* 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 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.

Other major U. S. cities with celebrations include Miami, Florida, Tampa, Florida, St. Louis, Missouri, Pensacola, Florida, San Diego, Galveston, Texas and Orlando, Florida.

In 1988 grand juries in Tampa and Miami indicted him on U. S. federal drug charges.

On December 28, 1835 a group of Seminoles and blacks ambushed a U. S. Army company marching from Fort Brooke in Tampa to Fort King in Ocala.

It is approximately south of Tampa and west of Fort Lauderdale via Interstate 75 ; and approximately west-northwest of Miami via U. S. Highway 41.

After trading hands multiple times between the English and the Spanish, Spain finally ceded Florida to the United States in 1821, and in 1823 the U. S. Army established Fort Brooke ( later Tampa ).

Examples of this type of estuary include the Hudson River, Chesapeake Bay, and Delaware Bay along the U. S. Mid-Atlantic coast ; and along the U. S. Gulf coast, Galveston Bay and Tampa Bay.

Tampa () is a city in the U. S. state of Florida.

For U. S. Census purposes, Tampa is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

One of the first U. S. actions in its new territory was a raid which destroyed Angola, a settlement built by escaped slaves and free blacks on the eastern shore of Tampa Bay.

U. S. Mail may be sent to Citrus Park with the City identified as Tampa or Carrollwood.

Its boundaries include the city of Tampa to the south and west, Del Rio to the north and U. S. Route 301 to the east.

U. S. Route 41 is now a 4-lane road connecting Ruskin to Tampa, as does the interstate I-75 that has an exit at Ruskin.

Tampa is a city on the west coast of the U. S. state of Florida.

* Tampa, Colorado, an unincorporated community in the north central portion of the U. S. state of Colorado

* Tampa, Kansas, a small town near the center of the U. S. state of Kansas

A 50-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Tampa charged the defendants under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ( RICO ) with operating a racketeering enterprise from 1984 that engaged in violent activities, as well as: conspiracy within the U. S. to kill and maim persons abroad, conspiracy to provide material support and resources to PIJ, conspiracy to violate emergency economic sanctions, engaging in various acts of interstate extortion, perjury, obstruction of justice, and immigration fraud.

* Bro Bowl – One of the last skateparks of the 70s, and one of the oldest skateparks in the U. S .; First public skatepark in Florida Tampa, Florida.

U. S. strip club 2001 Odyssey in Tampa, Florida has a paid webcam subscription service available on the Internet.

In 1940, the City of Tampa leased Drew Field to the U. S. Government for 25 years, or until the end of the " National emergency ".

The Peter O. Knight Airport and Drew Field reversed roles as the main Tampa Airport because Drew Field was greatly expanded by the U. S. Army Air Force during the war years.

The American Foundation for Chess has initiated programs in partnership with local school districts in several U. S. cities, including Seattle, San Diego, Philadelphia, and Tampa.