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DeSantis administration targets Tampa Bay Bucs over employee vaccine requirement

TAMPA, Fla. — Officials with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration took to Twitter this week to voice their frustration at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ vaccination requirement for new employees, with Florida’s Department of Health Press Secretary Jeremy Redfern calling a specific job listing illegal.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

2 decades later, a guilty verdict in Tampa cold-case rape

TAMPA, Fla. — One night more than two decades ago, a woman returning home to her sister’s Seminole Heights apartment was confronted by a masked gunman. He pulled her inside and took her to a bathroom. He raped her.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2022

Lightning’s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare hopes to make most of return to Stanley Cup final

TAMPA, Fla. — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had his choice of teams when it came time to decide where he wanted to continue his NHL career this past offseason.

Orlando Sentinel · Jun 14, 2022

As sex offenders around Tampa Bay age, where will they go for nursing care?

TAMPA, Fla. — John Calandra spends his hours in a shed-sized room in St. Petersburg.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Lightning edge Rangers, 2-1, advance to third straight Stanley Cup Final

TAMPA, Fla. — The “recipe” still works.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Did Bruce Arians trade a podium spot at the Hall of Fame for principle?

TAMPA, Fla. — It was going to be his last year of coaching. Bruce Arians was pretty sure about that.

Tribune News Service · Jun 11, 2022

Tom Brady on Gronk: ‘We’d all love to play with him’ in 2022

TAMPA, Fla. — Presumably, Tom Brady possesses a greater insight into longtime target Rob Gronkowski’s immediate future than just about anyone inside Bucs headquarters.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

Bucs QB Tom Brady explains why his football journey isn’t over

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady said he got to experience what life will be like as a retired NFL quarterback for about six weeks before deciding that playing for the Bucs had been “an incredible part of my football journey, and it’s not over.”

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Few players possess the fire that still burns inside Bucs’ Mike Evans

TAMPA, Fla. — Time may be marching on for Mike Evans, who is entering his ninth NFL season. But it’s not standing next to the Bucs receiver, tapping its wristwatch.

Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022

John Romano: The Lightning don’t have momentum, they have moxie

TAMPA, Fla. — This is what patience looks like. This is what trust looks like.

Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022