Florida Sports Blog's Minor League Sports section covers professional and developmental teams based throughout the state that are not already organized beneath a Florida major-league parent club. Coverage includes baseball, hockey, soccer, indoor football and professional volleyball, with team news, schedules, transactions, prospects and game stories. Florida has supported professional development leagues for more than a century, especially in baseball, where the Florida State League traces its organized history to 1919. Hockey, soccer, indoor football, basketball and volleyball later added their own statewide footprints, giving Florida fans a broad network of clubs below the major-league level. These teams have long served as both community institutions and pathways for athletes moving toward the highest levels of their sports.
The Jacksonville Icemen named Bennett MacArthur the fourth captain in team history and selected Jed Pietila, Jaden Condotta, Colby Ambrosio and Jocques Bouquot as assistant captains for 2026-27.
The Jacksonville Icemen scored four goals but lost 7-4 to the Savannah Ghost Pirates in preseason action Friday night at the Community First Igloo.
The Florida Everblades will play the Orlando Solar Bears at Hertz Arena in their final preseason game after opening with a 7-0 shutout victory.
The Florida Everblades lost 2-1 in overtime to the Orlando Solar Bears in their preseason finale. The teams meet again Saturday, October 17, at Hertz Arena for the regular-season opener…
Sporting Club Jacksonville will play the Sporting JAX men's USL Championship match against Birmingham Legion FC at 1 p.m. ET Saturday behind closed doors because of Hurricane Isaias and associated…
Ryan Cooney has joined Josh Kasevich as one of only two University of Oregon players ever drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos canceled the Florida State Seminoles-Auburn Tigers fall baseball exhibition scheduled for October 10 because of potential severe weather associated with Tropical Storm Isaias.
Karson Milbrandt pitched six innings with four strikeouts and Matthew Etzel homered, but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp lost 3-2 to the Gwinnett Stripers in 10 innings.
The Florida Everblades opened their 2026-27 campaign with a 7-0 preseason shutout of the Orlando Solar Bears Thursday night in Estero, Florida.
The Florida Everblades will open their hockey preseason against the Orlando Solar Bears at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Hertz Arena.
