Call it Floruary: Florida in February. Temps well into the 70s. A hint of a breeze. Cold beer. Hot dogs in their quintessential element. Lots of dads and sons. Plenty of guy sports talk. An absence of cell phoneys and blue teeth. Eclectically fun, up-tempo music - from "Hava Nagila" to "Runaround Sue." ...more

March 11, 2009

A community group pressed its case last week for the Tampa Sports Authority to complete negotiations with area residents and the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, which has a city contract to operate a youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course. ...more

February 25, 2009

Details remain to be worked out, but the Tampa Sports Authority last week moved closer to resolving a neighborhood group's concerns about a proposed youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course. ...more

February 4, 2009

When Barbara Casey, spokeswoman for the Tampa Sports Authority, answers the telephone these busy times at Raymond James Stadium and declares, "Home of Super Bowl 43, Tampa," she no longer must add, "Florida." ...more

January 31, 2009

Details remain to be worked out, but the Tampa Sports Authority moved closer today to resolving concerns a neighborhood group has with a proposed youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course. ...more

January 26, 2009

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan who challenged the team's pat-down searches. ...more

January 21, 2009

With just over two weeks to go, I hope your preparations are well under way for the big game. You know, I mean like stocking up on chips and dip and making sure the fridge is loaded with appropriate beverages. ...more

January 16, 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 Will Use Renewable Power Super Bowl XLIII and the five-day NFL Experience festival will be powered with electricity made from renewable resources in Florida, Tampa Electric Co. said Wednesday. ...more

December 18, 2008