podcast "Your City Could Be Better"! It's on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by CEO David Plotz, this week's inaugural episode features the host of City Cast Twin Cities talking about how Minneapolis and St. Paul mobilized so quickly and broadly against the months-long ICE operation there. What do you think about the future of the UMS in RiNo? We want to hear from you! Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418 For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter at denver.citycast.fm. Watch clips from the show on YouTube: youtube.com/@citycastdenver or Instagram @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm/Denver Learn more about the sponsors of this February 13th episode: Clyfford Still Museum Denver Health Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise

Parks & Recreation Director Stacey Child and Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Tyler Wilkins highlight PAR tax investment over the past three years has improved Springville City. Early projects included a new gazebo at City Park that has quickly become a popular gathering space for performances and the farmers market, and significant upgrades along Dry Creek Trail, where an irrigation canal was piped to create new green space and a park with a pavilion. The award-winning Cherry Ridge Bike Park received added features and pavilions, while Memorial Park saw major enhancements, including wiffle ball fields, a walking path, the Al Curtis Plaza, and renovated tennis courts.  Additional investments supported improvements at the golf course, the library's summer reading program, and the new Fitness Park at the Clyde Recreation Center, featuring a timed 40-yard dash, ninja course, turf field, and adult fitness area.Major redevelopment continues around Springville High School, beginning with rebuilt ball fields at Bird Park and moving into the new Spring Acres Park phase, which includes a community pond with a walking trail, a 1.5-mile campus loop, six lit pickleball courts, and a multipurpose field. At Arts Park, a transformative amphitheater renovation—supported by a $1 million donation from McWane Ductile and a $750,000 Utah County grant—will add a permanent stage cover, new plaza space, public art installations, and expanded performance opportunities, with plans to unveil the improvements during Art City Days. Together, these projects represent nearly 40 enhancements that continue to expand recreation, arts, and community gathering opportunities throughout Springville.

When a man saw something lurking in New Orleans City Park in 2010, he had no idea the natives who lived there centuries ago had described the exact same creature.IN THIS EPISODE: The creature had dark or black skin covered in masses of “skin or fins” that looked like algae growing all over its body.  It seemed to have gills or matted hair that looked like gills on its face and head; two yellow eyes leered out from under a prominent forehead.  That's the description one witness had for the thing in City Park, New Orleans. (The City Park Thing) *** Anyone who knew the little family before that July day would say that one thing was certain, Vernon Plager loved his wife and daughter more than anything.  But then Paul Reed moved to the neighborhood, and it led to more than just a broken marriage… it led to murder. (Wrapped in Ivy) *** The moose is said to be a ghostly white and a giant of stature and weight, antlers bigger than any other moose ever seen. Considered a harbinger of doom, it was first reported in 1891… but has been seen as recently as 2002. Could this giant, ghostly moose at Lobster Lake, North Dakota actually have existed – or still exist? (The Specter Moose of Lobster Lake) *** For the citizens of Brabant Province, Belgium, the era of the Brabant Killers, left behind traumatic wounds that have never really healed. Making matters worse is the fact that the killers were never brought to justice. (The Killers of Brabant) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:00:49.812 = Show Open00:03:07.374 = The City Park Thing00:08:00.797 = Wrapped In Ivy00:28:01.763 = The Specter Moose of Lobster Lake00:34:55.229 = The Killers of Brabant00:48:56.205 = The Haunted Wendy's00:54:46.389 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakSOURCES and RESOURCES:“The City Park Thing” is from Haunted America Tours: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/rw3aza96“Wrapped in Ivy” originally posted in “Rockford Writes”, edited by Heath Alberts for HauntedRockford.com:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2tn299te“The Specter Moose of Lobster Lake” by Kathy Weiser for LegendsOfAmerica.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bbb5jzbk“The Killers of Brabant” by Benjamin Welton for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/jve5ku2d“Haunted Wendy's” by Weirdo family member, Ethan Hahn=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: June 16, 2021EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/CityParkThingABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.#WeirdDarkness, #NewOrleans, #Cryptid, #SwampMonster, #MardiGras, #CreatureSighting, #UrbanLegend, #HauntedNewOrleans, #Louisiana, #TrueStory

There’s nothing like losing another PGA Tour tournament sponsor to motivate the long-time men’s golf league to invite a few LIV golfers back this season. The year 2022 saw PGA star Brooks Koepka among several big name PGA Tour players who accepted a reported $100 million signing bonus to join start-up LIV Golf. He has won five times during his four seasons on the new golf tour and earned millions more in the process. Brooks Koepka told the media in late December that he and LIV Golf had reached an agreement to release him from playing obligations during 2026.  He wanted to “prioritize the needs of his family and stay closer to home”. Koepka’s contract with LIV Golf was set to expire at the end of 2026. The rationale given sounded quite noble.  Koepka’s wife suffered a miscarriage in October during the fourth month of her second pregnancy.  The couple already had a two-year old son at home. The LIV Golf tour plays ten of its 14 tournaments this year outside of the United States.  Brooks Koepka would have been away from his young family quite a bit in 2026. Yes, this SOUNDED very noble – until Monday Yesterday, the PGA Tour announced an agreement allowing Brooks Koepka to return to play on the PGA Tour later this month at the Farmers Invitational in San Diego. My lovely wife and I speculated that, perhaps, Mrs. Koepka may have been ready to boot her husband out of the house after his relatively short sabbatical. The PGA Tour’s announcement about the return of Brooks Koepka strangely coincides with recent news that Farmers Insurance is exiting as a 16-year title sponsor for the tour’s long-time event in San Diego. The high cost of sponsoring pro golf tournaments has been taking a toll Want to sponsor a PGA Tour event?  The cost has been rapidly in recent years – even after the Tiger Woods era has effectively ended. Sponsorship costs have nearly doubled in the past decade.  A multi-year sponsorship agreement (usually for four or more years) will cost a company up to $20-25 million annually for a traditional spring or summer PGA Tour stop. A $100 million investment in a men’s golf tournament sponsorship must pass muster with corporate board overseers who will expect to see results to justify the exceptional costs. Don’t expect to see “The SwampSwamiSports.com Open” anytime soon! The PGA Tour has not delivered enough positive results to a growing number of former tournament sponsors Average television viewership for weekly PGA Tour events still brings nearly three million viewers – primarily on CBS.  The network’s advertisers buy TV spots to woo professional golf’s wealthy male audience.  High-dollar vehicles, investment firms and insurance companies dominate ads frequently seen on golf telecasts. However, the 64-year old average age for pro golf’s television viewers is the oldest demographic in all of professional sports. Compare that with NASCAR (58), baseball (57), NFL (50) and the NBA (42). Ironically, younger viewers are much more likely to part with discretionary income than their graybeard dads with fatter wallets. Watch any NFL game and notice the types of products being pitched to its viewers.  Growing families purchase houses, furniture, automobiles, fast food, beverages, and recurring household goods. That’s one reason why PGA Tour weekly telecasts seem to be waving their proverbial broadcast booth pom-poms for younger stars such as 36-year old Rory McIlroy, 29-year old Scottie Scheffler, and 32-year old Justin Thomas. The men’s pro golf tour is desperate to find “the next Tiger Woods”.  El Tigre has been sidelined in recent years with injuries and recently turned 50.  He cannot prop-up the PGA Tour forever. The rising price tag to host a PGA Tour stop may be indicative of fewer events in the future San Diego’s long-time PGA Tour stop has been sponsored by Farmers Insurance for the past 16 years. A press release by Farmers Insurance announced the end of the sponsorship recently stating, “The tournament has generated millions of dollars for charity and delighted golf fans in San Diego and beyond”. Perhaps a more honest comment might have been, “But we haven’t received a significant enough return on our investment after spending $20 million to prop-up this rather expensive event annually”. It’s not like Farmers Insurance is giving up on golf as an advertising vehicle. The company recently posted a news release that Farmers has become a title sponsor for this winter’s second-year of TGL (Tomorrow’s Golf League).  TGL is a weekly televised indoor golf contest aired on ESPN. A TGL spokesperson said, “Farmers Insurance recognizes the engagement that prime time team golf delivers with a wide spectrum of sports fans, especially younger fans.” Traditional PGA tournament sponsors expect to see positive results The loss of major male golf stars like Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Cam Smith and others to LIV Golf a few years ago really hurt the PGA Tour.  Every tournament sponsor wants their event to feature a top field of golfers which excites local fans to come out and see. The title sponsor is “sold” with the expectation that a significant national television audience will be watching from home. That sponsor wants to see thousands of happy golf fans attending their event in person, too.  This one-week golf tournament blitz is intended to capture the maximum positive name recognition today and some long-lasting goodwill associated with the company’s financial investment. This spring’s Colonial golf event (currently known as the Charles Schwab Invitational) in Fort Worth wants patrons to plunk down $85 for a one-day pass in late May.  North Texas golf fans want to see top golfers and popular regional favorites such as former University of Texas stars Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler in this year’s field. However, the PGA Tour does not require a golfer to play in any particular weekly event (yet), so the field in Fort Worth is still rather uncertain.  The upper echelon of PGA Tour golfers often decide to enter a particular event if played in a favorite geographic region or on a golf course which suits their game or which features significant prize money up for grabs. The title sponsor of any particular PGA Tour event bears a significant financial risk if not enough of the top golfers elect not to play in their tournament.  Fewer top stars at some events mean lower television ratings and a negative impact on tournament revenues. Have the costs exceeded with the desired benefits for some PGA tournament sponsors? Farmers Insurance is not the first major corporation to end a sponsorship of a PGA Tour event in recent years. Wells Fargo walked away from its tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina last year.  The year 2024 saw Honda Motor Company end its long-time association with a tournament in southeast Florida. Shriners Children’s Hospital walked away from its PGA event in 2023. The PGA Tour’s competition with LIV Golf caused weekly money to balloon to nearly $8 million per tournament in recent years.  These increased payouts to players has been passed along in the form of higher corporate sponsorship costs. Some companies believe that the current costs outweigh the perceived benefits.  The market is working. A $3 billion life preserver was received by the PGA Tour just in time for the 2024 season A unique partnership with private equity investor Strategic Sports Group provided the PGA Tour a massive cash infusion in January, 2024.  This $3 billion investment was intended to halt the migration of top golfers to LIV Golf and provide a long-term financial backstop against potential operational losses on the PGA Tour. Half of the new money ($1.5 billion) was set aside to pay for a new long-term incentive bonus plan to be paid to PGA Tour golfers.  The players must remain on the tour for several years in order to collect their full bonus share.  This would (theoretically) cause players to think twice about jumping to LIV Golf or any other golf tour. Will the three other major LIV Golf stars take the bait and return to the PGA Tour? Monday’s announcement by the PGA Tour to allow Brooks Koepka’s amnesty came along with a rather restrictive short-term offer to three other prominent (and young) LIV Golf stars.  The PGA’s “Returning Member Program” would allow LIV golfers Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Cam Smith a chance to return to the PGA Tour this season if they should agree to accept the terms by February 2. Brooks Koepka (and the other three LIV golfers) will not be eligible for any FedEx bonus pool money in 2026.  The golfer must play in 15 PGA Tour events in 2026.  Koepka (and any other LIV golfers) will be excluded from the new PGA Tour bonus pool for the next five years.  That might result in a potential future loss of up to $50 million per player. Brooks Koepka also agreed to donate $5 million to charity as part of his “deal”.  Expect the other three golfers to be required to pay at least that amount to charity. LIV Golf’s youthful trio of DeChambeau, Rahm, and Smith still remain under contract with their employer to play this season.  They would have to quickly negotiate a buy-out for their LIV Golf contracts and then be fleeced again by the PGA Tour’s punitive terms and conditions. I don’t expect the other three golfers to take the bait.  Brooks Koepka had his own personal reasons to exit LIV Golf. The others?  Not so much – at least right now. Does this signal the end for LIV Golf? The Saudi Public Investment Fund is worth more than $1 trillion.  That Saudi PIF doesn’t seem concerned that LIV Golf has become a multi-billion dollar money loser. The loss of a few percentage points from this massive pile of cash is balanced by the Saudis’ perceived prestige as the owner of a worldwide golf tour. I believe that the loss of Brooks Koepka represents a relatively small hit for LIV Golf.  The five-time major champion was never very personable with fans and the media.  He doesn’t move the “fan favorite” needle as much as Bryson DeChambeau, Spain’s Jon Rahm, or even Australian Cam Smith. If DeChambeau, Rahm, and Smith follow suit and join Koepka to accept the PGA’s short-term “Come home” offer by February 2, worldwide interest in LIV Golf will plummet. The 2026 LIV Golf schedule has only 14 golf tournaments.  Ten will be played overseas with only four LIV Golf events to be played in the US this year. One of the US tournaments will be played in New Orleans at Bayou Oaks in City Park from June 25-28. Whose bad idea was that to schedule a golf tournament at that time of year in the Crescent City? Those of us who have lived in New Orleans will confirm the oppressive late June heat and humidity in the city.  Lake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf combine to create one of America’s hottest summer locations.  It will punish the golfers far more than the layout at the renovated City Park golf course. Conclusion The PGA Tour now desperately wants their wealthy competitor (LIV Golf) to surrender soon. LIV Golf is feeling no pressure to fold anytime soon. The PGA Tour, though, has new private financial backers who may be quietly demanding executives to show improved profitability after the group’s $3 billion investment into the long-time men’s professional golf league. Purses for men’s pro golf may have peaked due to competition from LIV Golf.  The average PGA Tour golfer earned more than $2.2 million in 2025.  They’ll somehow survive. This is getting very interesting.  Stay tuned! The post PGA Tour attempts to turn the screws on LIV Golf appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

Yesterday, Helena Moreno was inaugurated as the 63rd mayor of New Orleans, and former Vice President Kamala Harris swore her in. The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate's editorial director and columnist Stephanie Grace joins us to break down the event. Le Petit Theatre is gearing up for a performance of Noel Coward's supernatural black comedy, ‘Blithe Spirit.'  Le Petit Theatre's artistic director, A.J. Allegra, and actor/director Ricky Graham join us with more on this production.In 2026, New Orleans will host its first marathon since 2019. The 26.2-mile race will take runners on a double loop course that finishes in City Park, but it won't be the only event of the weekend. The marathon will be part of the larger Fit Fete, a weekend full of community games and wellness events. Walt Leger III, president and CEO of New Orleans and Company, tells us more about the marathon and the entire Fit Fete weekend. __Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Diane Mack. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber, and our assistant producer is Aubry Procell. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, the NPR App, and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

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Good news for food truck lovers! The city just made it easier for mobile vendors to set up shop. Host Megan Harris and executive producer Mallory Falk share why new rules could open the door for taco trucks, mobile pizza ovens, and more in your favorite city park. Plus, they dig into new reports about Pittsburgh's hottest housing markets and richest neighborhoods, explain why it's not entirely a good thing that we lead the nation in home inheritance, and discuss a proposed cell phone ban in Pittsburgh public schools. Notes and references from today's show: Where Are Americans Inheriting The Most Homes? [Coventry Direct] Pittsburgh leads the nation in inherited properties — but some become burdens, not blessings [P-G] All Allegheny County residents can now access free legacy planning under new program [WESA] Family sues after finding giant swastika-tiled floor under rug in newly bought Pa. home [PennLive] New rules take bite out of red tape for food trucks ahead of NFL [TribLive] Vending Policy Report [City of Pittsburgh] Pennsylvania's Working Families Party pledges to support a primary challenger against Sen. John Fetterman [Philadelphia Inquirer] Striking Post-Gazette workers send company return-to-work offer [TribLive] Hazelwood rezoning gets 4-2 nod, despite railroad opposition [Public Source] PODCAST: Rezoning Pittsburgh's ‘Rat Buffet' [City Cast Pittsburgh] Pittsburgh Public Schools considering districtwide cell phone ban after stabbing [CBS Pittsburgh] Paving begins on Pittsburgh Mills roads while mall owner fights $11 million in fines [TribLive] Pittsburgh Mills property owners ordered to pay another $17.6 million in fines [TribLive] Fountain at Point State Park turns back on after construction [CBS Pittsburgh] Learn more about the sponsors of this November 21st episode: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Handmade Arcade The Frick Family House AIDS Free Pittsburgh Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news? Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're also on Instagram @CityCastPgh! Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.

When the city of Buffalo, New York invited landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to town in the late 1860s, they were hoping he'd replicate the success of his most famous design: New York City's Central Park. But Olmsted had other ideas. Instead of creating one centralized park, he argued, why not make Buffalo a city within a system of interconnected parks? It was a plan that would change the course of urban design.This episode was brought to you in partnership with Visit Buffalo. Learn more about Buffalo's park system: https://www.bfloparks.org/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.