Sunday, February 21, 2016

Ron Cook: Penguins take a bizarre turn in loss to Tampa Bay and other top stories.

  • Ron Cook: Penguins take a bizarre turn in loss to Tampa Bay

    Ron Cook: Penguins take a bizarre turn in loss to Tampa Bay
    A strange thing happened Saturday at the Penguins-Tampa Bay Lightning game. Consol Energy Center turned into Bizarro World. Sidney Crosby, who had been playing some of his best hockey, had more roughing penalties than shots on goal. Marc-Andre Fleury showed up sick for work and was replaced in the starting lineup by Jeff Zatkoff. Fleury was 8-1-1 in his previous 10 home starts. Zatkoff allowed four goals on the first 15 shots he faced. Tampa Bay goaltender Ben Bishop had been pulled in three of..
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  • Tampa native nearly killed in Colombia

    Tampa native nearly killed in Colombia
    TAMPA - Prayers and support are pouring in from around the world for a  young Tampa Bay woman, fighting for her life. Schuyler Arakawa is a 22-year-old Tampa Berkeley Prep and Yale University graduate.  She was on a post-grad fellowship with Yale in South America when tragedy struck.  Arakawa has been working in Peru the past several months, helping construct homes and buildings in small villages and teaching.  This weekend, she and a group of friends planned a weekend retreat to Colombia.  Dur..
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  • Boys basketball: Tampa Catholic wins thriller 59-58

    TAMPA — Kevin Knox will be forgiven for finishing 12 points below his average. With his team in dire need, the Tampa Catholic junior came up enormous Saturday. Knox scored seven of his 18 points in the last 1:05, including a putback with 10 seconds left for a pulsating 59-58 victory over West Palm Beach Oxbridge Academy in the Class 4A region finals. TC (26-4) advances to play Jacksonville Bolles in Wednesday's state semifinal at the Lakeland Center at 3 p.m. Thomas Dziagwa led the Crusaders wit..
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  • Broadway hits booked for Tampa's Straz Center

    Broadway hits booked for Tampa's Straz Center
    Broadway hits booked for Tampa's Straz Center ... biggest hits will be part of the Straz Center's 2016-17 Broadway Tampa Bay season beginning in the fall.
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  • Brandon parents grapple with loss of 21-year-old son in Tampa club ...

    Brandon parents grapple with loss of 21-year-old son in Tampa club ...
    BRANDON — Nina and Marvin Lancaster Jr. had their routine. Mornings with multiple alarms and phone calls to make sure their 21-year-old son, Marvin Lancaster III, woke up in time for work. Grocery store trips with stops for Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries cereal and cheddar sour cream potato chips, his favorites. Nights with phone calls and text messages, checking in on him while he was out with friends. That routine came to an abrupt end Feb. 6 when a spray of bullets killed their son at Club Ray..
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  • Tampa man and teen shot at Holiday Inn in St. Pete

    Tampa man and teen shot at Holiday Inn in St. Pete
    TBO.com staff Published: February 21, 2016 A Tampa man and a teenager were shot during a birthday party at a Holiday Inn Express in St. Petersburg early this morning, police report. At approximately 12:30 a.m., officers arrived at the hotel at 2171 54th Ave. N. to find Octavius David Brown, 19, of Tampa, shot in the upper body after an argument, police said. Demetrius Crawford, 17, of Tampa, was shot in the hand. Brown was taken to Bayfront Medical Center where he was in critical but s..
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  • Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes game preview

    Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes game preview
    TV: FOX Sports Sun TIME: Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET Carolina just cooled off one of hockey's top road teams, further growing its reputation as a tough home team to handle. The Hurricanes will try to extend their season-best home winning streak Sunday night against Tampa Bay, but the Lightning have dominated this series recently and been a 5-on-5 force over their own mini-streak. After a 5-2 win over streaking San Jose on Friday, the Hurricanes (27-22-10) are heading into the second ..
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  • 1 Dead, 3 Hurt in Shooting at Tampa Hookah Bar

    1 Dead, 3 Hurt in Shooting at Tampa Hookah Bar
    One person is dead and three others wounded after someone opened fire on a large group of people outside a Tampa hookah bar. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported in a news release Saturday that authorities are searching for a suspect. A description was not immediately available, but a $3,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Authorities say the shooting took place around 4:15 a.m. outside the Smokin' Bull Restaurant and Hookah Bar. About 50 people were i..
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  • Forecast: Warm end to weekend, start to workweek in Tampa Bay area

    Forecast: Warm end to weekend, start to workweek in Tampa Bay area
    TBO.com staff Published: February 21, 2016 Updated: February 21, 2016 at 08:53 AM It’s going to be more mild, warm winter weather for the Tampa Bay area Sunday and through the start of the workweek, according to the forecast from the National Weather Service. Sunday will be mostly sunny with a high near 77. Temperatures will drop into the mid-50s overnight before another sunny day on Monday with a high around 78. Some rain could roll into the area midweek, with about a 30 percent chance ..
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  • Philadelphia Union blank Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 in preseason

    Philadelphia Union blank Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 in preseason
    Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Philadelphia Union got their second win and second clean sheet of the 2016 preseason, defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0. Even though the projected starters for the Philadelphia Union got the night off, the club was still able to dispatch with the Tampa Bay Rowdies , winning 2-0 in front of the home crowd at Al Lang Stadium. The Union came out with a bit of a different look, with Jim Curtin opting to go with a 4-5-1 against the Rowdies and their 4-3-3...
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