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TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay has a second Gronk. ZooTampa announced that their baby Indian rhino will be sharing his name with Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ tight end Rob Gronkowski also known as Gronk! The announcement came from Gronk himself via video chat helping welcome baby Gronk…
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced Tuesday that a Huntington man was sentenced to prison for a federal child pornography offense. Jeremiah Taylor, 32, was sentenced to 90 months in prison for distributing child pornography. Taylor was also ordered to complete 15…
Read More Former Marshall University Football Player 90-Months Federal Prison for Child Porn
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays are back in the World Series, which begins tonight in Texas. But that’s getting ahead of this story. Let’s go back 21 years. Retired Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin remembers the moment clearly. Martin, the winningest manager…
Read More Cash Has Been On The Money For The Rays
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays could care less what anyone thinks of them. They are in the World Series, for the 2nd time in franchise history. We did this together, Tampa Bay pic.twitter.com/YAmPnD2wsJ — Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 18, 2020 They made it…
Read More Tampa Bay Battles Houston in ALCS Game 7, Advance to World Series
TAMPA, Fla. – When did you throw up? Was it the sight of the cheater Houston Astros jumping for joy after Carlos Correa’s walk-off home run? Was it the idea that the team that everyone wants to lose is suddenly back in the American League…
Read More Martin Fennelly – To Hell With The Astros
TAMPA, Fla. – If this seems familiar, well, it is. The Rays 2020 baseball season comes down to exactly what the Rays’ 2019 season came down to beat Gerrit Cole in the deciding game of an ALDS. Again, there is no tomorrow for Kevin Cash…
Read More Going Home Would be a Damn Shame – Martin Fennelly
TAMPA, Fla. – The Rays are on the clock. That Game 1 wild-card series win over the Buffalo Blue Jays was nice enough for starters. But it wasn’t a world championship. A world championship is what got off the plane Tuesday afternoon in Tampa, hoisting…
Read More And Now They Walk Together Forever
TAMPA, Fla. – Following the announcement that Raymond James Stadium will host fans beginning with this Sunday’s soft opening game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Los Angeles Chargers, the Tampa Sports Authority, Buccaneers and University of South Florida today unveiled a comprehensive plan detailing the reopening…
Read More Tampa Sports Authority, Buccaneers, and USF Unveil Reopening Plans
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Lightning are your Stanley Cup Champions! In the 6th match-up of the Stanley Cup Final Series, the Tampa Bay Lightning out-skate and out-shoot the Dallas Stars, with a score of 2-0, the Lightning brings the cup home tonight. Publishers Note: While…
Read More Tampa Bay Lightning WIN! Stanley Cup Champions!
TAMPA, Fla. – The Lightning now have permission to be Stanley Cup champions, possibly as early as Saturday. It’s hard at this point to believe that the Dallas Stars can stop them. It’s hard to believe the Lightning’s past postseason troubles can stop them. It’s…
Read More Lightning Now Have Permission to be Stanley Cup Champions