This thing just keeps getting better ... I am pleased to announce to everyone that SBNation has unveiled a number of regional SBNation sites for local major market team sites (i.e., New York, Boston, DC, etc, etc) today and will be unveiling a large number more over the next few weeks. The Tampa Bay community will be duly represented by the Tampa Bay regional site, which will go viral on June 23. As you can predict from the currently-unveiled regional sites of other cities (which format
After taking a look at what direction the Rays might go with the first pick, Let's see what they might do beyond that pick. After the jump, we'll start with what the draftniks think ... The 31st Pick ... ... This pick is unprotected because it's a comp. pick for not signing LeVon Washington. As such, if the Rays fail to sign the player drafted they lose the pick. Pretty much everything here points to a college player, and in this year's draft that will likely be a college pitcher. Below the
Not that this was any epic mystery, but there was some reported last-minute concerns raised that the New York/New Jersey area would get the Super Bowl due to various reasons, including league tradition of southern/western sites and the weather factor ... Fuggedaboutit. The league announced today that the Big Apple would be the host of the big game in 2014 over Tampa and Miami. Miami was the first site eliminated and New York prevailed over Tampa on the fourth ballot ... Even though there was a
If you're a fan of the GreenWise line at Publix, here's news for you: The Lakeland-based chain garnered some national recognition for the effort as one of "10 Companies That Are Leading The Way." ...
More photos » ... J. Meric - Getty Images ... 2 days ago: ... ST. PETERSBURG - APRIL 25: Pitcher Wade Davis #40 of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches against the Oakland Athletics during the game at Tropicana Field on April 25, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida ... (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images) ... Browse more photos » ... *Was it just me, or was that one of the most boring 8-6 games ever? I don't get it - there were big home runs, comebacks, some nice relief pitching, and a close score at the end,
A rare CNBC.com shoutout for USF football -- "Mad Money" financial host Jim Cramer gave a nod -- or at least tried to give a nod -- to Bulls defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul during Monday night's show. Thanks to the ...
The Tampa-St. Petersburg market, host of the Super Bowl on Feb. 1, 2009, posted steeper year-over-year declines in occupancy, average daily rate and revenue per available room than the U.S. hotel industry during January, data from Smith Travel Research showed ...
Nearly half the homes in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market are financially underwater, or upside down, according to a new report from First American CoreLogic ...
DRaysBay 2010 annual has been posted ... The link above will take you to the 20101 annual post ... There you'll find a link to DRB's 129 page annual ... It's full of good info including articles on the starting pitching, an AL East preview and interviews with the front office ... Hop on over to DRB and support the Rays ... We share the market and geographical region with them, lets give them the support they deserve ...