Did you know that Death Metal was born right here in Tampa Bay? Sure enough. Brandon's Nasty Savage is credited with influencing Tampa's Death, who's lead singer is called the "father of Death Metal."
You may have heard of the latest local attempt at a world record. Lt. Col. Kristine Gould and retired Lt. Col. Harold “Chip” Bowlin are Tampa residents who serve on the parachute team of the Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. They completed 103 tandem skydives within 20 hours over at Skydive City [...]
Congratulations to the St. Pete Times for winning two pulitzers this year! Lane DeGregory earned hers for “The Girl in the Window,” a compelling story that chronicled a Plant City child whose mother kept her locked in a filthy room, and the adoptive family who worked to overcome her feral beginnings. Times staffers at Politifact won too. [...]
Creative Loafing published their annual Urban Explorer issue. Ever since they began the series (and columns), I’ve thought it provided an interesting look at parts of Tampa Bay life from various perspectives. In years past, the annual has taken a closer look at places you can’t go (2006) using your five senses to get around (2007), [...]
According to the print edition of this week’s Creative Loafing, they received over 3,000 ballots for the 2008 Best of the Bay readers’ poll. We are proud to announce that Sticks of Fire has been named a finalist for Best Local Blog, along with two other great blogs, Seminole Heights and Creative Loafing. We also want to [...]
Congratulations to Citrus Park and Palma Ceia! Not only are the Citrus Park Little Leaguers representing the Southeast US at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA, but their Big League Softball team is representing the South in the Big League World Series Softball in Kalamazoo, MI. The softball team beat host St. Petersburg (District 12) [...]
Back in the early ’80s, civic leaders branded Tampa “America’s Next Great City”. Since then, we’ve been on a quest to gather as many sports franchises, high profile events, aquariums and streetcars as possible in an effort to legitimize that claim. Another brick in that wall was added this week when it was announced a [...]
Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex is undergoing a change, and will soon bear the name of ESPN. Makes sense since most kids these days have never heard of the long running “Wide World of Sports” brand and television show on ABC. But anyway, in regards to that subject, Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer Scott Powers interviewed [...]
Dr. Beach came out with his top beaches for this year, and the Tampa Bay area can once again claim the best beach in the United States. Fort DeSoto was named the top beach in the US for 2005, and this year Caladesi Island ranks as America’s Best Beach. Caladesi Island is just off the [...]
