Sunday, April 9, 2017

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  • Joe Maddon, ill St. Petersburg teenager and his family forge mutual ...

    Joe Maddon, ill St. Petersburg teenager and his family forge mutual ...
    It was supposed to be nothing more than a short thank-you note from Aiden to his new friend Joe. I want to thank you for the amazing trip. But it said so much more than thank you. I have been sick my whole life and it usually has not been very fun. There's been a lot of bad memories. Keep reading and you see someone who has been through so many bad memories but can't help thinking of others. And although I have been very sick, my brother has gone through a lot and it makes me happy to see him h..
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  • Review: Portugal. The Man rock with kids, get fans dancing at ...

    Review: Portugal. The Man rock with kids, get fans dancing at ...
    Portugal. The Man put on a clinic Saturday in St. Petersburg. Couple of them, actually. Hours after soundchecking with a group of kid musicians from St. Pete, the Wasila, Alaska, indie rockers showed Jannus Live how to get moving with a night of trippy lights, cacophonous chords and slithery rhythms, encouraging everyone there to rock out and get down all at once. “We’re as far away from home as you can be in this country, and that’s f---ing cool,” said bassist Zach Carothers. Portugal. The Man ..
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  • Cardinal Mooney lifter wins state boys weightlifting gold medal

    Cardinal Mooney lifter wins state boys weightlifting gold medal
    Dillon O’Neill is returning to Cardinal Mooney with a gold medal.The senior lifted a 690-pound total to win the 238-pound weight class at the Class 1A state boys weightlifting championships on Saturday at DeLand High School.O’Neill left the rest of the field far behind. Only Mount Dora’s Zefrino Vega (655 pounds) came within 60 pounds of him.O’Neill was the only area lifter taking part in the competition.Baseball Saint Stephen’s 9, Bradenton Christian 4: Niko Piccolo (6-1) tossed a four-hitter ..
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  • Rays beat Jays on walk-off walk

    Rays beat Jays on walk-off walk
    By Dick Scanlon The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG — Toronto reliever Casey Lawrence made his major league debut and wound up walking home the winning run with two outs in the 11th inning, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays over the Blue Jays 3-2 Saturday night.Mallex Smith got on base five straight times and scored on Brad Miller's walk to end it.Smith led off the Tampa Bay 11th with a double and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. After a pair of intentional walks loaded the bases, Lawre..
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  • Unbeaten Rowdies get third shutout

    Unbeaten Rowdies get third shutout
    ST. PETERSBURG — Just as he did in the first two games of the season, midfielder Georgi Hristov came through for the Rowdies in a time of offensive need, scoring on a cross from the left side in the 47th minute Saturday to lead Tampa Bay to a 1-0 win against Ottawa. The first half in front of an announced crowd of 5,310 at Al Lang Stadium was a back-and-forth affair, with each team having clear chances, but each one coming up short. Tampa Bay (3-0) had all three of its first-half corner kicks..
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  • Review: Tampa Bay Blues Festival brings Stephen Stills home with ...

    Review: Tampa Bay Blues Festival brings Stephen Stills home with ...
    Watch out, Buffalo Springfield and CSNY. You’re no longer the only supergroups on Stephen Stills’ block. We now have the Rides, a blues combo featuring ace axeman Kenny Wayne Shepherd and veteran sideman and songwriter Barry Goldberg, who headlined the 23rd Tampa Bay Blues Festival on Saturday in Vinoy Park. “In case you haven’t noticed, I have a habit of finding younger, skinnier, taller guitarists to play with who are better than me,” Stills said of Shepherd. He’s selling himself short. The cr..
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  • Norway's security service takes over explosive device case

    Norway's security service takes over explosive device case
    A 17-year-old asylum-seeker from Russia was arrested Sunday in connection with an explosive device found near a busy subway station in Norway's capital and defused before it detonated, authorities said.The youth was detained on suspicion of handling explosives, but investigators do not know if he planned to carry out an attack with the homemade device, Signe Aaling, chief prosecutor for Norway's PST security service, said."PST is now working on finding his intentions and find out whether others..
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  • Rays' Kevin Kiermaier enjoys second Gold Glove presentation

    Rays' Kevin Kiermaier enjoys second Gold Glove presentation
    ST. PETERSBURG — The new house Rays CF Kevin Kiermaier bought has some extra space, which may come in handy as he plans to keep collecting Gold Glove awards. Kiermaier was officially presented with his second before Saturday's game, and made clear that he expects to keep winning them, even with talented competition such as Toronto's Kevin Pillar and Boston's Jackie Bradley Jr. "I say every year I don't make it a goal that I think I should win the Gold Glove or try to win it," Kiermaier said. "I..
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  • @FGCU_Softball Drops Two to USC Upstate

    @FGCU_Softball Drops Two to USC Upstate
    The deficit remained four until the fifth as Riley Randolph (St. Petersburg, Fla./Northeast HS) settled in, allowing just an infield single in that time to give FGCU a ...
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  • Coast Guard searching for former Lehigh man lost at sea

    Coast Guard searching for former Lehigh man lost at sea
    Coast Guard searching for former Lehigh man lost at sea Posted: Saturday, April 8, 2017 7:03 PM EDT Updated: Saturday, April 8, 2017 7:22 PM EDT LEE COUNTY, Fla. - The United States Coast Guard is searching San Carlos Bay for a missing a man last seen kayaking off Punta Rassa near the Sanibel Causeway.According to the Coast Guard, the man is 29 years old and used to live in the Lehigh Acres area.Just before 10 a.m., the Lee County Sheriff's Office reported to the Fort Mye..
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