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Jacob OglesSeptember 9, 2018

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis picked a high-stakes fight with a high-ranking member of House leadership—on whether the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the New Orleans Saints this Sunday. The Tarpon Springs Republican on Friday afternoon challenged Majority Whip Steve Scalise to a duel, a prelude to the NFL season opening game between his home team and […]

Drew WilsonAugust 15, 2018

The NFL preseason has started, but along with the first taste of football in months came renewed calls for a boycott of the pro league over some player’s decision to kneel during the national anthem. The issue is a divisive one. The players who kneel see their actions as a way to silently protest police […]

Staff ReportsJuly 26, 2018

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Jameis Winston’s first order of business in training camp was apologizing to teammates. Now, he’s appealing for continued support from unhappy fans who think he no longer deserves to be the quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “I understand the disappointment. I’m disappointed,” the fourth-year pro said Thursday, speaking publicly for the first time since […]

Joe HendersonJune 29, 2018

Three games? That’s the suspension the overlords at the National Football League decided Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston deserved for sexually assaulting a female Uber driver and then lying about it while the league investigated. Three games? That’s it? It was a negotiated settlement. Read into that what you will. To be technical, the […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 7, 2018

If elections were decided by football fans, then supporters of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be targeted heavily by Republicans and could be one of just a few team bases to elect someone other than a Democrat. According to a survey distributed by FiveThirtyEight, a data-focused site headed by Nate Silver specializing in content on […]

Staff ReportsOctober 26, 2017

A longtime Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan is fed up with the lack of a “family friendly” environment after being unfairly ejected from a recent game at Raymond James Stadium. Chris Palermo, a 49-year-old Tampa attorney whose family has been Bucs season ticket holders since 1980, is taking three privately employed security guards to court after […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 19, 2017

Jacksonville Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan, a pragmatist, often invests in incumbent politicians. And when it came to the inauguration of Donald Trump, Khan invested bigly: $1,000,000, as the Daily Beast reported Wednesday. NFL owners, in total, donated $7.25M — 1/15 of what the Trump Inaugural Committee brought in total. Every NFL owner who donated gave a million dollars, […]

Joe HendersonMarch 23, 2017

It’s not surprising that the so-called “whiskey and Wheaties” bill that cleared a Florida House committee Wednesday did so by a bare 15-13 margin. Any measure that makes it easier to buy booze will mobilize people on both sides. This bill is basically equivalent to one in the Senate, which would knock down the legislative wall […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 16, 2017

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers shouldn’t hold their breath for any state subsidy to renovate Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. House Speaker Richard Corcoran told WTSP’s Noah Pransky in an interview there was “zero” chance his chamber will fund the pro football team’s $10 million subsidy request – and didn’t think the Senate would go along either. […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 5, 2017

Mitch Perry’s story Tuesday on FloridaPolitics.com about the bill filed by state Sen. Tom Lee to dismantle state’s Sports Development Program triggered an instant thought: Well, forget about a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. I followed up with a call to Lee, a Republican from Brandon, and asked if my thought about the […]

Tag: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Gus Bilirakis puts honor, safety and Cuban sandwich on line for Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Floridians are leading the call for an NFL boycott, study shows

Jameis Winston apologizes, vows to learn from 3-game suspension

Joe Henderson: Three game suspension not enough for Jameis Winston

It’s a Bucs life? Tampa Bay football is a Republican stronghold

Fan ejected from Bucs game sues over lack of ‘family friendly’ environment

Shad Khan gave $1M to Donald Trump inaugural

Joe Henderson: Time for wall between whiskey & Wheaties to crumble

House Speaker: ‘Zero’ chance Bucs get state money for stadium

Pro sports franchises: Build your own stadium, ballpark, or arena