When Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson takes the microphone to sing the national anthem for Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1 in Raymond James Stadium, she will have to reach new heights to top Whitney Houston's 1991 version. ...more

January 15, 2009

The Arizona Cardinals are one win from earning a trip to Tampa's Raymond James Stadium for Super Bowl XLIII. ...more

January 11, 2009

It's arguably the nicest new lawn in the country: Raymond James Stadium is getting 95,000 square feet of Bermuda Southern hybrid 419 turf grown especially for Super Bowl XLIII. ...more

January 10, 2009

The semi-tractor-trailers started rolling in about midnight Thursday carrying 2,000-pound rolls of turf harvested the same day at Bent Oak Farm in Foley, Ala. It's supersod for the Super Bowl. Crews got to work early this morning carefully laying the 41-foot–long strips at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

January 9, 2009

Super Bowl organizers are asking Tampa Bay area residents to be helpful, courteous and welcoming to visitors in town for the big game Feb. 1. "The campaign is a reminder that everyone in the community is part of the Super Bowl effort," said Reid Sigmon, executive director of the Super Bowl Host Committee, which is kicking off a hospitality campaign. ...more

January 5, 2009

Verizon invested nearly $155 million on enhancing its wireless network in Florida last year. ...more

January 5, 2009

For the 14th time, the Super Bowl is coming to Florida. For the 43rd time, a player with Florida roots should play an important role in the game. ...more

January 1, 2009

Super Bowl tickets cost $6 to $12 in January 1967, compared with $500 to $1,000 today. Yet more than 30,000 tickets went unsold for the inaugural Super Bowl, when the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. ...more

December 26, 2008

On Feb. 1, tens of thousands of rabid football fans will descend on the city of Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII, which will be held this year at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

December 26, 2008

At first blush, FedEx's decision to skip the Feb. 1 Super Bowl XLIII broadcast on NBC seems to make as much sense as one of the Super Bowl teams volunteering to abandon the forward pass. ...more

December 23, 2008