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50 Years of Kicking in the Grass: Celebrating the Rowdies’ 1975 Championship
On August 24, 1975, under the warm California sun and in front of over 17,000 fans, the Tampa Bay Rowdies did…
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Chasing the Brass Ring: St. Petersburg’s Bold Gamble on Baseball
In the late 1980s, St. Petersburg set its sights on something big: becoming a Major League Baseball city. The effort took…
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Sliding into History: The Trailblazing Women of the AAGPBL
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was launched in 1943 during World War II to keep baseball going while many…
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From Hand Crank to Headlines: A Brief History of the Tampa Bay Times
The Tampa Bay Times, previously named the St. Petersburg Times, traces its origins to the West Hillsborough Times, a weekly newspaper…
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Coreytown: The City Fueled by Booze
Coreytown was a short-lived municipality in Pinellas County, Florida, existing from 1948 to 1951 in an area that is now part…
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The Florida Theatre Upstaging the Arts
The Florida Theatre was constructed in 1926 during the city’s boom era. Designed by architects Roy A. Benjamin and Robert E.
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