Two kids from Duval County received the experience of a lifetime on Wednesday, ahead of The Players Championship. Liam Smith, a Jacksonville Beach native and golf enthusiast who is also a Tom Coughlin Jay Fund patient, was diagnosed with cancer when he was just 2 years old. Elsie Brewer, a 10-year-old from Jacksonville who said she started golfing about a year ago and has become increasingly interested in the sport, is a patient with the Dreams Come True organization. Before she was born, Elsie was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect called Teratology of Fallot with pulmonary atresia.

THE PLAYERS Championship is hosing a group baby shower for 40 military moms-to-be from area military bases on Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. at TPC Sawgrass.

Get ready for an inside look at the 51st Players Championship.

The buzz of lawn equipment and the clanging of metal poles at TPC Sawgrass on Monday meant one thing — The Players Championship is right around the corner.

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

THE PLAYERS Championship invites local Northeast Florida artists to audition for the honor of performing the National Anthem for their Military Appreciation Ceremony.

The Players Championship is in the books and the golden anniversary edition delivered a classic. Here are some notables, sights and sounds from the 50th Players.

It’s a Ponte Vedra specialty that impacts so much of Northeast Florida -- Golf’s “Fifth Major” is celebrating its 50th edition. The Players Championship began on March 12.

Not long after Lee Smith arrived in Ponte Vedra Beach as the new executive director of The Players Championship, he found himself in a conversation with a local real estate agent when the conversation shifted to his line of work.

Lee Smith was announced as The Players’ new executive director on Tuesday morning, stepping into a role previously held by Jared Rice.

U.S. Open qualifying starts this week and a dozen or so LIV Golf players already have decided they won't be playing the third major of the year.

The lawyer representing Aiden Fucci, the teen accused of killing Tristyn Bailey, filed a motion Wednesday morning asking for a continuance of his murder trial and saying she is appealing the judge’s order for a six-member jury to the Fifth District Court of Appeal.

A judge announced Friday that he is giving Aiden Fucci’s defense team more time to prepare for trial in a case that is sure to garner daily attention when it finally hits a courtroom.

A blade tip found in 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey’s body originated from a knife that was discovered in a St. Johns County retention pond, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report released Tuesday.

Aiden Fucci, the St. Johns County teenager accused in the stabbing death of schoolmate Tristyn Bailey earlier this year, appeared in court Thursday morning and now has a better idea of when he will face a jury.

Matt Ryan feels like the last man standing with the Atlanta Falcons, not that it’s a bad thing.

The last division opponents to sweep the Patriots were the Jets and Dolphins in 2000. The Patriots’ 19 straight seasons without losing both games to a divisional opponent was an NFL record. The Patriots closed to 10-9 on Newton's 9-yard TD run in the second quarter, but Nick Folk missed the extra point and the Bills pulled away from there. INJURIESBills: S Jordan Poyer was helped off field late in second quarter to be evaluated for a head injury. … LB Josh Uche exited in second quarter with a foot injury.

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Las Vegas starting offensive linemen Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good, Rodney Hudson and Gabe Jackson are active for the Raiders against Tampa Bay after spending time on the COVID-19 list this week. Safety Johnathan Abram remains on the COVID-19 list for at least one more day and is missing the game. ___TAMPA BAY AT LAS VEGASBuccaneers: QB Ryan Griffin, OL Aaron Stinnie, LB Quinton Bell, DL Khalil Davis, WR Cyril Grayson. Raiders: WR Bryan Edwards, CB Keisean Nixon, QB Marcus Mariota, G Patrick Omameh, DE David Irving. ___CAROLINA AT NEW ORLEANSPanthers: QB Will Grier, CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver, G John Miller, OL Mike Horton, WR Marken Michel.

Jeudy is active for the Bucs game as Denver quarterback Jeff Driskel makes his first start while Drew Lock recovers from a shoulder injury. Cardinals: QB Brett Hundley, WR Christian Kirk, RB Eno Benjamin, OL Mason Cole, OL Josh Miles, DL Leki Fotu. ___CHICAGO AT ATLANTABears: CB Duke Shelley, OG Arlington Hambright, NT Daniel McCullers, WR RIley Ridley, OLB Trevis GipsonFalcons: WR Julio Jones, CB A.J. Browns: WR Donovan Peoples-Jones, CB Greedy Williams, LB Jacob Phillips, Olivier Vernon, Evan Brown and WR Rashard Higgins. Brown, CB Chris Jackson OLB Derick Roberson, C Aaron Brewer, TE Geoff Swaim, DT Matt DickersonVikings: WR Tajaé Sharpe, WR K.J.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two months after Hurricane Matthew hit Jacksonville, there is a renewed push to reopen Huguenot Park. The Sandollar Restaurant on Heckscher Drive is hosting three fundraisers aimed at helping make that happen. The goal is to reopen Huguenot Park exactly as it was. That's why people come from everywhere," said Dick Rosborough, who lives near Huguenot Park. To help bring people back to the park, the Sandollar Restaurant on Heckscher Drive will be hosting fundraisers all weekend.