Category: General Sports

Lightning franchise ranked highly in ESPN's latest pro team rankings

By John Fontana | Mar 1st 2019 | 3 min read |

ESPN is not looked at kindly in hockey circles these days because of the overall network bias against the professional sport, so depending who you are...

Fans, please remain seated until history is made

By Patti McDonald | Feb 23rd 2019 | 5 min read |

It’s a sports fans worst nightmare to leave a game early only to vehemently regret the decision afterward. As everyone knows by now, that’...

A playoff-berth bar to be met or raised in Tampa Bay sports in the months ahead

By John Fontana | Jul 16th 2016 | 3 min read |

While you wait for the NHL to cease its summer hibernation and the Tampa Bay Lightning franchise to resume competition within it, the rest of the spor...

Head coach Jon Cooper shares photo of him with his mentor

By waffleboardsave | Jun 14th 2016 | 2 min read |

The hockey world was dealt another blow with the news of the death of legendary college hockey coach Ron Mason. He was 76. As an alum of Michigan Stat...

Fans seek NHL's attention on the issue of violence against women

By Clark Brooks | Nov 29th 2015 | 11 min read |

What can best be referred to at this point as The Patrick Kane Situation that dominated much of the NHL’s offseason headlines has been resolved ...

ESPN Ultimate Rankings put the Tampa Bay Lightning at the top

By John Fontana | Oct 13th 2015 | 3 min read |

The number one team in the greater Tampa Bay area may be presented as the Buccaneers by local media coverage (and fans too, of course, as the NFL and ...

Tod Leiweke departs Lightning organization as CEO; replaced by Steve Griggs

By John Fontana | Jul 24th 2015 | 4 min read |

It was announced Friday afternoon that Tampa Bay Lightning CEO Tod Leiweke was resigning his role with Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment, the parent ...

How hockey has helped me

By Cassie McClellan | Sep 23rd 2014 | 4 min read |

Yesterday, Sarah Connors – the managing editor of Stanley Cup of Chowder – posted the tweet below. Alright guys. @fourthlinewing and @dang...

With a policy language in place, Performance Enhancing Drug testing delayed by the NHL

By Patti McDonald | Sep 9th 2013 | 6 min read |

Major League Baseball continues to suffer from the fallout of yet another Performance Enhancing Drug (PED) scandal (hello Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Brau...

"Defending the Blue Line" descends on Tampa Bay

By Patti McDonald | May 27th 2013 | 4 min read |

Before his deployment in April, Marine Corps Captain Matthew Lunn, arrived at the Brandon Ice Sports Forum with his wife and two young sons to donate ...