The NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week. The Bucs departed Tuesday, relocating to New Orleans, where they’ll face the Saints on Sunday. The Lightning left for Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday night to continue preparations for their season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.
, is projected to make landfall on Wednesday night. The Lightning’s home opener against Carolina is set for Saturday night and is on as scheduled for now. It’s third time in the past seven years the Bucs have shifted operations to another area to avoid bad weather.
In 2020, they traveled to South Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian to practice at the Miami Dolphins’ training facility before returning home to play the Kansas City Chiefs. When Tampa Bay’s 2017 season opener against the Dolphins was postponed because of Hurricane Irma, the team chartered several planes to move players, coaches and families to Charlotte, North Carolina, to escape the storm. At the college level, the American Athletic Conference announced that a football game between Memphis and South Florida at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa has been rescheduled from Friday night to Saturday.
The conference plans to monitor conditions after Milton passes and adjust accordingly. UCF’s Big 12 home football game vs. Cincinnati remains scheduled for a 3:30 p.
m. EDT kickoff in Orlando. The Knights rescheduled events in.
