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Cross Bay Ferry announces expanded service for Tampa Bay Lightning fans
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning fans will have a swift lift on the water to home playoff games as the team pushes for a fourth Stanley Cup. Cross Bay Ferry is now offering extended service for Tampa Bay Lightning fans during this NHL playoff season, according to its news release.
Star driver Josef Newgarden fights back tears, accepts blame for breaking rules in IndyCar scandal
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden blinked back tears Friday as he accepted blame for manipulating the push-to-pass system in his season-opening IndyCar win that has since been stripped, calling it an embarrassment. The two-time series champion insisted he is “not a liar” and didn't intentionally break the rules.
Charity golf tournament hosted by Super Bowl champion returns to Innisbrook
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - The 12th Annual Abe Brown Legacy Golf Tournament returns to the Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Golf Course in Palm Harbor on Monday, June 3. The event is hosted by two-time Super Bowl Champion and ESPN football analyst, Anthony "Booger" McFarland. The tournament includes a four-person scramble, continental...
Column: In praise of Rays stadium's blue-chip construction team
To put it mildly, not everyone loves the Historic Gas Plant District deal that includes a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. The detractors doubt the rosy financial forecasts, chafe at the massive taxpayer subsidies and question the logic of building a new facility on the same site in St. Petersburg where the team has struggled so long to attract fans. They think the city is getting out-negotiated. They’d like a higher price for the land. They want less government interference.
John Romano: The strange but true tale of dueling polls in the Rays stadium saga
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Soon, the Rays' great stadium debate will be in the hands of elected officials. The details of the plan to reimagine the Tropicana Field parcel has taken more than a year to negotiate with the Rays, developers, Pinellas County and St. Petersburg all playing a role in what eventually will be a multibillion-dollar project that could define downtown's future.
Calvary Christian alum impressing in first pro baseball season
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Landen Maroudis is living his best life with every pitch he throws. "This was my dream since I was a little kid," Maroudis explained. He was originally committed to play college baseball at North Carolina State. However, the Toronto Blue Jays used a fourth-round draft pick on the pitcher out of Calvary Christian High School last year, and Maroudis figured now was as good a time as any to start living that childhood dream.
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