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Free MMA on Proelite.com Saturday

This Saturday on Proelite.com you can see “Icon: Baroni vs Hose” for free. The main event should be an all out brawl as both guys are heavy handed with K.O. power
Baroni, a former UFC and PRIDE fighter, will make his ICON debut at the show. The 31-year-old hasn’t fought since a loss to Frank Shamrock in [...]

Site updates.

   As I’ve mentioned before we are currently working on the site and have recently hired on a company to do some graphics work and layout changes. You will see a whole new appearance within the next few weeks. Also we’ve finally got some MMA input in with more on the way from Brian Heath [...]

MMA Intro

        Today I’m going to talk a little bit about one of the top three MMA camps in the country. While the main camp is not located in Tampa they do have a facility in Orlando, but the main camp resides in Coconut Creek. If you are serious about getting into MMA and you live [...]

New blogger!

   My name is Brian Heath and I’m a graduate of St. Petersburg High (c/o 93) and I currently reside in Flint, Michigan. I will be contributing to the MMA section here and will try to keep you up to date with news and upcoming events, as well as highlight some camps and fighters from [...]

Bulls report

   Now for a weekly update on all things USF Bulls thanks to Greg Auman over at the St. Pete Times for constant USF updates….

   Football coach Jim Leavitt has received a new contract extension. The contract is reportedly worth $12.6 million over the next 7 years. Leavitt has led the Bulls from day one here [...]

Lack of Boxing, MMA and Nascar.

   For those of you out there that are waiting on info on Boxing, MMA and Nascar it’s coming, I promise. We’ve all been busier than normal this week with our regular jobs and that’s the reason for the lack of posts promised. We will gt to everything and keep up on it regularly once [...]

Site features

   We’ve added some new gadgets to the site and there will be more changes coming. As you can see on the right we’ve added some widgets from ESPN to help keep you updated on the news and scores of our local teams. The layout is going to be played with and some things will [...]

Is anyone else already sick of hearing about Brett Favre?

   No offense to Brett Favre here but I’m so tired of this already! Brett has been one of the best quarterbacks in history, no question, but all day yesterday, today and with no end in sight of this endless blather over a guy who goes through this every year is making me not want to [...]

New feature.

   What we will begin now is a new feature which is common in other blogs and networks but with what we cater to here it should be unique for our site. We’re going to have a daily report on each major team in the area, Lightning, Bucs, Rays and Magic. With the Bulls, Nascar, [...]

Posts

   Apologies to all for the lack of posts but we experienced some technical difficulties that had to be resolved before continuing. I will be posting some things that are a little late tonight and tomorrow but we’ll get back on track by tomorrow and keep it rolling. Things are corrected now and there will [...]

Looking for something to watch?

   For those of you out there who have HBO, there is a documentary on Joe Louis that has been running this week and is on HBO on demand I believe. I’ve watched it twice now and It’s a must see for anyone regardless of whether you like boxing or even sports. Joe Louis was [...]

New blogger!

   We now introduce Dave Tyre. Dave is a racing enthusiast who has agreed to come on board and cover some Nascar racing for us. I wanted to cover racing yet that is a sport I know very little about so I recruited Dave in order to help. We’re always looking to improve and are [...]

Gransbury gets weekly honor roll spot.

   In other USF basketball news senior C Kentrell Gransbury has earned a spot on the weekly Big East honor roll as he averaged 24.5 points and 12 rebounds in last weeks two games. Gransbury has been solid for the Bulls this year and continues to step up in big games. Congrats Kentrell, you earned [...]

Freshman guard Dominique Jones Big East rookie of the week.

   Dominique Jones was named Big East rookie of the week Monday for the third time this year. Jones averaged 22.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in two games last weel. Jones big game was the 89-78 win verse Syracuse in which he scored 29 points and hit 10 consecutive free throws in the [...]

Weekend posts.

   I apologize for the lack of posts over the weekend. We had a little technical difficulties that slowed things down a little. We’ll do some catching up and get back on track over the next few days.

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About Tampa Bay Sports Blog (TBSB)

This is a new site dedicated to consolidating news and opinions about local major sports in the Tampa Bay area. This will hopefully become the one stop shop to catch up on your favorite Tampa area sports teams to include the Orlando Magic. My name is Scott Brannelly and I’m born and raised here in [...]