Bill Kemp

Joined: Jul 17, 2022

Bill Kemp is an award-winning sports journalist at the state and national levels. Over the course of 25 years, he’s covered more than 4,000 sporting events including the NFL regular season, playoffs and Super Bowls, Major League Baseball regular season and spring training, NASCAR racing at Daytona and Talladega International Speedways and major college football regular seasons and bowl games. He was named by the Associated Press Sports Editors as a Top 10 sports columnist and Top 3 by the Alabama Press Association for best sports column and sports page design. He has served as preps editor at the Lakeland Ledger as well as sports editor at five different newspapers in Florida and Alabama. He has been published in dozens of newspapers including USA Today, the Miami Herald, the Orlando Sentinel, the Jacksonville Times Union and the Tampa Bay Times. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida. He has been writing for SBLive Sports since 2022.

Mckendree wrestler Gabby Tedesco stands by a bird statue at Tampa International Airport Tuesday while waiting for her flight to Peru for the Pan-American Championships.

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Fomer Florida 2-time wrestling state champ Gabby Tedesco heads to Pan-American Championships

Miami South Dade wrestling coach Victor Balmeceda has fun after winning the 2022 state championship.

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Victor Balmeceda Lists His Top 10 Moments Since Retiring from Coaching Wrestling at Miami South Dade

Doral Academy softball players celebrate after being awarded the FHSAA Class 6A state championship trophy on Saturday at Solider’s Creek Park.

Doral Academy wins 6A softball state title 1-0 over defending champion Pace

Lake Howell players, coaches and staff gather after winning the Class 2A boys volleyball state title Saturday at Polk State College.

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Lake Howell wins Florida Class 2A boys volleyball state title, first in prorgam history

Winter Park players, coaches and staff gather after winning the Class 3A volleyball state championship Saturday at Polk State College.

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Winter Park repeats as Florida boys volleyball state champs, takes Class 3A crown

WINTER HAVEN –The rematch turned out to be a repeat. No. 2 seed Winter Park (22-5) overpowered top-seed Miami Southwest in three straight sets to win back-to-ba

Tampa SLAM libero Joey Escalera-Hernandez sets up a shot against Miami True North during a 1A state semi at the FHSAA volleyball state tournament.

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Tampa SLAM, King's Academy advance to Florida 1A boys volleyball state final.

WINTER HAVEN – King’s Academy returned to the state finals and this time everything seems to be clicking. King’s Academy, out of West Palm Beach, knocked off Mi

Live Updates: Class 7A Boys Semifinal

Sarasota faces Windermere in a Class 7A semifinal. The winner faces Miami Columbus in the 7A state title game tomorrow at 11 a.m.

FHSAA Class 5A State Semifinal

St. Petersburg faces Pompano Beach Blanche Ely in a Class 5A state semifinal beginning at 7 p.m. The winner will square off against Ponte Vedra for the 5A stat

RP Funding Center prepares for the 5 p.m. semifinal.

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FHSAA Class 4A girls basketball state semifinal

Booker takes on Palm Bay in a girls basketball state semifinal. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m. from the RP Funding Center in Lakeland. The winner will play in the

Crossroad Academy and Hawthorne square off in the first quarter of the FHSAA Rural Boys Classification state championship game on Friday at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

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FHSAA Boys Basketball Rural State Championship: Live updates

Crossroad Academy (17-9) vs. Hawthorne (19-3) Hawthorne reached the state title game by beating Graceville 69-44. Crossroad Academy knocked off Fort White 46-3

FHSAA Rural girls basketball state championshp trophies await at the RP Funding Center on Friday in Lakeland.

FHSAA Girls Basketball Rural State Championship

Holmes County enters the Rural classification state championship game as the defending Class 1A girls basketball state champions. The Blue Devils (26-2) are rid

Victory Christian Academy 2028 CG Quinton Wilson

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Florida high school boys basketball Class 1A semifinal: Victory Christian vs. North Tampa Christian

Lakeland Victory Christian will face North Florida Christian in the second 1A boys semifinal of the day. The winner will square off against the winner of the Ja

Bartram Trail players mob Ali Fletcher and celebrate winning the FHSAA Class 6A girls state soccer championship on Fletcher's header with 19 seconds remaining in a second overtime session on Saturday at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex.

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Bartram Trail girls stun Aquinas in OT; Mitchell boys blank Mandarin

Barron Collier senior forward Marc Schmidt celebrates after scoring the second goal of the game during the Class 4A state championship game against Mater Lakes on Friday at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex on Friday.

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Barron Collier's Historic FHSAA 4A State Championship Victory & Lake Nona’s 7A Shootout Triumph

Cypress Bay junior McKenzie Rector goes to the ground with the Lake Mary goalkeeper after she unleashed a hard shot during the closing minutes of the FHSAA Class 7A girls soccer state championship game at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex on Friday.

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Lake Mary Clinches 4th Girls Soccer State Title in Family Legacy Triumph

St. Thomas Aquinas and Lakewood Ranch players scramble for a loose ball in front of the net before the ball is eventually gobbled up by the Lakewood goalkeeper. STA won the Class 6A state semifinal, 2-0, at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex on Thursday.