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Tampa Bay sports, from a Pinellas seat
Bucs, Lightning and Rays plus our own Threshers and Blue Jays — next games, tickets, parking, recaps and a fan board for swapping seats.
The pro teams
Over the bridge and worth every minute.
NHL · Atlantic Division
Tampa Bay Lightning
MLB · AL East
Tampa Bay Rays
Pro soccer, in our backyard
The one pro team that actually plays in Pinellas — right on the St. Pete waterfront.
USL Championship · St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Rowdies
Waterfront soccer, green and gold, ten minutes from home
The only pro team that actually plays in Pinellas — Al Lang Stadium sits right on the St. Pete waterfront with sailboats behind the far goal. Loud supporters, cheap tickets and a downtown you can walk to before and after.
Next match
Schedule posting soon
- Home
- Al Lang Stadium
- Capacity
- ~7,200
- Address
- 230 1st St SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Local ball
Cheap tickets, promo nights and future big-leaguers — right here in Pinellas.
Clearwater
Clearwater Threshers
Dunedin
Dunedin Blue Jays
College sports
Student-athletes, packed campus venues and a whole lot of Pinellas kids on the roster.
NCAA Division I · Tampa
USF Bulls
- Conference
- American Athletic Conference
- Mascot
- Rocky the Bull
- Colors
- Green & gold
The University of South Florida fields Division I teams across football, hoops, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball and more — and a huge share of the roster came out of Pinellas high schools.
NCAA Division II · Tampa
Tampa Spartans
- Conference
- Sunshine State Conference
- Mascot
- Spartan (Captain Spartan)
- Colors
- Scarlet & black
The University of Tampa has stacked national championships in baseball and competes at a high level across a dozen sports — all on a gorgeous riverfront campus twenty minutes from the beach.
NCAA Division II · St. Petersburg
Eckerd Tritons
- Conference
- Sunshine State Conference
- Mascot
- Triton
- Colors
- Teal & gold
Eckerd College is the Pinellas college team — a waterfront St. Pete campus with Division II baseball, basketball, soccer and one of the best collegiate sailing programs in the country.
Latest sports coverage
Recaps and stories — the same posts you'll find on the Beach Blog.
November 1, 2026
Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Atlanta Falcons 16-0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons — a verified-data recap of the 2026-11-01 NFL game.
3 min read
October 31, 2026
Lightning Fall 5-4 in Nashville: Kucherov Deals, but Tampa Bay’s Power Play Comes Up Empty
Nikita Kucherov delivered three assists, but an 0-for-3 power play and Nashville’s 33-shot night left the Lightning on the wrong side of a 5-4 finish.
4 min read
October 31, 2026
USF 30, UAB 10: Bulls Turn a Halloween Hole Into a Defensive Horror Show
Down 10-0 at Raymond James Stadium, USF answered with 30 straight points. C.J. Hicks delivered four sacks, and two defensive touchdowns turned this Halloween game upside down.
4 min read
October 30, 2026
Rowdies 1, Miami FC 1: Miami Takes Penalties 5-4, Tampa Bay Takes the Frustration
Tampa Bay had 17 shots and eight corners at Al Lang, but Miami FC claimed the rivalry finish 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. More opportunities, no happy ending.
4 min read
October 29, 2026
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Winnipeg Jets 6-4
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Winnipeg Jets — a verified-data recap of the 2026-10-29 NHL game.
3 min read
October 29, 2026
Brewers 4, Rays 1: Eight Quiet Innings Sink Tampa Bay in World Series Game 5
The Rays finally scored in the ninth, but Milwaukee had already done the damage. A two-run sixth and Jacob Misiorowski’s scoreless start defined Game 5 at the Trop.
4 min read
October 28, 2026
Rays Take the Long Way Home: Tampa Bay Beats Brewers 4-3 in World Series Game 4
Milwaukee landed the first punch in the 12th. Tampa Bay answered with two runs, turning a long night at Tropicana Field into a 4-3 World Series Game 4 win.
4 min read
October 27, 2026
Brewers 10, Rays 1: Eight-Run Fifth Flattens Tampa Bay in World Series Game 3
The Trop got a World Series game and an eight-run nightmare. Milwaukee buried the Rays in the fifth, while Robert Gasser left Tampa Bay’s lineup searching for answers.
4 min read
October 25, 2026
Bucs 43, Panthers 13: Bucky Brings the Hammer, Tampa Bay Brings the Weird
Bucky Irving ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns, but a defensive score and a blocked-kick return made Tampa Bay’s Carolina beatdown wonderfully strange.
4 min read
Game day starts at home
Pre-game somewhere local first. Passport partners across Pinellas take 10% off — use it before you head over the bridge.