* 2012 – The Republican National Convention takes place in Tampa Bay, Florida.

The Falcons defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 – 10 in the final game of the season to improve their record to 9 – 7.

The Falcons finished the season at 10-6, securing the fifth seed after a Week 17 beatdown of Tampa Bay in which the Falcons pulled their starters after leading 42-0 just twenty-three minutes into the game.

They wore the combination again in 2006, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2.

The Falcons also wore their all-black uniform in 2007 against the New York Giants, and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( for the second time ).

The Atlanta Falcons wore 1966 throwback jerseys for 2 home games in 2009 – against the Carolina Panthers on September 20 and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on November 29.

The Tampa Bay Area was also granted a franchise, the Devil Rays ( to be based in St. Petersburg ), at the same time.

Arizona had originally been intended to join Tampa Bay in the American League.

Thus, on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were officially voted into the National League while their expansion counterparts in Tampa Bay were voted into the American League.

Finally, they traded Casey Fossum to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for José Cruz, Jr.

The award has never been presented to a member of the following five teams: Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, and Washington Nationals.

Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves and Jeremy Hellickson of the Tampa Bay Rays are the most recent winners.

The Ravens triumphed over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV at the conclusion of the 2000 season, making them one of four NFL teams to win in their lone Super Bowl appearance, along with the New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Although the Orioles hovered around. 500 for much of the season, they had fallen back by September and were over 20 games behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays.

Adam Jones and Nick Markakis, Orioles v. Tampa Bay Rays, Camden Yards, April 12, 2009.

On April 12, 2010 the team set a club record for the lowest paid attendance in Camden Yards history, only 9, 129 attended the game versus the Tampa Bay Rays

Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays were putting the finishing touches on their eight run comeback against the New York Yankees.

* Two additional franchises: the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now the Tampa Bay Rays ( 1998 )

Carolina debuted the alternate light blue jersey for one game at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002.

In the same suit, the Raiders challenged the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1997 uniform design, including the pirate logo.

Although Carolina first played Tampa Bay in 1995, their rivalry did not start until 2003, when DT Brentson Buckner claimed fellow DT Kris Jenkins was the best defensive tackle in football, angering Tampa Bay DT Warren Sapp.

The Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals did not agree to the switch, forcing the Saints to wear white jerseys for that game.

He has also homered in The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports, near Orlando, Florida, a usually minor-league and Spring Training park that hosted a regular season series between the Rangers and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in May 2007, although he did not hit a homer at the two regular season games the Cubs played at the Tokyo Dome in 2000 vs. the Mets.

They also did the navy blue jerseys with the light blue pants against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but they lost that game.

A later Spanish expedition did not notice Charlotte Harbor while sailing north along the west coast of Florida and assumed that the current Tampa Bay was the bay they sought.

In early April 2006, Harris told the Tampa Tribune that some of her ex-campaign staffers and the national Republican party were deliberately sabotaging her campaign by " putting knives in her back " and had warned her that if she did not back out of the campaign, she would get an " April surprise ".

He did, however, appear with her at a fundraiser on September 21 in Tampa.

While the members of the SASR involved did what they could to improve conditions on the Tampa, the use of an elite military unit to prevent asylum seekers landing in Australia was not supported by all members of the Regiment and remains controversial.

But financier Malcolm Glazer, owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL franchise and at the time owner of 40 percent of Zapata, did not want his holdings diluted and filed a lawsuit to block the deal.

Lasker won ; the first draw did not count and had to be replayed ); Munich 1900, + 7-7 = 1, seventh ( Pillsbury and Schlechter won ); New York 1900, + 6-2 = 2, second ( Lipschütz won ); Cambridge Springs 1904, + 4-2 = 9, fifth ( Marshall won ); Excelsior 1915, + 9-1 = 0, first ; Tampa 1916, + 3-4 = 2, second ( W. Moorman won ); Chicago 1916, + 14-1 = 2, second ( Ed.

( Vanderjagt did miss a 40-yard field goal attempt in overtime in Indianapolis's October 6, 2003 comeback victory over Tampa Bay in Week Five, but the play was nullified due to a defensive penalty.

On March 22, 2000, WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida also did a story on it.

However Christmas Island did not have the capability of receiving large shipping freighters and therefore Merak was the closest available port able to receive the Tampa.

In 2006 he became the fourth player in Tampa Bay history to have four extra-base hits in a game, a feat that wasn't again matched by a Rays player until Sam Fuld did in in April 2011.

Cheek did sit in with new commentator Warren Sawkiw and Howarth to call an inning of the Blue Jays ' 2005 opening game, played in Tampa Bay.

Cigar making was a specialized trade, and Tampa did not possess a workforce able to man the new factories.

The USF football team wore a # 63 decal on their helmets for the 2011 season, as did the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The show, which aired on only seven stations ( in Seattle, Washington ; Columbus, Ohio ; Dallas, Texas ; Houston, Texas ; Buffalo, New York ; Jacksonville, Florida ; and Tampa, Florida ) on a limited run, did not last a full season.

Signed briefly by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in, Baerga did not appear in the majors that year.

He led the team in tackles with 12 vs. Tampa Bay in addition to assisting a defense that did not allow a touchdown for the second consecutive game, collected a team-high 13 tackles at Detroit Lions in addition to his first sack of the season, tallied his fourth straight double-digit tackle game with 15 at Baltimore Ravens.

He did not play in each of the first six games of the season, with his first regular season action coming on an October 24 contest against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Prior to that, the last time he did not have a catch was on September 10, 2000 at Tampa Bay as a member of the Chicago Bears.

The Bulldogs did finish the season in winning fashion by defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 24-21 in the Outback Bowl, in Tampa, Florida.