3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (937+ words) Barry Melrose, who briefly coached the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008, led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final and enjoyed a long hockey broadcasting career, has died. He was 70. ESPN announced Melrose’s death Wednesday after his wife informed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (968+ words) Florida is on the frontier of the new era of high school sports. Florida allows high schoolers to earn money through endorsements and sponsorships, which has changed the landscape of student-athletes and their schools across the state. School choice means…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (725+ words) For four decades, Tampa Bay has chased, built, proposed and debated baseball stadiums, with the Rays' latest plan bringing the soap opera to another turning point. Here's a look at the lore: 1984 – Frank Morsani’s Tampa Bay Baseball Group buys 42% of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (641+ words) The Tampa Bay Rays have selected the global contractor firm AECOM Hunt and Turner Construction as the construction manager at risk for its proposed $2.3 billion stadium project. AECOM Hunt and Turner were chosen from four bids answering the team’s July…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (718+ words) For LSU cornerback DJ Pickett, the No. 5 is more than a jersey number — it’s a family tradition and tribute to the Picketts who came before him at Zephyrhills High School. Pickett wears No. 5 to honor his older brother Jaylen and…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (547+ words) Hockey might sound fun enough, but how about playing it with a bunch of soap outside in the Florida heat? Well, get to know the Big Boy Soap Hockey League. Its birthplace is right here in the Tampa Bay area....

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (556+ words) For the sixth straight year, the IndyCar racing series will start its 2027 season in downtown St. Petersburg. For the second straight year, NASCAR's truck series will join it. The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is scheduled for March 5-7, when…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (329+ words) The Peace and Caloosahatchee rivers contain some of the nation's most important nursery habitats for the endangered smalltooth sawfish. The strange-looking fish, with the hedge trimmer-like "saw" extending from their heads, rely on that ever-changing mixing zone in the tidally…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (369+ words) The Orlando Dreamers are asking for $975 million of Tourist Development Tax dollars from Orange County to build a mixed-used development that includes a Major League Baseball stadium and expansion team. The Dreamers made the pitch Wednesday to the county's Tourist…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (447+ words) State university officials want Congress to pass an antitrust exemption for the NCAA to establish a salary cap, along with transfer and eligibility regulations on student athletic programs. The recommendation was one of 19 proposals the State University System’s Task Force…...