Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Mike Alstott has been named grand marshal of the 2010 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates. ...more

December 10, 2009

One of the biggest complaints about the 2009 Gasparilla Pirate Fest was about long lines outside portable bathrooms. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Hillsborough County Health Department says this year's Gasparilla Fest had only a third as many portable toilets as it should have. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Jose Gasparilla anchors a flotilla of pleasure boats Saturday as it sails along Hillsborough Bay toward the Tampa Convention Center, where Mayor Pam Iorio handed over the key to the city. Guided by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, the ship signals the beginning of the invasion of Tampa. ...more

February 8, 2009

South Tampa residents have a love-hate relationship with the annual pirate invasion. ...more

February 6, 2009

Boyd Wynne may be the most photographed pirate in history. For decades, Wynne has been the goodwill ambassador for Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, serving as chairman of the special events committee. With his pirate makeup and ever-present fake parrot perched on his shoulder, Wynne shines in front of a camera. His image has appeared in national magazines, local newspapers and television and, undoubtedly, countless scrapbooks. ...more

February 6, 2009

Boyd Wynne may be the most photographed pirate in history. ...more

February 5, 2009

It's party time for Tampa's pint-sized pirates. For the 62nd year, little landlubbers on Saturday will have a chance to gawk and stare and scream for booty from a host of Tampa's finest pillagers. The 2009 Gasparilla Extravaganza not only features the Children's Gasparilla Parade, it starts with a bicycle safety rodeo and is followed by the "Piratechnic" Extravaganza, a fireworks show. ...more

January 23, 2009

As if the road construction on Gandy Boulevard weren't bad enough, the northwest corner of Gandy and Manhattan Avenue also is humming with building projects. ...more

July 2, 2008

The mayor's plan to take back the city failed miserably Saturday when she was sucker-punched by a boatload of Gasparilla pirates. ...more

February 9, 2008