{"id":277316,"date":"2026-05-19T23:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277316\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T23:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:08:19","slug":"american-conference-to-host-2026-football-kickoff-in-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277316\/","title":{"rendered":"American Conference to Host 2026 Football Kickoff in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Via Army West Point,  7h ago <\/p>\n<p> IRVING, Texas \u2013 The American Conference will hold its annual Kickoff and Media Days for the first time in St. Petersburg, Florida on Thursday and Friday, July 23-24, at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront. The Sunshine City will host the American\u2019s signature preseason event for the first time, as all 14 head coaches and 28 student-athletes gather for two days of media interviews, and behind-the-scenes content creation and fan-friendly fun. Media availability will begin Thursday afternoon, July 23, and continue Friday, July 24. Friday\u2019s program will feature opening remarks from Commissioner Tim Pernetti, followed by press conferences with each of\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-a_d-registration__img\" alt=\"Follow your favorite teams\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/army-1-150x150.png\" data-refresh=\"logo\"\/> <a class=\"block-a_d-registration__cta\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/account\/create\/?trid=registration-ad\" aria-label=\"Follow your favorite teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Follow your favorite teams <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/goarmywestpoint.com\/news\/2026\/5\/19\/american-conference-brings-2026-football-kickoff-and-media-days-to-st-petersburg\" class=\"post-external__source btn link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Army West Point <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Via Army West Point, 7h ago IRVING, Texas \u2013 The American Conference will hold its annual Kickoff and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-277316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}