We already knew things were bad over at OK Hockey, but this seems pretty sad. In March, they began charging their employees for parking. In April, they laid off 25 employees. In early May, we found out the Lightning were seeking additional investors to help pay off debt. And during the “Town Hall Meeting” for fans [...]
Sarah’s client is planning a move to Tampa, and they will be bringing in a big bunch of employees from various parts of the world to help run things. Sarah has been charged with letting those employees know what to expect once they get here. The problem is that Sarah has never been to Tampa. She [...]
With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, the credited author of A Visit from St. Nicholas. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all ‘cross the Bay Not a creature was stirring, not even a Ray; The beach pails were stacked in the Florida room, ‘Cause St. Nick is coming, or so we assume; The children in shorty pajamas were sleeping, While dreaming [...]
There seems to be some sort of cosmic law that requires that at all times, one of Tampa Bay’s three major league teams must be the most laughably inept in it’s sport. It would appear that it is the Lightning’s turn…again…to keep the universe in balance as management has fired head coach Barry Melrose [...]
Kids in Hillsborough County head back to school on Monday, and lots of those students are going to have to walk further to get to the bus stop: The goal, he said, is to have two to 20 students per bus stop. Some elementary students will have to walk up to a mile and middle and [...]
Barry Melrose is now officially the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, replacing the recently fired John Tortorella, under whom the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004. I don’t like it. Having spent the last 13 years as a TV analyst on ESPN, promoting the mullet as a viable hairstyle and generally not [...]
Unless Al Gore’s inconvenient forecast is overly optimistic, and in spite of the best efforts of Rob Higgins and Paul Catoe, Tampa Bay will never host the NHL’s Winter Classic. If you’re not familiar with what that is, it’s a regular season game between two National Hockey League teams… played outdoors. Not an exhibition, [...]
The Tampa bay area has been fortunate to have been represented by a number of socially responsible individuals in professional sports who are active civically. Tony Dungy, George Steinbrenner, Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn and Brad Richards being standouts among them. This week, those ranks swelled again with the announcement of Vincent Lecavalier’s $3-million dollar commitment [...]
Just because we’ve been away for awhile and so much has been missed we present a rare redux edition of the wide web of (tampa bay) sports. Up today, Rays Blogs square off in the Octagon, Kanes makes an offer you can’t refuse, and Curt Schilling further jams his foot down his mouth. (Blog Fight!) The [...]
