We are committed to fielding a soccer team in 2010 and will continue our pursuit of a stadium that honors the legacy of the Rowdies, eloquently described by Commissioners Kevin Beckner and Mark Sharpe. ...more

January 16, 2009

I tried out for a professional soccer team in 1980 and made the cut before a bunch of factors steered me in other directions. Today, I'm too old to be one of the Tampa Bay Rowdies, but it looks like I might get another chance to watch. ...more

July 2, 2008

In late May, it was learned that the Caliente Resort and Spa, a nudist retreat in Land O' Lakes in Pasco County, had temporarily lost its accreditation from the American Association for Nude Recreation. The reason was that the organization was alleged to have been advertising activities beyond just nudism, involving perhaps some kind of sexually exploitive pursuits. That's frowned on by the AANR which touts itself as a family organization. ...more

June 24, 2008

Youthful ambition is a wonderful thing. And so, at the risk of coming off as a cynical old coot dashing the hopes and dreams of two freshly scrubbed chaps, Andre Nestor and Hinds Howard, I gently pass along a rather prescient joke I heard the other day. ...more

June 24, 2008

Nearly two decades ago, Tampa's Scott Lawler took a big chance. Lawler, an all-state player from King High, signed a soccer scholarship with Butler University, which was starting a program. ...more

June 21, 2008

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

Never again will Tampa have a professional sports franchise like it's very first. ...more

November 1, 2007