TAMPA, Fla. — Thousands of pirates are invading Tampa Bay looking for treasure in the form of beads and medallions. It's a tradition that has been going on now for more than 100 years.

Whether by land or by sea, thousands of people crowded Tampa’s waterfront along Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday for the annual Gasparilla Parade ... The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital ...

Esposito began sketching out designs for what would eventually become the Tampa Bay Lightning logo. “I literally would go home at night, and sit in my office and draw pictures of lightning bolts ...

Follow along with Tampa Bay Times reporters ... Here are some images of the invasion from photographers Luis Santana and Jefferee Woo. The Jose Gasparilla II pirate ship carries members of Ye ...

Hoist the colours! Another successful Gasparilla parade is in the books as droves of pirates made their descent on Tampa Bay Saturday afternoon, bringing cannon blasts and beads to Bayshore Boulevard.