For nearly a decade, the Tampa Sports Authority has used an arsenic-laden weedkiller on the fairways of the golf courses it oversees. ...more

October 23, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday named former Walter Industries executive Don DeFosset to the Tampa Sports Authority for a term ending July 1, 2013. ...more

August 15, 2009

Finally our local government is making common-sense decisions. The Tampa Sports Authority made a decision not to give the front-runner for the vacant executive director post a $10,000 stipend to help pay his mortgages. This man is already making a six-figure income and wanted help from the taxpayer. Two members of the three-member executive committee voted to not give him this money. To them I say well done. ...more

July 27, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed Tampa lawyer Steve Burton and surgeon Joseph Diaco to the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. ...more

July 16, 2009

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