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New Local Business Spotlight: We Don’t Know

ChampaBay Sports

Here at Tampa News Force, we love to poke fun at various local institutions, but ultimately we love the Tampa Bay Area and want nothing but unqualified success for everyone who lives in and does business in the various communities that make up this vibrant and diverse region. Except Brooksville, of course. Brooksville sucks and…

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Rays nervously monitoring championship ring escalation

Rings and Rays

“Cripes, they just keep raising the damn bar with these things”, exclaimed Sternberg. “It’s not enough that they have to be totally encrusted in jewels, they have to be fidget spinners and dioramas too? How’s (Lightning owner Jeff) Vinik gonna top this Bucs ring? I don’t know but you know he will.”

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Joe Redner offers to assist Tampa re-branding campaign

Painter Joe

The City of Tampa is launching a new re-branding campaign which will capitalize on the recent success of the Buccaneers and Lightning, and local entrepreneur/nightclub owner Joe Redner wants to help. “We’re going to post signs along major roads at the city limits that say ‘Welcome to Tampa: The REAL Titletown’”, said Mayor Jane Castor.…

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Ticket scalper says he is misunderstood

Scalper

Kenny Glennis of Tampa, a self-described ticket broker (more commonly known as a ‘scalper’ or ‘lowlife, bottom-feeding scumbag’), says he is tired of being perceived as a parasite with a cardboard sign standing outside of an arena who buys tickets in bulk to create scarcity and then profits by exploiting that scarcity by raising the…

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Tampa man chagrined after mocking statue of beloved local icon

Selmon Statue

Ted Chiddleston of Seminole Heights is feeling highly embarrassed and ashamed of himself after making snide remarks about a statue in downtown Tampa. He was traveling west on Brorein Street, heading toward Bayshore Boulevard when he stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Florida Avenue. As he was waiting for the light to…

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Virtual sports fan is exhausted

virtual fan

A cardboard cutout intended to fill seats at Tampa Bay sporting events representing a fan who can’t attend due to restrictions resulting from COVID needs a vacation from sports. “It’s been a wild ride, for sure”, said the 2′ 6″ high x 1′ 6″ wide corrugated cardboard silhouette. “In less than five months, I’ve attended…

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Adam Johnson returns Lombardi trophy to NFL Hall of Fame

Trophy returned

Accused US Capitol insurrectionist Adam Johnson of Parrish has confiscated the Lombardi Trophy, won by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV earlier this month, and has returned it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. “I’ve recently learned the importance of handling property with care. especially if that property doesn’t…

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Bucs less than hospitable as Super Bowl LV hosts

Super Bowl Champs!

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Sunday night to claim the title of World Champions on behalf of the Tampa Bay Area once again. In the first Super Bowl to see a team play in their home stadium, the Bucs were…

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