6 things you didn't know about the Tampa Bay Lightning
The Eastern Conference Finals start Friday night at 8 p.m. when the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins meet each other in semifinals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. You can be forgiven for not knowing a lot about Tampa Bay, even though they went to the Cup Final last year, because people still seem to have a hard time wrapping their heads around “Florida” and “hockey.” Here’s six things you might not know about the Lightning. 1. Head coach Jon Cooper’s two rules for success come from the ..>> view originalTampa street transforming into giant water slide Saturday
Tampa street transforming into giant water slide Saturday "Slide The City" in Phoenix, AZ. The giant water slide event is scheduled for Tampa on May 14. (Photo courtesy Slide The City) TAMPA, FL (WFLA) — A giant water slide will take over North Boulevard in downtown Tampa Saturday. The massive block party, in Tampa for the first time, will have food and music in addition to other games and fun. Kids five years old and up can slide. Spencer Hunn and his friend John Malfatto ca..>> view original8 fun things to do this weekend in Tampa Bay | May 14-15
Slide the City (Saturday) A great way to cool off in the heat! A giant water slide will take over North Boulevard in downtown Tampa Saturday. Get the details Disney On Ice (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) “100 Years of Magic” takes the ice at the Amalie Arena with over 50 of Disney’s favorite cast members. Get the details Miles For Moffitt (Saturday) he community to come together for a great cause – this run benefits cancer research. Get the details Pierce Street Market (Saturday) This Saturday is th..>> view originalVandal smashes tiles depicting black history at Tampa's new Perry ...
TAMPA — Tampa's new Perry Harvey Sr. Park was not open a month before a vandal attacked a $100,000 public art installation. On May 1, a parks employee told police someone had used a sharp object to fracture one of the hand-crafted glass tiles on a mural of Tampa's old Central Avenue black business and entertainment district. The attack left a spider-web crack in the 8-by-8-inch tile, part of a mosaic that shows a shimmering succession of enlarged photographs as visitors walk past. Viewed from on..>> view originalTampa man uses Facebook to livestream his standoff with police (w ...
TAMPA — As members of the SWAT team stood ready outside his house and a negotiator implored him to come out with his hands up, Adam Mayo aimed an iPhone at his bathroom mirror and sent a profanity-laced message to the world. "The police came here to Baker Act me and they've got a ... BearCat military vehicle in the ... driveway," Mayo said, wheezing and gagging from gas canisters Tampa police shot into his bungalow on Jean Street. "I busted off two shots as they started breaking in out of insti..>> view originalWoman attacked while running in a popular South Tampa park ...
Tampa Police are actively investigating an aggravated battery that took place near Bern's Park, located at West Hills Avenue and South Howard Ave. On Tuesday, May 10 at 6:10 a.m. a woman running with her dog said she stopped at the park to let her dog go to the bathroom and was attacked by a man with a crescent wrench. We are not naming that woman because the suspect is still out there and is too afraid to show her face but wants the story out there so police can catch him. ..>> view originalBusy weekends in downtown Tampa means crowds, traffic — and ...
Welcome to downtown Tampa, where the price of success on a busy weekend is gridlock, confusion and delay. Take Saturday, April 30, perhaps the most crowded weekend day downtown Tampa has ever seen. Nearly 70,000 people converged on the central business district: ♦ 30,000 at RiverFest, which took place at five different parks along the Riverwalk. ♦ 20,000 at Amalie Arena for a Tampa Bay Lightning playoff game. ♦ 15,000 at the Tampa Convention Center for a cheerleading competition. ♦ 3,500 to ..>> view originalFormer Tampa teacher now guides Afghan military on drones
Erin Tedesco was a teacher at St. Mary's Episcopal Day School in Tampa when her biggest professional challenge was getting fifth, sixth and eighth grade students to understand math and science. That was in 2004. Now she is an Air Force major, serving as the lead adviser for a program teaching the Afghan National Army, or ANA, how to operate nonlethal drones. Tedesco, 40, has come a long way from St. Mary's. She's a key part of a $70 million Department of Defense effort, launched last fall, to gi..>> view originalGiant water slide to take over downtown Tampa
Giant water slide to take over downtown Tampa Jennifer Epstein talks with Spencer Hunn, the CEO of Slide the City, ahead of the big event! (Russell Rhodes makes a hilarious appearance) Giant water slide to take over downtown Tampa TAMPA, Fla. - It's here! A 1,400 foot water slide is going to take over downtown Tampa Saturday, dubbed "the biggest slip and slide ever to hit asphalt," (don't worry, it's cushioned.)Slide the City will have two slides going over the N. Boulevard bridge...>> view originalOakland A's at Tampa Bay Rays game preview
TV: FOX Sports Sun TIME: Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. The Oakland Athletics sorely need a reprieve on a road trip in which they've been knocked around by two of the AL's best offensive teams. One may come Friday night against the lighter-hitting Tampa Bay Rays, who'll face Oakland's most consistent pitcher in the opener of this three-game series. The A's enter Tropicana Field staggering from five straight losses to Baltimore and Boston. They've been outscored by a whopping 51-18 margin ..>> view original
Friday, May 13, 2016
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