Tampa hosts annual wheelchair rugby tournament
Tampa hosts annual wheelchair rugby tournament By Anthony Allred Published: January 22, 2016, 10:44 pm Updated: January 22, 2016, 10:51 pm TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The city of Tampa has played host to a number of major sporting events, including the Super Bowl and both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments. This weekend the city will host the 24th Annual Tampa International Wheelchair Rugby Tournament. “These guys are athletes. We train year-round for this sport. We practic..>> view originalSunshine Skyway Bridge closed due to high winds
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It's part kitsch, part camp, and part collectible. Some of Florida's best exports are at the Tampa Bay History Center's latest exhibition: “Bringing Home the Sunshine: Collecting Florida Souvenirs," on display through April 17. We are talking cans of Florida sunshine, mermaid postcards and orange-shaped salt and pepper shakers. “You can probably see some of these things back in people's home back up in the north and back in the Midwest," said curator Rodney Kite-Powell. And you may even find som..>> view originalTampa officer cleared in fatal October shooting of 18-year-old
A Tampa police officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old man in October will not be charged, State Attorney Mark Ober said Friday. Kobvey Igbuhay was killed Oct. 26 after being pursued by police who suspected him and three other teens of car theft. Officer Jimmy Houston shot the teen as the two struggled in chest-deep water in a swamp off Humphrey Street west of Dale Mabry Highway, according to police. After reconstructing events, interviewing witnesses and officers on the scene, and reviewin..>> view originalTampa Bay should get ready for a chilly Gasparilla Children's ...
TAMPA — The bay area's youngest pirates are set to take over the streets Saturday afternoon at the annual Gasparilla Children's Parade. The parade starts at 3:30 p.m. at W Bay to Bay Boulevard and Bayshore Boulevard. It will head north along Bayshore until it ends around 6 p.m. at S Edison Avenue. In addition to eye patches, attendees should plan to grab their coats. Forecasters predict cool temperatures during the parade. It will hover in the low 50s throughout most of Saturday afternoon with m..>> view original7-ton tree crashes into South Tampa home
Storm causes tree to fall on Tampa home(Photo: WTSP)TAMPA, Fla. -- There was some wild weather during Friday's thunderstorm that proved to be dangerous in some areas.In South Tampa along San Juan Street, a huge tree came crashing through an engaged couple's home. The home David Kahn shares with his fiancée was a mess Friday afternoon."It's astonishing. It's really crazy," Kahn said."I'm also a little afraid there's some structural damage because it looked like it banged the house pretty hard," a..>> view originalPros/Cons: Relocating The Oakland A's And Tampa Bay Rays
Over the last several years, home games of the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland A's have been the least attended in all of Major League Baseball. The Rays have been ranked dead last in MLB attendance in each of the least four seasons while the A's have been ranked in the bottom-five franchises for total and average attendance in each of the last nine seasons, and have twice finished dead last (2009, 2011). Along with the issue of attendance, both the A's and the Rays play in very inadequate stadium..>> view originalARS National Hoopfest roundup: Trey Sibert boosts Tampa Prep
TAMPA — Tampa Prep had done nearly everything it could to pull away, but nothing seemed to work. Against a team in Memphis Southwind that longtime Terrapins coach Joe Fenlon admittedly knew nothing about other than the numbers printed in their box scores throughout the season, Tampa Prep held its own in its ARS National Hoopfest opener at Berkeley Prep on Friday night. So well, in fact, there were 35 lead changes and neither team ever trailed by more than four points. Fenlon needed a leader to ..>> view originalPort Tampa Bay hopes to benefit from expanded Panama Canal
TAMPA — When behemoth container ships start sailing through the widened Panama Canal later this year, they will not come to Port Tampa Bay. But with more cargo expected to come to the eastern United States by sea, the port is betting that it can stake a claim to some of the new cargo traffic flowing through the canal. Bigger ships might come to Tampa even if the biggest ones don't. The port is spending $21.5 million on a pair of new cranes that will be able to unload bigger container ships, an..>> view originalTampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers game preview
TV: FOX Sports Florida & FOX Sports Sun Time: Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. Nikita Kucherov's value to the Tampa Bay Lightning has shown up during their best run in 12 years, while the Florida Panthers' last five games have further illustrated Aaron Ekblad's importance. The rising Lightning can match a franchise record with an eighth consecutive win in Saturday night's showdown with a Panthers team bolstered by Ekblad's return. Tampa Bay (26-17-4) has closed within three points of ..>> view original
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