SPORTS and RECREATION in PARADISE

Major League Baseball - Regular Season: Tampa Bay Devil Rays are within easy driving distance
Major League Baseball - Spring Training: Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Texas Rangers New York Yankees	Minor League Baseball - When spring training ends, minor league games abound: Charlotte Rangers Tampa Yankees
Pro football: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are within easy driving distance	Hockey: The Tampa Bay Lightning
Prep school sports - Very big all over the area, with special emphasis on football and basketball, of course.	Kid sports - Little League and all the rest.
Other sports - Certainly. There's even some polo, senior citizen baseball, and the Highland Games.

PLUS: Literally dozens of fine golf courses, countless tennis courts, shuffleboard all over the map. Bicycling, running, jogging and in-line skating are all very big. Bowling to be sure. And as for swimming, boating and fishing - well, need you ask?