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Associated PressFebruary 9, 2025

Brady was allowed last week to attend production meetings with Chiefs and Eagles players and coaches. He was able to view practices.

Guest AuthorMarch 7, 2018

The Tampa Bay Rays want a new stadium to replace 28-year-old Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. But like many professional sports teams these days, they aren’t going to a group of investors or running to the bank to finance the multimillion-dollar project. Instead, they are going to the government to see how much money they can […]

Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2016

Edward Glazer, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-chairman and part-owner, has donated the maximum individual allowable contribution of $5,400 to the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton this year. However, if one were to guess who he really supports, it should be noted Glazer also has contributed $50,000 to the Trump Victory joint fundraising committee. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) also reports that Glazer’s […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 9, 2016

Good morning, and welcome to the upcoming 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, which will be observed in America at the same time the National Football League kicks off its regular season on Sunday. Technically the season began last night, with a rematch of Super Bowl 50 in Denver, where the Broncos defeated Cam […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2015

One of the interesting stories leading into the beginning of this NFL season is who will be the better professional quarterback? Florida State’s Jameis Winston or Oregon’s Marcus Mariota? Winston won the Heisman in leading FSU to the national championship in his debut 2013 season, while Mariota won last year’s Heisman. The debate will rage […]

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Tom Brady reflects on ‘learning curve’ of 1st season with Fox, calling Super Bowl, role with Raiders

Demetrius Minor: Sports teams are holding communities hostage over our tax dollars

Mitch Perry Report for 10.31.16 —Tampa Bay Bucs owner bets big on Donald Trump

Mitch Perry Report for 9.9.16 — Will we see more NFL protests on 9/11?

Mitch Perry Report for 9.14.15 – Mariota 1, Winston and Tampa Bay a big zero