Fred McGriff’s choice for Hall of Fame logo? None of the above. TAMPA, Fla. — Fred McGriff got to the Hall of Fame by showing remarkably consistent production while changing teams frequently. Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023
Tom Brady quiet and wonderful special project in Tampa What wonderful work by Tom Brady and his children at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 17, 2023
Could Geno Smith follow Dave Canales to Tampa Bay? Could Dave Canales lure Geno Smith to the Buccaneers? USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 17, 2023
John Romano: All Dave Canales needs to do is revive the Bucs’ offense and save Todd Bowles’ job TAMPA, Fla. — He was not your first choice, and I totally get that. Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023
Gerrit Cole hopes addition of Carlos Rodon gives Yankees best shot to end Astros jinx The Yankees will likely be answering plenty of questions about the Astros over the next eight months after being eliminated by Houston in the ALCS for the third time in six seasons. Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023
Tampa prosecutor wants Florida Supreme Court to tell DeSantis to reinstate him TAMPA, Fla. — Suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren is taking his case to the Florida Supreme Court. Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023
Buccaneers to hire Seahawks QB coach Dave Canales as new OC After interviewing numerous candidates, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are hiring Seahawks QB coach Dave Canales as their offensive coordinator. USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 16, 2023
Scientology leader David Miscavige concealed whereabouts, federal judge says TAMPA, Fla. — A U.S. magistrate judge has ruled that Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige was “actively concealing his whereabouts or evading service” in a federal trafficking lawsuit and declared him officially served in the case. Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023
10 times Gov. Ron DeSantis changed Florida education TAMPA, Fla. — Every week, Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to make national education news. Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023
Could DeSantis beat Trump in 2024 presidential race with education moves? TAMPA, Fla. — When Ron DeSantis took the inauguration stage for the first time in 2019, he didn’t sound like a national conservative leader on education policy. Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023
SF Giants: Evaluating Farhan Zaidi’s offseason checklist With pitchers and catchers reporting this week and position players set to join them a few days later, Aaron Judge will soon suit up in the same colors as Carlos Rodón for the first time, only it will be in the Yankees’ clubhouse at 1 Steinbrenner Drive in Tampa, some… Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023
The Tampa prosecutor ousted by Gov. DeSantis files a federal appeal TAMPA, Fla. — After Andrew Warren lost a federal lawsuit to try to get reinstated as Hillsborough County’s state attorney last month, he said his legal battle against Gov. Ron DeSantis was “not over.” Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023
DNA could crack a notorious Florida cold case — with infamous suspects TAMPA, Fla. — The Walkers’ wood frame cottage stood plain and white, surrounded by pasture land and hardwood forest. There in tiny Osprey, on the southern tip of the vast Palmer Ranch, the family’s nearest neighbor was half a mile away. Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023
Florida nursing homes see spike in serious violations TAMPA, Fla. — A man in a wheelchair was left outside a St. Petersburg nursing home on a 95-degree summer day. When the nursing home’s staff discovered him two hours later, he was unresponsive. His body temperature had climbed to 106. Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023
Ballotpedia · Feb 13, 2023 Tampa voters to decide city council and mayoral races The general election for Tampa, Florida, is on March 7, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 20.
Ballotpedia · Feb 13, 2023 Tampa voters to decide on four charter amendments at March 7 election Elections for Tampa’s mayor and six of the seven city council members, as well as four charter amendments referred to the ballot by the city council, will be held on March 7.
Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2023 College Board accuses Florida of political motivations in AP course dispute TAMPA, Fla. — Taken aback by Florida’s attacks against its new AP African American studies course, the College Board late Saturday denounced the state Department of Education, saying it used the course to advance a politically motivated agenda.
Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2023 John Romano: Ronde Barber is in the Hall of Fame, and the legend of that Bucs defense grows again TAMPA, Fla. — The day belongs to Ronde Barber. The honor and legacy, too.
Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2023 DeSantis campaign wanted guns banned at election night event in Tampa, city employee says TAMPA, Fla. — Emails suggest that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign made two requests of the Tampa Convention Center, the downtown venue that hosted the governor’s November election night celebration: no guns and no fingers pointing at the campaign for seeking such a prohibition.
Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2023 Tom Brady files letter with NFL and players union confirming Feb. 1 retirement TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady’s retirement plans are now in ink.
Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023 Florida to ban care for transgender youth — even in clinical trials TAMPA, Fla. — Transgender youth in Florida seeking to begin puberty blockers and hormone therapy will have no access to treatment in the state once a pending ban goes into effect — not even in clinical trials.
Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023 Lightning pile on Avalanche in Stanley Cup rematch TAMPA, Fla. — No championships were won Thursday night at Amalie Arena. No team paraded around the ice hoisting the Stanley Cup.
Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023 Marquez Valdes-Scantling’s rise from St. Petersburg to Super Bowl is the stuff of legend TAMPA, Fla. — Before burrowing into the backstory of the rangy Chiefs downfield threat, we must first create separation, between myth and reality.
Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023 After 2nd murder arrest, Tampa rapper again claimed self-defense TAMPA, Fla. — When Billy Bennett Adams III went to trial last month on charges that he killed two men in a Lutz recording studio, he told jurors it was self-defense. They found him not guilty.
Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023 News briefs Biden visits Tampa to talk health care as 2024 race looms