Bucs RB Earnest Graham, who sustained a season-ending ankle injury against Minnesota, was medically cleared to walk without crutches. ...more

December 26, 2008

Tampa Bay placed winger Jussi Jokinen on waivers Friday, hours before the holiday roster freeze went into effect. Jokinen has until noon today to be claimed by another team. ...more

December 20, 2008

It was surely heart-warming news when Rocco Baldelli said doctors have a better handle now on the mysterious malady that threatened to end his baseball career. ...more

December 18, 2008

An updated diagnosis of the elusive malady that kept Rocco Baldelli off the field much of the last two seasons has the former Rays outfielder feeling better than he has in recent memory about his chances of resuming a productive baseball career. ...more

December 17, 2008

A fan favorite who has spent most of his career fighting for every chance he got is moving on. The Rays on Friday declined to tender a 2009 contract to Jonny Gomes, making him a free agent. ...more

December 13, 2008

The Rays remain in the market for an established slugger, but they made a preliminary move to shore up their offense Wednesday night. ...more

December 11, 2008

Record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez and the New York Mets reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday on a $37 million, three-year contract. ...more

December 10, 2008

It happened in Rome, on the way to Florence. Joe Maddon had said for months that he hoped to run into just one person wearing Rays gear on his honeymoon in Europe in November as a sign that his team had truly arrived. Enter Ryan Atwood of New Tampa, spotted wearing a Rays cap in the train station as Maddon and his bride Jaye waited to head off to Italy for the second stop on a tour that also took them to Prague and London. ...more

December 9, 2008

As Andrew Friedman and the rest of the Rays' front-office crew rolls into the Bellagio hotel today for baseball's winter meetings, one thing is certain: They won't draw any of those good-luck-with-that glances that might have been offered up in silent sympathy the past couple of years. ...more

December 7, 2008