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Tampa Bay Times Offers Employees Severance Packages to Cut Payroll 20%

of Tampa Bay Times The deadline will force the company to cut employee salaries by 20% and the company’s CEO will offer severance packages to employees. About 100 reporters and 170 other staff at the 140-year-old newspaper have been notified by CEO Conan Galaty that they have until Aug. 16 to decide whether to accept […]

Tampa Bay Rays fire sale of top players sparked after failure to sell team

The Tampa Bay Rays have dumped many of their best players ahead of Major League Baseball’s trade deadline on Tuesday, a move that was prompted in part by a failed attempt to buy the team, according to information obtained by The Washington Post. Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, who led the partnership that bought the AL […]

Superyacht ‘the Lovebug’ capsizes in Chesapeake Bay, prompting wild rescue

They were almost in the deep boat! Passengers on a luxury superyacht capsized and sank in the Chesapeake Bay near Washington, DC, prompting a dramatic rescue operation after they were forced to jump into the water, authorities said. Police and witnesses said the 122-foot-long vessel, known as the Love Bug, began taking on water around […]

Southwest passenger, Nancy Allen, describes flying 150 feet over Old Tampa Bay

A Southwest Airlines passenger said he thought he was about to die after seeing his plane come dangerously close to the waters of Old Tampa Bay, a few miles from the airport. Nancy Allen was aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 425 from Columbus, Ohio to Tampa, Florida on July 14 when the plane descended to less […]

Bronny James would battle to start at Green Bay

Nationally syndicated sports talk radio host and head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball team Doug Gottlieb walks an interesting line when commenting on a variety of topics, but this past weekend he waded into the Bronny James controversy on social media. While answering questions from X fans, Gottlieb questioned whether the […]

Bob Iger, Willow Bay to buy Angel City FC soccer team for $50M

Disney CEO Robert Iger and his wife Willow Bay are reportedly close to a deal to buy a controlling stake in a Los Angeles women’s professional soccer team for $50 million, a sum that would quickly make the team the most valuable women’s sports club in the world. The power couple will take over control […]

Bay Ridge parents, pols push to block legal pot shop near schools, churches

Bay Ridge parents, politicians and civic leaders are pleading with state regulators to reject plans to open marijuana stores near the Brooklyn neighborhood’s numerous schools and places of worship. “We are writing to express our firm opposition to the proposed opening of this cannabis dispensary,” Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and state Assemblymen Michael Tanoussis and Alec […]