Home
Arts & Entertainment
News
Dining
Music
Visitors
Sports
Featured Advertiser:

Tampa Bay Rays 2010 MLB Draft Day Two Recap; Derek Dietrich Selected 79th Overall

Tagged with:

st

Published June 8, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
779273-tampa-bay-rays-2010-mlb-draft-day-two-recap--derek-dietrich-selected-79th-overall

Mike Stobe - Getty Images ... View full size photo » ... Having already selected Josh Sale, Justin O'Conner, and Drew Vettleson on day one of the 2010 MLB Draft, it was time for R.J. Harrison and his band of merry scouts to really build the body of the Tampa Bay Rays draft in rounds 2-30 ... The Rays went with a variety of different players - ranging from pitchers who attended big named colleges to one from local St. Petersburg College. They drafted players spanning the entire diamond from

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

Troubled rookie Mike Williams has something to prove

Tagged with:

art, st

Published May 5, 2010 at 2:01 p.m.
758912-troubled-rookie-mike-williams-has-something-to-prove

More photos » ... J. Meric - Getty Images ... The Buccaneers took a chance drafting troubled receiver Mike Williams from Syracuse in the fourth round, but his size and speed indicate he can be a legitimate threat if he can keep his head on straight ... Browse more photos » ... Numbers don’t lie ... Take rookie wide receiver Mike Williams, for instance, and the numbers 49, 746 and six. Those represent his catches, yards and touchdowns respectively in his senior season. And then there’s the

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

Burrell, Brignac Homer as Rays Beat Athletics in 8-6 Snooze-fest*

Tagged with:

market, st

Published April 28, 2010 at 4:00 a.m.
748311-burrell--brignac-homer-as-rays-beat-athletics-in-8-6-snooze-fest

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,

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

Series Preview: Oakland Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

Tagged with:

club, st

Published April 27, 2010 at 1:04 p.m.
748314-series-preview--oakland-athletics---tampa-bay-rays

More photos » ... Steve Nesius - AP ... 9 months ago: ... Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett, left, keeps an eye on Oakland Athletics' Scott Hairston after Hairston stole second base during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) ... Browse more photos » ... This is our first two-game series of the week. Both games are scheduled for 7:05 PM starts.  ... Tuesday, 4/27: RHP Ben Sheets vs. RHP Wade Davis ... Wednesday,

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

STR: Tampa-St. Pete, Washington show year-over-year declines

Tagged with:

market, st

Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.

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 ...

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

CoreLogic: One in two homes in Tampa area underwater

Tagged with:

market, st

Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 2:23 p.m.

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 ...

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

Plant City wants to reopen Alexander St. before strawberry festival

Tagged with:

festival, st

Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.
686815-plant-city-wants-to-reopen-alexander-st--before-strawberry-festival

City Manager Greg Horwedel said he would like to reopen a lane of Alexander Street closed by a depression before the Florida Strawberry Festival opens on March 4 ...

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

St. Pete Beach Chick-fil-A to Host Daddy-Daughter Date Night

Tagged with:

beach, restaurant, st

Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 7:54 p.m.

Chick-fil-A (4623 Gulf Blv., St. Pete Beach, (727) 367-7038) hosts a Date Night for fathers and daughters tomorrow 5 to 8 p.m. The restaurant will be decorated for the pre-Valentine’s evening with white tablecloths, candles and flowers. Seatings occur every ...

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

St. Pete Beach resort rehab also polishes up restaurant

Tagged with:

beach, restaurant, st

Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.
686814-st--pete-beach-resort-rehab-also-polishes-up-restaurant

Attached to the new Postcard Inn on the Beach is a reborn restaurant called Wildwood BBQ & Burger ...

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback

Regarding Dan Wheeler and Jason Bartlett

Tagged with:

market, st

Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 11:28 a.m.
686818-regarding-dan-wheeler-and-jason-bartlett

More photos » ... Bill Kostroun - AP ... There are more photos like this than of Dan Wheeler when you search for Dan Wheeler photos. That's no good ... Browse more photos » ... Sternfan brought this up in the thread below and I may as well address it because not much else is going on: ... imho, it seems that Wheeler and Barty are this blogs whipping boys--why i don't know and i may be wrong ... by sternfan1 ... Let's focus on these two in particular ... Dan Wheeler is a useful reliever. When

Read Article Read    Post Talkback Post Talkback