Among the general population, there is a three in 100 chance of having twins. The chance of having twins who both excel in surfing is considerably higher, but C.J. and Damien’s Hobgood’s mom achieved that rare feat in 1979. […]
Al Werneke preached mental toughness to both his players and staff, as he knew that no one can ever become a champion or win championships without it. […]
As a major league umpire for 34 years, Joe Brinkman left an indelible – and sometimes controversial – mark on the game.From 1985 to 1998, he was the owner of the Joe Brinkman Umpire School in Cocoa, where he and other professionals instructed umpires who are currently making calls in major and minor league games. […]
As a senior at Satellite High, Ella Stephan was named Gatorade Player of the Year, All-Space Coast Player of the Year, a Parade All-American and received the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award. […]
Billy Stein, who played 14 seasons with four different clubs in MLB, played in all of the local leagues in Cocoa – Little League, Babe Ruth, Legion Ball and Connie Mack before going on to play for Cocoa High. […]
ROCKLEDGE RAIDER COACH GREG CLAYBORNE reached his 500th career victory during the 2017 season, and in 27 years as a baseball manager, now has more than 525 career victories. Clayborne is a walking baseball mind filled with the right way to teach and play America’s pastime. […]
Many years have passed since Wille “Ric-Rac” Wright attended the African-American only Monroe High School in the early 1960s, but his former coach says watching Wright on the field and the basketball court was magical. […]
Wilbur Marshall’s performance on the high school football fields of Central Florida was a harbinger of things to come in the Hall of Fame career of the man who is clearly one of, if not the Space Coast’s greatest football player ever. […]
Charles “Phil” Smith graduated From Cocoa High School in 1961 after earning a triple trifecta of nine varsity letters, three each in football, basketball and track. He was also named All State in football and basketball. […]
Rick Stottler guided two Florida Tech men’s soccer teams to national titles, but that’s not his only legacy in Brevard County, as he has been honored with a posthumous induction into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame. […]
Kaitlin Shriver Donner began racing triathlon professionally while finishing her bachelors in Exercise Physiology, and starting Physical Therapy school at UF. Since then, she has graduated with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy, and qualified for the USA Triathlon National Team. […]
SPACE COAST DAILY TV SPORTS HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: Bob Anderson, a 1956 graduate of Cocoa High and Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2012 inductee might have been Brevard County’s finest athlete. […]
