While there was not a sellout game in the opening week, 10 of the first 24 matches have seen crowds in excess of 40,000, for an average of around 36,000. But optics, not just numbers, matter for a tournament FIFA hopes will become one of the most important in sport.

At least part of the dispute centers on whether sports betting needed voter approval when the sports bets run through servers on tribal property.

Former Tampa Bay Rays player Sean Rodriguez founded R3 Athletics, which is a youth baseball league and opened The Yard in April.

With the team negotiating a deal that would make relocation unlikely, the lawyer and investor in the Orlando Dreamers says "the Tampa area does not compare with Orange County" for baseball.

Kelly was USF’s athletic director for seven years. Now, as he departs, he discusses the growth of the athletic program and other topics.

Mission Roll Call, a nonprofit dedicated to veterans, is partnering with the Lightning Warriors Hockey Program and the Malone Family Foundation to host this year’s 22-hour-long hockey game.

The Tampa Bay Rays visit each Academy Prep Center campus for one week and provide lessons for over 100 students.

The rule comes ahead of a landmark legal settlement going into effect July 1 allowing schools to directly pay their players for the use of their name, image and likeness.

The Rays confirmed that they have begun exclusive discussions with a group led by billionaire Patrick Zalupski that also includes unspecified Tampa Bay investors. The local involvement could mean the team stays in the region.

After five hearings in which prosecutors and defense attorneys presented evidence, judges decided to suspended the trial. Franco faces charges of sexual abuse involving a teenage girl.

The Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 to become the NHL’s first back-to-back champs since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century.

The Sun, which just captured the first USL Super League title, announced a vision for a year-round, waterfront venue to anchor majority owner Darryl Shaw's Ybor Harbor development.