One week before any beads are flying on Bayshore Boulevard, the Sirens Gasparilla Krewe is putting the final touches on their ...

There’s more than meets the eye with the popular Tampa Bay tradition of a pirate invasion and a parade of beads flying ...

DId you know that the Florida State Fair used to be celebrated with Gasparilla? We're sharing the deets on these two beloved ...

The Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic, a hallmark of Tampa Bay’s running community, is set to return in 2025, promising a ...

This month hundreds of thousands of people are expected to return to Tampa for the yearly Gasparilla Pirate Festival, taking ...

Details affecting local, regional and national news events of the day are provided by the News Channel 8 Team as well as ...

and a weddings page The January/February edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages. Featured stories include a ...

Desmond Watson. Okay, not really, but the 449-pound defensive lineman generated the most exciting 1-yard run in recent Florida football history in the Gasparilla Bowl on Friday. With the Gators up ...

Tulane on Friday at the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa ... half that ended as the lowest-scoring in the bowl game’s 16-year history. The Green Wave’s first interception gave them the ball at ...

As the 2024 Gasparilla Bowl winded down to its final ... of one of the more impressive turn-arounds in Florida football history, and a bright sign of what may be yet to come in the Billy Napier ...

Despite some early struggles, Florida won the Gasparilla Bowl game, 33-8 ... and also the culmination of one of the most up-and-down seasons in Florida football history. Most fans and pundits wouldn’t ...