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Steven Stamkos injured in Lightning’s win over Blackhawks

TAMPA, Fla. — This Lightning season has had its share of ups and downs, but one thing the team has avoided is a major injury to one of its top players.

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Sen. Rick Scott weighs in against Florida proposed 6-week abortion ban, contrasting DeSantis

TAMPA, Fla. — Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott weighed in against several proposals backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, including a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

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Two-time champion Sam Burns, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas highlight field for the 2023 Valspar Championship

The Florida Swing continues in Tampa, March 16-19.

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String of dolphin deaths at Clearwater aquarium prompts ‘expert’ examination

TAMPA, Fla. — The sudden death of an 8-year-old dolphin on Monday made for a grim statistic at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

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Lightning up their intensity but lose again in overtime against Vegas

TAMPA, Fla. — This was the game you were waiting for. This was the team you remembered.

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Florida lawmakers exclude open carry from gun legislation

TAMPA, Fla. — Legislation that would allow Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training is ready to be taken up by the full House and Senate — without a change to allow people to openly carry guns in public.

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DeSantis isn’t running for president yet. But it looks like it in Tampa Bay

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Standing before a giant screen emblazoned with “The Florida Blueprint,” Gov. Ron DeSantis took his presidential campaign dry run to Tampa Bay on Wednesday, speaking to several hundred supporters about his leadership philosophy and why Florida is the most “free” state in the nation.

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Ben Frederickson: Harrison Bader, Cardinals reunion reminds how trades can work both ways

TAMPA, Fla. — From behind a pair of pastel-colored sunglass lenses only he could pull off, Harrison Bader said there are some emotions he prefers to keep to himself for now.

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Lightning snap losing streak with home win against Flyers

TAMPA, Fla. — The Lightning have been one of the league’s best teams at home, and reeling from their longest losing streak in nine years, a stretch of games at Amalie Arena was just what this team needed.

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Bucs to release left tackle Donovan Smith

TAMPA, Fla. — The worst performance of Donovan Smith’s career, combined with salary-cap issues has led to the Bucs’ decision to release the left tackle after eight seasons.

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The Bucs’ plan to rebuild without Tom Brady

TAMPA, Fla. ― The Bucs have a plan, and it was outlined with evangelical conviction at the NFL scouting combine last week by head coach Todd Bowles and general manager Jason Licht.

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John Romano: It looks like the Bucs may be admitting defeat, and that’s a good thing

TAMPA, Fla. — There’s an old joke about a man who asked his brother to housesit his cat while he goes on a family vacation. When the man calls home to check on everything, the brother blurts out that the cat has died.

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Cuban ambassador’s dinner in Tampa sparks protest, scorn

TAMPA, Fla. — A band of Cuban dissidents protested inside an expensive Tampa restaurant Friday night, disrupting a meeting between Cuban ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera and a group of business officials and local politicians.

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DeSantis says he supports open carry in audio recorded from gun rights group

TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis was recorded Thursday telling a member of a gun rights group that he supports allowing Floridians to openly carry guns in public — a measure that has been publicly opposed by some law enforcement officials and that would go further than any bill now…

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Florida’s edicts on classrooms are wearing thin with some school board members

TAMPA, Fla. — The first directive came last week.

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Penguins pull off a gutsy 5-4 overtime win over Lightning

TAMPA, Fla. — The Penguins would be forgiven if they were emotionally drained after the last few days, with trade winds swirling and a flurry of roster moves.

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Bucs expected to release veteran tight end Cameron Brate

TAMPA, Fla. — The Bucs have informed veteran tight end Cameron Brate they plan to release him in the coming days, part of an ongoing effort to become salary cap compliant by the middle of the month, the Tampa Bay Times has learned.

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Why is diversity the hot issue in Florida higher education? 4 things to know

TAMPA, Fla. — Less than three years ago, Florida’s higher education leaders went all in to address racial and ethnic inequalities.

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Florida bill seeks death penalty for child rapists, challenging US justices' prior rulings

TAMPA, Fla. — Acting on a proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday to allow the death penalty for adults convicted of sexual battery of children younger than 12.

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Desperate times for the Lightning? Maybe

TAMPA, Fla. — The Penguins are coming into Amalie Arena on Thursday night to fight for their playoff lives. With 22 games left in their season, Pittsburgh is clinging to the second wild card in the Eastern Conference, with five teams nipping furiously at their heels to knock them out.

Miami Herald

Short-handed Panthers keep playoff hopes afloat with dominant start, huge win in Tampa

The Florida Panthers’ postseason hopes were teetering, their top two centers were injured and out of the lineup, and the looming specter of the Friday trade deadline left them at a pivotal moment in their season, so, of course, all they did Tuesday was traveling across the state to face…

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Inside the center-field education of Phillies utility infielder Edmundo Sosa

CLEARWATER, Fla. — When Phillies manager Rob Thomson told Edmundo Sosa he was considering playing him in center field this season, Sosa was in Tampa, Fla., for a weeklong workout with a few players who were represented by his agency, Octagon. His friends, major league outfielders Julio Rodríguez, Adolís Garcia,…

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Meet the Tampa dentist who pulls cars with his teeth and makes ‘KGB molars’

TAMPA, Fla. — It doesn’t take strong teeth for acrobats to hang from a trapeze by their mouths.

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Tampa man who was first to face trial for voting in 2020 election gets probation

TAMPA, Fla. — A Hillsborough County man who was the first person in Florida to face trial on charges of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election was sentenced Monday to two years of probation.

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Nashville’s sky-high trade haul from Tampa Bay for Tanner Jeannot stunned the NHL world

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