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March 12 : 7 p.m.
Watch these guys, dribble, pass and dunk like never before. The legendary Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating their 85th consecutive season of tearing up the court with their magical 2011 "4 Times the Fun" World Tour that stops in Tampa at the St. Pete Times Forum on March 12, 2011. Don't miss your chance to watch two of their performaces that day. The first is at 2 p.m and the second is 7 p.m. More information can be found atwww.harlemglobetrotters.com.
Here is an interesting article to help eco efforts in Tampa Bay: The Tampa Bay Sports Commission and Waste Management plan to help make local events greener. Waste Management (NYSE: WM) will offer recycling services for cardboard, paper, plastics, glass bottles, aluminum cans and other materials for each Tampa Bay Sports Commission sponsored event within the Tampa Bay area. The Tampa Bay Sports Commission is focused on generating social and economic impact through the vehicle of sports and works with more than 100 youth and amateur events on annual basis. The events produce more than 100,000 hotel room nights annually and attract hundreds of thousands of visitors, tourism executives said in a release. “Sustainability continues to be an enormous priority for our community and for our sporting events,” said Rob Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, in a prepared statement.
Read more: Commission, Waste Management partner to green sporting events | Tampa Bay Business Journal
Christmas time is finally here! Here is a great cookie recipe for this holiday season:
CHOCOLATE MAGICS makes 2 dozen 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup unsweetened cocoa ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup sugar (plus extra for dredging) ½ cup light brown sugar, packed ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature ¼ cup smooth peanut butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 large egg Filling: 1/2 cup peanut butter, crunchy or smooth 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease two baking sheets (or line with parchment paper). In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In another medium-size bowl, beat together the sugars, butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg, beating to combine, then stir in dry ingredients, blending well. Click here to view the rest of the instructions.
FC Tampa Bay and some of its players took part in the 2010 Great American Teach In on Thursday, November 18, at four schools around the Bay area. Jeremy Christie, Julian Valentin, Pascal Millien and Chad Burt were among thousands on Thursday who visited schools in Hillsborough County.
The Great American Teach In invites people from all different career backgrounds to the schools to talk with the students on the different careers available to them in the future.
The FC Tampa Bay players spoke with students ranging from 1st grade to 5th grade about what it took to get to the level they have reached and how important dedication and exercise was to that process.
 Jeremy Christie spoke at Westshore Elementary School with many groups, which included 1st, 4th and 5th graders who asked question after question about soccer and playing the sport.
“What did you have to do to be a soccer player,” asked a 1st grader, who had many questions written down in her notebook, to Christie. “A lot of hard work and practice on the field. It’s not something that happens overnight – I’ve been working on this since I was 14 years old. That’s more than 12 years of practice,” Christie replied to an in awe student who watched as he juggled a soccer ball while answering her.
Julian Valentin, who visited Westchase Elementary School, and Chad Burt, who visited Alafia Elementary, talked about the motivation and dedication it takes to become any kind of professional athlete and how important school plays into accomplishing your dreams.
“I really enjoyed the Great American Teach In. It’s great to interact with the kids and spend time playing a little soccer with them. I tried to impart to them how to achieve a life of balance, the importance of hard work and good grades, and why I have the best job in the world,” said Valentin.
The students at Deer Park Elementary were visited by Pascal Millien, who shared his story about Haiti and the obstacles he has overcome to be where he is today.
 “It was a pleasure to visit with the students. I feel blessed to have talked to the kids and had so much fun doing it,” said Millien. “I was impressed that most of the kids knew about the struggle of Haiti. That’s when I realized those kids are special and they know about the world around them. They just need our help to make it far in their future.”
FC Tampa Bay would like to thank the students and teachers at Westshore Elementary, Westchase Elementary, Deer Park Elementary and Alafia Elementary for letting FC Tampa Bay and the players speak with them and wish them luck in the rest of the school year.
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and you know what that means..........Black Friday! People are already starting to line up at stores! Below is an article for Best Buy's Black Friday Ad: Tampa Bay, Florida - Best Buy's Black Friday ad is encouraging people to start lining up two hours before the doors open at 5:00am the day after Thanksgiving. The ad says "we'll pass out tickets up to two hours before 5:00am store opening." If you don't want to deal with the crowds the ad also says that you can shop Thanksgiving Day online at bestbuy.com for bonus deals. So what are some of the featured sale items for Black Friday? You can save on some big ticket items like, an LG front loader washer and dryer set for 999.98. That's an advertisedsavings of $1,000. An Intel Pentium laptop will cost you 399.99 or you can upgrade with more memory and built in Blu-ray player, laptop bag and The Karate Kid Blu-ray disc for 499.99. Click here to learn more:
Here is an upcoming event happening in Tampa Bay:
Red Georgia clay, 15th century religious icons and digital images are some of the raw materials that make up the art in the new Faculty Show at The University of Tampa. Members of the fine arts faculty will show their new work at an exhibition starting Friday, Oct. 22 and running through Nov. 23. An opening reception will take place on Friday, Oct. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery on campus. The show will feature more than 30 major works of photography, painting, sculpture, digital images, drawings, installations and mixed media.
Click here to learn more.
Here is your weekly dose of Tampa Bay Sports news:
TAMPA - Buccaneers CB Elbert Mack continues to defeat the odds. Mack was barely recruited out of high school and attended Butler County Community College in Kansas. He later played for Troy and entered the NFL in 2008 as an undrafted free agent. The 5-foot-10, 175-pounder has been a solid backup and special teams player for Tampa Bay, but it appeared his luck would run out in 2010. The Bucs drafted CB Myron Lewis in the third round, and with the preseason emergence of E.J. Biggers, Mack seemed like the odd man out. As usual, Mack emerged to make the roster and plays on special teams and in dime packages. He hopes to make his presence known Sunday when Tampa Bay hosts Carolina. "He's battled through injuries and he's just kind of that tough guy that you love on this football team," Bucs coach Raheem Morris said. "He comes out every day, he's businesslike in the walk-through, he's businesslike in the classrooms and he's businesslike on the field. "He's the example of (our roster) being driven from the bottom up, and there is no better person in the room than I can give an example about than E-Mack." Mack has three tackles as a defensive back and two on special teams. Despite his limited participation this season, he is happy to have defeated the odds again. "Sometimes I wake up and I don't even know how I've been doing it. I just know God has been pulling me through it," Mack said. "Sometimes you just have to be ready for whatever it is. You just got to take the blows and be ready to embark on whatever the journey is in life. Click here to continue reading.
There's always something happening in Florida. Either it be concerts, games or in this case finding 4 bears up in a pine tree. Below is the news article and video link of Florida residents waking up to 4 bears in a tree just relaxing:
A mother bear and three cubs found themselves up a pine tree in Florida, bringing out the neighbors to gawk and worry. (Nov. 2)
Click here to see the video of these curious bears.
