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Tampa Bay civic bids for sporting events; does that include hockey?

By John Fontana | May 21st 2013 | 5 min read |

It’s a common story, maybe an annual story at that – the Tampa Bay Times talking about the Super Bowl and the local group placing a bid to...

A day in the life of an NHL off-ice official

By Patti McDonald | Apr 23rd 2013 | 6 min read |

Hockey has been a part of my life for over 20 years. Since I was five years old, watching games with my grandpa was my routine and then I got the fitt...

Off topic: Trying to gauge a favorite sports highlight

By John Fontana | Jun 11th 2012 | 6 min read |

Let me preface this by saying the post is part of a campaign across the SB Nation Network (sponsored by Samsung) to have blog managers speak of their ...

Tuesdays with Dani: Cut for a Cure

By Dani Toth | Mar 13th 2012 | 5 min read |

Vincent Lecavalier and members of the Lightning are participating once again in Cut for a Cure, shaving their heads on March 30th. The money raised wi...

Tuesdays with Dani: Steve Downie fined $2,500

By Dani Toth | Dec 13th 2011 | 6 min read |

A couple days later, but the NHL has made public that Steve Downie was fined the maximum $2,500 allowed under the CBA for leaving the bench on a legal...

Tuesdays with Dani: Save Our Sons, Turn in Your Guns

By Dani Toth | Dec 6th 2011 | 5 min read |

While we all talk about the new realignment plan (and how screwed over the Florida teams got), the Lightning continue their work in the community. Thi...

"You can't do that!": A salute to aberrations in strategy that somehow haven't ruined sports

By Clark Brooks | Nov 11th 2011 | 4 min read |

With all due respect to Cassandra McClellan and her appeal for a return of sanity and the prevailing of cooler heads, I don’t think it’s o...

Love, or at least a high level of mutual respect is in the air

By Clark Brooks | Aug 22nd 2011 | 4 min read |

It’s been interesting to watch the interaction between the three men who lead the major league sports franchises in the Tampa Bay area and the r...

Stammergeddon: Rumors, paranoia, and Tampa Bay sports

By John Fontana | Aug 15th 2011 | 6 min read |

With the start of the 2011 NHL free agency season, and young star Steven Stamkos entering restricted free agency (meaning he could be tendered an offe...

About that team apparel, local solidarity thing...

By John Fontana | Apr 22nd 2011 | 2 min read |

I’m not even sure how I should go about phrasing this one. Last weekend, there was a brouhaha over Dwayne Roloson and several Tampa Bay Lightnin...