Politics As Usual What a shame that the very fine sports community in Tampa/Hillsborough County cannot have a coexistence between city and county appointees. It would not surprise me if an investigation revealed a violation of the Florida Sunshine Law by certain members of the Tampa Sports Authority when deciding the future of Henry Saavedra, who was forced to resign as executive director. ...more

March 21, 2009

This week Tampa Sports Authority Executive Director Henry Saavedra resigned under pressure from the TSA board. ...more

March 20, 2009

Political Self-Interests The recent political witch hunt at the Tampa Sports Authority resulted in a good, competent man resigning from the agency he led for 12 years and served for 24. Henry Saavedra had no option but to resign, but the process by which he was forced out should leave all of us asking why and how. ...more

March 20, 2009

Congress' Gumption I find laughable the concern Congress is exhibiting over the AIG bonuses and "greed" situation. If Congress was as smart as they want us to believe, they would have performed some due diligence and discovered the bonus contracts' issue before they gave AIG billions in bailouts. ...more

March 18, 2009

The East-West Shrine Game, a college-football all-star bowl that began in 1925, is coming to Tampa's Raymond James Stadium in 2010. ...more

March 17, 2009

Henry Saavedra didn't wait for the Tampa Sports Authority to fire him. Instead, the longtime executive director offered his resignation to the sports authority's 11-member board of directors, which was expected to vote on a motion from Chair Vincent Marchetti to terminate his contract. His last day as director will be April 1. ...more

March 17, 2009

Henry Saavedra has resigned as director of the Tampa Sports Authority. ...more

March 16, 2009

When a former employee filed a lawsuit against the Tampa Sports Authority in 2008, executive director Henry Saavedra waited months before telling the authority's board. ...more

March 13, 2009

A member of the Tampa Sports Authority's Board Executive Committee wants to fire the authority's long-time director, Henry Saavedra. ...more

March 12, 2009

Call it Floruary: Florida in February. Temps well into the 70s. A hint of a breeze. Cold beer. Hot dogs in their quintessential element. Lots of dads and sons. Plenty of guy sports talk. An absence of cell phoneys and blue teeth. Eclectically fun, up-tempo music - from "Hava Nagila" to "Runaround Sue." ...more

March 11, 2009