If Manatee High (13-1) defeats Plant High (12-1) in tonight's Class 5A state football championship game in Orlando, Hurricanes senior wide receiver Ace Sanders will continue a family tradition. In 1983, his father, Tracy Sanders, was quarterback on Manatee's first state championship team, a 14-0 squad that defeated Miami Southridge for the title. ...more

December 18, 2009

Arena football is coming back to Tampa Bay as the Tampa Bay Storm will join the newly created Arena Football 1. ...more

December 10, 2009

Tampa Bay Storm minority owner Peter "Woody" Kern is in critical condition after undergoing surgery for an aortic aneurysm, the team announced Tuesday. ...more

March 31, 2009

Jon and Cindy Gruden were prepared for a Friday night out. Dinner and a movie. ...more

February 8, 2009

In his first interview with the local media since being dismissal as head coach Jan. 16, Jon Gruden vowed to be "the biggest Bucs fan'' in 2009 and gave a detailed account of how he was fired. ...more

February 7, 2009

Ever the competitor, Steve Spurrier won't let sentiment get in the way of preparing his 7-5 South Carolina Gamecocks for Thursday's Outback Bowl against the 8-4 Iowa Hawkeyes. ...more

December 31, 2008

The Arena Football League announced Monday it was suspending operations for the 2009 season. A statement from the league confirmed the AFL's board of directors met via conference call Sunday evening and voted in favor of suspension. The statement said the decision is "subject to agreement and cooperation with the Arena Football League Players Association while the league works on developing a long-term plan to improve its economic model." ...more

December 16, 2008

The news Tampa Bay Storm officials were dreading for the past few weeks officially came to fruition Monday when the Arena Football League announced the 2009 season would be suspended. ...more

December 16, 2008

The Arena Football League has decided to suspend operations for the 2009 season, the league announced Monday. ...more

December 15, 2008

While Wednesday's developments regarding the Arena Football Leauge's future was hailed by Storm principal owner Dr. Bob Nucci as a step in the right direction, it did very little to ease the minds of one very important group in the league – the players. ...more

December 11, 2008