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(Rumor mill -- According to published reports, the Avalanche has reportedly talked to Tampa Bay about a deal that would send Colorado defenseman Bob Boughner to the Lightning. ... Anaheim`s Sergei Fedorov has missed two games with a groin injury, and when he might be healthy enough to return to lineup remains a mystery to everyone, including Fedorov himself.) We`re hoping its day to day, ... but in my mind, it`s not really a truthful assessment because it`s really hard to predict.

I put up great numbers, better than a lot of players who got called up around the majors. A lot of them were on contending teams, ... Tampa`s going nowhere this year, so they could at least call up the guys who are going to be there in the future.

What happened here (in Minnesota), it`s fine. They moved on, they made decisions that benefited the organization. I respect what they did and what they are going to do. I am just going to win down in Tampa now.

We really struggled. The only team that beat them twice in that Super Bowl year was New Orleans. They ran the ball effectively, and that`s what you have to do against Tampa.

Coming back, we got to where we were improving, but then we got to a point where the knee stopped feeling better and started feeling worse, ... Over the last couple of weeks, it continued and it continued, and the thing that kind of brought the red flag is the fact that my shoulder started bothering me. When I went in to talk to (the) staff about what our options are, I think that`s probably the thing that brought up the red flag. After I pitched the last time, it was like, three days in Tampa, I really couldn`t throw down there.

I`m looking forward to meeting him next week at training camp. It`ll be an honor to work with a guy who just won a Stanley Cup (in 2004 with Tampa Bay).

All I want to do is ask nicely, ... Every time someone gets it wrong, we`re losing a marketing opportunity . . . I don`t think there`s any downside for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

(WHAT THEY`RE SAYING:) The location is extremely convenient to MacDill Air Force Base but yet it`s still a very quiet and somewhat secluded location for South Tampa, ... There`s not a lot of new developments going in around there.

We are most interested in providing wholesome family entertainment in New Tampa,

I think people are going to be scattered everywhere. Some are moving over to the Ybor City area and others are ... going to be moving to other income-based Tampa Housing Authority properties.

It is an honor for me to fight in the (Tampa) bay area, ... It`s something I always dreamed of doing -- defending a world title in the bay area. Now it has come true and now it is time for me to go to work.

Able Danger consisted of approximately 20 direct individuals working for Special Forces in Tampa, Florida. The total amount of people working for Able Danger was 20.

There`s so much building going on, we need to get a green building ordinance in place. It`s happening nationally. We need it to happen here in Tampa where we have so much growth.

(Brown said he and Cadillac, the No. 5 pick by Tampa Bay, have kept in touch about their parallel experiences. Will they try to outdo each other?) Nahh, ... We`re both in a learning situation this year.

You know it. We`re here to represent (the Tampa Bay area).

(Georgia defensive end David Pollack issued the challenge before the 2005 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Pollack was not as brash as the aforementioned Torbor. But you could sense that he had the same opinion. That is, the SEC had more speed and better athletes than the Big Ten.) I definitely think there are differences, ... But all differences aside, you`ve still got to play the game and see who wins.

I know in our sport, ... you can win a Stanley Cup by doing what we`re doing. Tampa Bay just did it.

Tampa is on everybody`s radar screen. It`s very competitive right now.

What if the standard in one area requires a different thing from another? What is a concern to the Port of Tampa may not be a concern for the Port of New York.

When we put him in contact situation and we ran him through some drills in Tampa Bay, he didn`t do so well. The strength isn`t there yet. We`re not going to put him in until he`s in a situation where he doesn`t feel like he`s handicapped.

It`s the equivalent of being up in an airplane, looking at the city of Tampa, and telling you whether there is a penny there or not. And then once we zoom in, we can tell you what kind of penny it is.

We`ve had some success against Tampa Bay running the ball the last two times we played them. We know their scheme, we know what they do. It comes down to us up front, we have to improve on what we`re doing.

When Tampa Prep and Berkeley Prep get together, it is a spectacle to see. Everyone gets excited, and it`s a special thing to be part of.

Just like Washington state, we think Tampa is the perfect climate for wine.