GRAND RAPIDS, MI - As an avid sports fan, I was surprised that I knew nothing about the Savannah Bananas and their planned world tour stop in the Grand Rapids area this weekend. I have learned a ...

The Savannah Bananas baseball team will be in West Michigan next year at the Whitecaps stadium, LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park, a suburb of Grand Rapids. The Party Animals team will play three ...

You know, I looked at it when I was a child. I said I want to be like my dad,” said Burke. Jay’s father, James Burke Jr., was grand marshal of the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1992.

Georgia News Q&A: Grand marshal humbled to lead Savannah’s St. Patrick’s parade John Forbes is the second generation of his family to lead famous march, which marks 200th anniversary on March 16 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The grand marshal was selected Sunday for the 201st St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Savannah. In three weeks, James “Jay” Burke III will lead one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day ...

Banana Ball World Tour in Grand Rapids this weekend features the Party Animals, one of the teams featured on the tour. Pictured as Savannah Banana players dancing on Progressive Field on Aug. 10 ...

You just kind of never expect it to happen to you,” said John Forbes, Savannah’s 2024 Grand Marshal. But it is happening, and in a very special way. His father, John J. Forbes Jr. was the Grand ...