It never fails -- there are always a handful of us who wait until just days before a big event to prepare, and Mother’s Day is no different.

LAKE MARY, Fla. – Retailers in Central Florida are preparing for a busy weekend in the lead up to Super Bowl 55 in Tampa. Workers at Academy Sports and Outdoors in Lake Mary ordered additional Tampa Bay Buccaneers merchandise after the team secured its place in the big game last month. AdThe company has also pre-ordered Bucs championship merchandise in the event of a Tampa Bay win. “We’ve got this whole flat bed and that’s Super bowl champ shirts for when they win,” Ketelaar said. All six Academy locations will have official Super Bowl Champs locker room gear for sale when each store opens Monday at 9 a.m.

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The time to start planning your next big camping trip is now, and there’s no better time to get more gear than the holidays. Here are three things you’ll want for a camping trip, and they’re all available at Academy Sports and Outdoors, which has some amazing holiday deals. A Yeti coolerSure, a regular cooler will get the job done, but you haven’t lived until you’ve used a Yeti cooler. Mountain bikesYou’ll need some activities to do while you’re camping, and what better way to have some fun and get some exercise than going on a bike ride. Academy Sports and Outdoors has all of these things, plus more.