Patrick “Pat” Yasinskas is an award-winning Tampa-based freelance writer. He has covered the National Football League since 1992 and worked for The Tampa Tribune, The Charlotte Observer and ESPN. He also has served as a selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the NFC South chairman of the Pro Football Writers Association. He also has been an avid baseball card collector since the 1970s.
Remember Wade Boggs, Evan Longoria, Carlos Pena, and other greats who once scored big for the Rays? While you're at a game, take a walk down memory lane at the new Rays Museum at Tropicana Field.
Rays Presidents Brian Auld and Matt Silverman are speaking to membership groups and hosting informal luncheons to share more of their vision and answer questions about the Sister City proposal between Tampa and Montreal.
The Tampa Bay Rays are exploring an innovative new Sister City relationship between Tampa and Montreal that could benefit both cities and their team while satisfying fans in the U.S. and Canada.
“These results provide preliminary evidence that TEMT administration we assessed in this small study may have the capacity to enhance cognitive performance in patients with mild to moderate disease,’’ says Amanda Smith, M.D., Director of Clinical Research at USF's Byrd Institute.
In recent years, there has been a steady stream of data that proves USF is more than just a rising star in the academic world. In many ways, the numbers show USF has arrived.
International students from dozens of countries pursue a host of different courses of study at every educational level at USF, including doctoral programs and specialized degree programs. Meet four who represent so many others.
One family's grief prompts Wharton High School faculty to step up to teach others about mental illness and preventing teen suicide. Read what they are doing and what's next for Hailey's Voice of Hope.
Outgoing USF President Judy Genshaft gives $23 million to support the Honors College at her adopted university before passing the baton to Steven Corrall on July 1st.
When a good job beckons, what's a rising star to do? A local healthcare executive keeps his family home in Boston while commuting by plane to Tampa to work. This is the latest in a series of Commuter Story features in 83 Degrees.