SPORTS & RECREATION
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Watching professional sports is a favorite
American pastime. The Sunshine City is
home to the Tampa Bay Rays, www.mlb.
com/rays, professional baseball team
at Tropicana Field, and the Tampa Bay
Rowdies, www.rowdiessoccer.com, a professional
soccer team whose home base is
once hosted spring training during the legendary
days when baseball greats like Babe
Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Joe
DiMaggio came to town.
In St. Pete’s sister city of Tampa, you can
watch the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
www.buccaneers.com, play at Raymond
Stadium, and the NHL Tampa Bay
Lightning, www.nhl.com/lightning, this
year’s Stanley Cup Champions, at Amalie
Arena. Enjoy college sports? Be sure to
follow the University of South Florida
Bulls, www.gousfbulls.com, who are in the
NCAA American Athletic Conference East
Division.
Tampa Bay
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/www.mlb
/www.rowdiessoccer.com
/www.buccaneers.com
/lightning
/www.gousfbulls.com