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Tampa Bay's biggest sports scandals

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's suspension, appeal and battle in the courts was merely a recent high-profile example that gets a fresh round of attention this weekend. • But the whole affair reminds us of a few of the tawdry tales from Tampa Bay's ... >> view original

New Caribbean style restaurant opens in Tampa's Hyde Park

Tampa, FL (WFLA) – When Janise Thompson was just a very young girl she learned how to cook. “Since I was knee high,” she said. Her grandmother and mother taught her. “I got pulled to the stove when I was around 8 years old.” Thomas is from St. Thomas ... >> view original

Meals on Wheels launches new program

Meals on Wheels of Tampa has been serving the community since 1975, helping the elderly and disable receive daily meals at no cost. Starting today, they've teamed up with Feeding Tampa Bay to launch a new program called Produce on Wheels. For the ... >> view original

Tampa school gets special basketball court cover

Just ask the kids at Pepin Academy in Tampa. The school's new cover for its basketball court debuted Saturday at the academy's fall festival and students were excited. “The sun isn't in your face,” said Kennedy Carr, senior. She plays volleyball at ... >> view original

'Fest' showcases potential of Tampa's streetcar system

A streetcar passes artwork by Wende Wilkerson in Centennial Park in Ybor City Saturday during the TECO Line Streetcar System's birthday celebration. The streetcar sculpture is part of the "artLOUD Streetcar Sculpture Challenge" in Tampa. ANDY JONES/ ... >> view original

Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning game preview

The Tampa Bay Lightning didn't lose more than two in a row in 2014-15 until the Stanley Cup Final, but they're in danger of doing so already this season. Tampa Bay could be missing a couple of key players Saturday night when it tries to bounce back at ... >> view original

Kickball tournament in Tampa raises money for wounded vets

“For us, it's just being able to thank them,” said Martin Gramatica, former kicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and co-founder of the Gramatica Family Foundation. “You have young men and women coming back with missing limbs and injuries. We don't even ... >> view original

Music fans were chillin' at Tampa riverfront

Chillin' Music Fest, a “boutique music festival,” drew crowds Saturday to Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in downtown Tampa. Clear skies and moderate temperatures greeted fans of national and regional bands playing alternative, reggae and surf music. >> view original

Tampa Bay area still leads nation in institutional investor real estate purchases

Foreclosures are down from what they were just five years ago, when one in every 20 houses in the Tampa metro area was in foreclosure. As of August 2015, only one in every 527 houses in the Tampa-St. Petersburgh-Clearwater metropolitan statistical area ... >> view original

Ultra-Chic 3D Printed Bikini Cleans the Ocean

bikini tops Mihri Ozkan and her husband, Cengiz, aren't your typical fashion designers. In fact, they're not fashion designers at all–but they recently created a surprisingly chic bathing suit that's intended to do far more than complement its wearer's ... >> view original