By: Patrick Chalvire – Assistant Sports Director Friday morning both FIU and the University of Miami held a press conference to officially announce the partnership between the two schools in athletics. The announcement, which took place at UM’s Hecht Athletic Center, will bring back the intrastate matchup. President Mark Rosenberg and Executive Director of Sports […]
Patrick Chalvire/Asst. Sports Director For the next three years, the football field at FIU Stadium will be going by a different name. Wednesday afternoon, FIU Athletics announced that they have signed a three-year deal with Ocean Bank, which will change the name of the home field to Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium. Since 2011, […]
For years, the university has been upgrading its athletic venues — the football stadium has expanded, the basketball court is more vibrant, and we’ve added a new, full softball stadium. The program that has gotten the short end of the stick, however, is FIU Track and Field, who travels to the Ansin Sports Complex in […]
What started as a way to reunite former baseball players turned into a controversial battle. Somos Cuba, the entity formed to bring veteran Cuban players from Los Industriales to Miami to celebrate 50 years of the team, was denied a stadium to play in after FIU backed down from a signed lease with the group. […]
