* 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.

It was a foregone conclusion that one of them would be placed in Florida ; the only question was whether Huizenga would beat out competing groups from Orlando and Tampa Bay.

The Vikings finished the season 15 – 1, their only loss was to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 – 24 in Week 9.

The Saints failed to make the playoffs in 2001 and 2002, although in the latter year they had the distinction of beating the eventual Super Bowl XXXVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in both of their regular season meetings, only the second team to do so in NFL history.

Then they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game, 9 – 0, scoring only three field goals.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( often shortened as the Bucs ) are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U. S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ) – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West.

While the Thrashers ' playoff hopes were done for the year, they finished second in the Southeast Division to Tampa Bay and tenth in the Eastern Conference, only a handful of wins away from the playoffs.

With the win, Pistons owner William Davidson became the first ( and to this date, the only ) owner to win both NBA and NHL championships in the same year, having won the Stanley Cup as owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

By 1885, when Fort Myers was incorporated, it was the second largest city only to Tampa on Florida ’ s west coast south of Cedar Key, even larger than Clearwater and Sarasota, also growing cities at the time.

During this period, the Tampa area had only a handful of residents: Cuban and Native American fishermen.

For entertainment and everything else, the train to Tampa was the way to go, as only a few paved roads existed with most being dirt or shell topped, making the drive to Tampa very difficult.

) The Evening Independent newspaper in 1918 described the preserve as " a well stocked hunting preserve north of Tampa being one of the most attractive hunting grounds in the state .” Property acquisition by the Palmers and the Honorés began in 1910 ; only one of the original buildings from the preserve, now known as the Woodmont Clubhouse, remains.

There were only a handful of settlers in the area in 1913 when Ransom Eli Olds decided to purchase on the northern tip of Tampa Bay from Richard Peters in what is the present-day Oldsmar.

* 24px I-75-The only freeway in the area, I-75 is located 5 miles from the center of town and is a major interstate leading south to Miami and north to Tampa.

Due to this problem, only eight of the twelve companies of The Rough Riders were permitted to leave Tampa to engage in the war.

While on tour to support Amorica, the band opened for the Grateful Dead in Tampa on April 7, 1995, the only time the bands performed together.

After her death in Tampa, Florida, on April 14, 1921, her obituary appeared in the St. Petersburg Times, claiming she had additional " revolutionary " Strowger designs, but she had refused to make them public while she was alive because only others would profit from her husband's designs.

Then on third and 18 from the Oakland 29-yard line, Tampa Bay linebacker Derrick Brooks intercepted a pass from Gannon and returned it 44 yards for a touchdown, giving the Buccaneers a 41-21 lead with only 1: 18 left.

Despite the fact that McGriff only played in Tampa Bay late in his career, he collected 66 win shares as a Devil Ray, the team's all-time record.

He and Gary Sheffield are the only players ever to hit at least 30 home runs in one season for 5 different teams ( Toronto ; San Diego ; Atlanta ; Tampa Bay ; Chicago Cubs ).

Locair began regular flights from PIE to The Bahamas on December 18 ; marking the only nonstop service from the Tampa Bay area to the Bahamas.

To date, only two franchises have never hosted a game: the Miami Marlins ( although scheduled to host the game in 2000, Major League Baseball moved the game to Atlanta ), and the Tampa Bay Rays.