The Tampa Police Department Gladiators edged the Tampa Fire Rescue Firestorm 28-22 in the annual Badge Bowl charity flag football game. ...more

November 22, 2008

Seven-year-old Angelo Cerchione enjoys being a star. The boy, who suffers from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stood up through a car's sunroof earlier this week at a Tinker Elementary School pep rally in his honor. ...more

November 22, 2008

Saturday, 7-year-old Angelo Cerchione and his family will head to Wharton High School to watch Tampa police officers and firefighters face off in the Badge Bowl, a fundraising flag-football game that each year benefits a child with cancer. This year, Angelo will be the beneficiary. ...more

November 21, 2008

Scooting down a playground slide, 4-year-old Brooke Martin looks like a happy toddler. ...more

December 13, 2007

This is the sixth face-off between the police department's Gladiators and the fire department's Firestorm. Last year, the police won the football game, and the entire event raised about $40,000, said Mike Pease, a Tampa firefighter and one of the organizers. ...more

December 12, 2007