TAMPA Andrew Nestor and Hinds Howard weren't born yet when the Tampa Bay Rowdies won the North American Soccer League championship in 1975. And they were still in grade school when the storied club folded in 1993, while playing in the less prestigious American Professional Soccer League. ...more

June 19, 2008

The imperfect sale process of the Lightning was approved by a perfect vote Wednesday. ...more

June 19, 2008

Eight years after the Tampa Bay Mutiny folded and 16 years from the final demise of the Tampa Bay Rowdies, professional soccer is expected to return to Tampa next spring with the arrival of a United Soccer Leagues First Division club. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - Eight years after the Tampa Bay Mutiny folded and 16 years on from the final demise of the Tampa Bay Rowdies, professional soccer is expected to return to Tampa next spring with the arrival of a United Soccer Leagues First Division club. ...more

June 18, 2008

The last hurdle to clear to complete the sale of the Lightning will take place today. ...more

May 29, 2008

You'd most likely expect to read an account right now of how the Lightning traded their best defenseman for a draft pick and pair of used sweat socks. It's what we've been conditioned to expect would happen. But then, you don't start a major rebuilding project by trading a player such as Dan Boyle. ...more

February 26, 2008

The fate of a franchise will be determined today. Though the NHL trade deadline doesn't strike until Tuesday at 3 p.m., what direction the Lightning take will be hammered out today when prospective owner Oren Koules and some members of his group come to town to meet with Lightning general manager Jay Feaster, coach John Tortorella and player personnel director Bill Barber to discuss all things related to the state of the hockey team. ...more

February 25, 2008

According to a veteran voice on the British sports scene, Manchester United fans are finally warming up to the Glazer family. ...more

February 2, 2008

At the league's Board of Governor's meeting on Saturday, the subject of the Lightning sale to Hollywood producer Oren Koules was scarcely mentioned to the league's governors and president's. ...more

January 27, 2008

The on-again, off-again sale of the Tampa Bay Lightning is expected to be on again as soon as the end of this week, depending on the outcome of a meeting planned for Wednesday in Detroit between producer Oren Koules and officials of Palace Sports & Entertainment. ...more

December 16, 2007