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Bucs trade Antonio Brown to San Jose Sharks for Evander Kane
In an extremely rare occurrence, the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers have traded problematic wide receiver Antonio Brown to the NHL’s San Jose Shark for problematic forward Evander Kane. It is extremely unusual for players to be traded between franchises who play two different sports in two different leagues, but there is a clause in all…
Read MoreVasilevskiy introduces new line of hockey equipment
Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has introduced a new line of hockey equipment, designed purposely to make younger players have a better understanding of the game. The new line is named Phantom Edge and is produced by Bauer. The key piece in the collection is a goalie stick that features a stick length of…
Read MoreOutkast’s Big Boi working as usher at Amalie Arena
Antwon “Big Boi” Patton, half of the influential hip hop duo Outkast has been spotted working events at Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa as an usher. “Not for much longer, though,” he said, as he assisted patrons in finding their seats at the recent Jimmy Buffett concert held there. “Once I finish paying off this…
Read MoreOnce again, innocent youths impacted by examples set by spoiled professional athletes
Well, well, well. Here we are, once again, seeing this country’s impressionable young men emulating the behavior of their “heroes” in professional sports. This time, the victims are the Tigers of Jesuit High School in Tampa, completing a 15-0 season with a 35-29 win over Pine Forest (Pensacola) a couple of weeks ago to capture…
Read MoreESPN to launch yet another guy screaming hot takes at you show
ESPN, the once self-described “Worldwide Leader in Sports”, is launching yet another show consisting of a man yelling his opinions about the world of sports into a camera “We were going to call it ‘Hot Balls’ or ‘The Crunch Zone’ or ‘Crunch Balls’ or something like that”, said ESPN regional producer Curtis Teebox. “But I’m…
Read MoreThis year’s Lightning Fan Fest to be revamped and scaled back
As uncertainty continues to be part of the COVID-19 landscape, the Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that this year’s Fan Fest will happen but will be drastically different than it has been in the past. “We’re as eager as anyone to get ‘back to normal’ but the surge in COVID cases, complicated by variants that…
Read MoreLightning to play exhibition game in Afghanistan
National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning will be playing an exhibition game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Afghanistan next week. “We’ve all seen the agonizing footage recently and it’s utterly heart-wrenching. What can we as a professional North American sports league do for those…
Read MoreQUIZ: What Tampa Bay professional sports team should I play for?
If there’s one thing this whole Olympics debacle has done, it’s reinforced the popularly held belief among many people who’ve never played sports at any meaningfully competitive level that they’d be much better at it than most of those who have. It’s too late to go to Tokyo and solve that mess but maybe you…
Read MoreNew Local Business Spotlight: We Don’t Know
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…
Read MoreRays nervously monitoring championship ring escalation
“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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