Tampa Bay Bucs wide receiver Tez Johnson does a celebratory end-zone flip after scoring a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during the second quarter of an Aug. 23 preseason game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, right, douses Kameron Misner, center, with ice water after Misner hit a walkoff home run to end the season opener with win vs. the Colorado Rockies at Tampa’s George M. Steinbrenner Field on March 28. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov celebrates what he thought was a third-period goal against the Vegas Golden Knights. But after a review, referees nullify it during an Oct. 26 game in Tampa. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Michelle Mastrototaro, a Port Tampa City resident, holds the hand of son Bryce Mastrototaro, who is battling cancer, while he sings to her at their Tampa residence on Aug. 20. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
A royal tern holds its chick at 3D Island on July 9 in Hillsborough Bay. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]<\/p>\n
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Tampa Bay Bucs running back Bucky Irving, right, tries to escape the reach of Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper Dejean (33) during the first quarter of a Sept. 28 game in Tampa. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Tez Johnson catches a pass in the end zone against the Buffalo Bills during the second quarter at of an Aug. 23 preseason game in Tampa. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Performers from the Mt. Song Martial Arts Academy do a dragon dance during the HAAPI (Honoring Asian American & Pacific Islanders) Festival at Albert Whitted Park on May 31 in St. Petersburg. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Freedom pokes James, a mentor, middle, while Samarra, a student, left, and Zach, a mentor, get into a position to place a bridle while being blindfolded during an equine therapy class at Inspired Acres onApril 24 in Clearwater. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Samuel VanMiddlesworth uses chalk to create sidewalk art during a chalk art rally at the intersection of Central Avenue and 25th Street on Sept. 1 in St. Petersburg. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]<\/p>\n
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield celebrates gets hyped after running for a first down against the New York Jets during the fourth quarter at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 21. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Christopher Morel leaps for a ball hit by the Los Angeles Angels’ Kyren Paris while a fan reaches for it during the second inning at George M. Steinbrenner Field on April 8 in Tampa. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson steals third base while Houston Astros closer Josh Hader pitches during the ninth inning of a May 19 game in Tampa. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Holly Bentley, an English teacher at East Bay High School, tends to her farm animals after feeding them at her Lithia residence on June 2. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Fritz Goltermann, a Tampa Port Ministries chaplain, climbs down the stairs of the Manta Nigar bulk carrier after he visits with Mutoffer Kapicioglu, the captain, at Port Tampa Bay on March 10. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]<\/p>\n
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Gloria Ramirez, middle, reunites with her parents, Juana Ortega, left, and Ezequiel Ramirez at Tampa International Airport on Jan. 27. They had been apart for 23 years. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Ralph Blais, 63, of Nova Scotia, Canada, decorates his facial hair with skull beads before the start of the 106th Gasparilla Invasion around downtown Tampa on Jan. 25. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Luc Boillot of Plantation retrieves the cross during the 119th Epiphany ceremony at Spring Bayou in Tarpon Springs on Jan. 6. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs directs a fist pump toward fans after the Bucs defeat the New Orleans Saints 27-19 on Jan. 5 at Raymond James Stadium. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Justin Thomas reacts after hitting out of a sand trap on the 18th hole during the final round of the Valspar Championship PGA tournament at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor on March 23. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]<\/p>\n
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IndyCar driver \u00c1lex Palou wins the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 2. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson relaxes in the dugout ahead of a game against the Houston Astros on May 19 in Tampa. [\u00a0JEFFEREE WOO | Times\u00a0]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Bucs wide receiver Tez Johnson does a celebratory end-zone flip after scoring a touchdown against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,4,297,65352,27048,19757,62862,19476,19475,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-489526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rays","11":"tag-section-bucs","12":"tag-section-life-culture","13":"tag-section-news","14":"tag-section-photos","15":"tag-section-rays","16":"tag-section-sports","17":"tag-tampa-bay","18":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","19":"tag-tampabay","20":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115764874778454344","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}