Candid Conversations: Beyond the Game will feature Ahmad Black — Lakeland native, Gators national champion, and former NFL safety — and Mike Nabors — Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and FSC professor. They’ll be tackling football, the Lakeland community, and what’s next for the game.

Thursday, September 24, 2026
5:30 PM — VIP pre-reception with open bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres
6:30 PM — Program
Anne MacGregor Theater, Florida Southern College

$45 general admission | $100 VIP | $20 students

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All ticket sales support LkldNow, a nonprofit news organization, providing local coverage of Lakeland. Our news coverage is free to read but not free to produce, so your ticket purchase helps us fund our general reporting on city hall, economic development, arts and culture, and quality of life issues in Lakeland.

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This year, we’re raising money to help expand our coverage into local sports. We think high school and college sports are incredibly important to community life in Lakeland. But as traditional media shrinks, so too has local sports reporting. We want to change that by increasing local athletics coverage. Maybe we’ll cover the next Ahmad Black or Pouncey brothers. We can’t do that without your help and investment in our journalism.