The Atlantic Coast Conference has moved the start of its football championship game at Raymond James Stadium to prime time but is moving to ESPN after four years on ABC. The game will kick off at 8 p.m. Dec. 5. ...more

June 17, 2009

The East-West Shrine Game, an all-star college football showcase for NFL hopefuls that two weeks ago was close to finalizing a deal with Tampa, will announce Wednesday morning a move to Orlando beginning in 2010. ...more

March 31, 2009

Before he resigned as director of the Tampa Sports Authority this month, Henry Saavedra was pulling down a salary of more than $209,000 a year including benefits, a car allowance and other perks. ...more

March 31, 2009

COMING SOON TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU! REALITY TV LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! BE A PART OF THE MEETINGS THAT NEVER END! ...more

March 29, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio, displeased with the Tampa Sports Authority's dismissal of longtime Executive Director Henry Saavedra, has told the city's public access television station to start televising the authority's board meetings. ...more

March 26, 2009

It was not exactly a fireside chat or what you might have expected from a sitting mayor whose eyes already wander occasionally outside city hall. ...more

March 25, 2009

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

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

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