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Kimbo Slice, one of the most popular figures in the history of mixed martial arts has died.  He was 42 years old.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Evan Longoria has rediscovered his power stroke. Longoria homered for the fourth consecutive game, connecting twice, and the Rays earned a 7-5 win against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Logan Morrison also homered twice and Longoria added an RBI single in the ninth for Tampa Bay, which entered with the third-most homers in the major leagues and hit a total of 11 in the...

Many have taken to social media to express their love for Muhammad Ali.

Sun up to sun down, it's an all-out blitz for the women of the Tampa Bay Inferno.  These ladies tackle their jobs during the day, and at night, they're improving their tackling technique.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Moore's night started with an inside-the-park home run and ended after five innings, sooner than the Tampa Bay left-hander believed it should have. Not much is going right for these Rays. Eduardo Nunez led off the game for Minnesota with an inside-the-park home run, Max Kepler picked up his first two major league RBIs and four Twins relievers combined for five...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are happy to be finished playing in Kansas City for the season as Kauffman Stadium has been a house of horrors for the Rays. They have lost seven straight series in Kansas City, going 1-15 there since 2012. Danny Duffy pitched six effective innings and rookie Whit Merrifield had two hits and scored a run as the Royals beat the Rays 6-3 on...

Matt O'Neal's career at USF is measured by a hop, skip and and jump. He's the best at it.

The NFL is moving the Pro Bowl from Honolulu to Orlando in 2017, the league announced during an afternoon news conference at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Matt Andriese pitched well enough to win. It's just that the Tampa Bay Rays have found it next to impossible to win recently at Kauffman Stadium. Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer after Lorenzo Cain drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning and the Royals defeated the Rays 6-2 on Monday night. The Royals have won four straight, matching their season...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in a century the New York Yankees won a game with just one hit. Starlin Castro's two-run homer off Jake Odorizzi in the seventh inning was enough to give the Yankees a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. "We really weren't doing much," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We get a huge hit from Starlin."

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays knew they would need some very good pitching Thursday to beat Jose Fernandez and the Miami Marlins. They didn't get it in a 9-1 loss to the Miami Marlins. Miami had 15 hits, including home runs by Adeiny Hechavarria and Chris Johnson, marking the fourth time in five games Rays pitchers have allowed at least 13 hits.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The hours before the biggest game of Bryan Rust's life were restless. The nap he tried to sneak in never materialized. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward's mind was simply too busy. "I was just sitting up there looking at the ceiling," Rust said.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby is in no mood to get caught up in his own personal narrative, the one eager to attach whatever happens to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday against Tampa Bay to the superstar's legacy.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Logan Morrison is being more selective at the plate and it's paying off. Morrison had three hits, including a homer, and three RBIs in the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-3 loss to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. Morrison is 6 for 7 with a walk over the last two games. "I'm swinging at good pitches and not missing them," Morrison said. Morrison...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are headed home for Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final.

MIAMI (AP) — Jake Odorizzi allowed two hits in five shutout innings, Hank Conger hit a two-run single and the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday. Odorizzi (2-2) struck out seven and walked three, plus delivered an RBI single for his first career hit. Logan Morrison had three hits and Brad Miller had two hits and two stolen bases for the Rays, who ended a...

The NFL awarded Super Bowls to Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles, three cities that made significant financial investments in new stadiums or recently upgraded an existing one.