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Pitcher Chris Archer signed a one-year, $6.5 million deal to return to the Rays, where he previously played for eight seasons.
Feeling like a rookie and a veteran in his second stint with Tampa Bay, the pitcher has made many connections to make.
The former Bulls star quarterback is turning heads as an offensive analyst this spring.
Starting with the March 13 game, Lightning will open arena to general public for first time this season.
Proceeds from the promotion will benefit those with intellectual, developmental disabilities.

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  1. Pitcher Chris Archer signed a one-year, $6.5 million deal to return to the Rays, where he previously played for eight seasons.
  2. From left: Hillsborough County Commissioner Gwen Myers, Craig Richard from the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor tour the new REI Co-op store on March 4 at Midtown Tampa. The store is an anchor tenant at the development, which offers retail, residential, hotel and office buildings on a campus of 11 buildings.
  3. Bucs quarterback Tom Brady will give one lucky fan the chance to spend a day playing catch and having lunch with him. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit an organization that helps those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
  4. BJ Daniels was one of the best players in USF history before becoming an analyst with the Bulls.
  5. A player wears a face mask as he walks to a drill during San Diego Padres spring training baseball practice in Peoria, Ariz on Feb. 27, 2021. A study published on Thursday, March 4, 2021 in JAMA Cardiology, suggests that heart inflammation is uncommon in pro athletes who’ve had mild COVID-19 and most don’t need to be sidelined.
  6. In this 2017 photo, runners head down the stretch to the finish line in the 121st Boston Marathon in Boston. Rival camps in the running world began snapping at each other's heels in March 2021 after the Boston Athletic Association, which still hopes to hold a truncated in-person edition of the footrace in October, said it would award medals to up to 70,000 athletes if they go the distance wherever they are.
  7. A proposed ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports in Utah would affect transgender girls like this 12-year-old swimmer seen at a pool in Utah on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. She and her family spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to avoid outing her publicly.
  8. Ronnie Jerger, 12, of Madeira Beach, fist bumps IndyCar Dale Coyne Racing driver Santino Ferrucci (18), right of United States, right, ahead of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday, October 25, 2020.
  9. New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig, the "Iron Horse", wipes away a tear during a sold-out tribute at Yankee Stadium July 4, 1939.  Gehrig's record breaking career was cut short by neuromuscular disease.
  10. Tampa Bay Lightning fans celebrate as right wing Barclay Goodrow (19) scores the empty net goal int final minute as the Lightning shutout the Carolina Hurricanes with a final score of 3-0 at Amalie Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 in Tampa.
  11. The Rays today will get their first in-game look at Luis Patino, the hard-throwing right-hander acquired from San Diego in the Blake Snell trade.
  12. In this Sept. 13, 2020, file photo, Sheila Ford Hamp, Detroit Lions principal owner and chairman, watches during the first half of the team's NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit.
  13. Pete Rose is one of five players who will appear at the 1980 Philly World Series Championship Reunion March 21 at Ruth Eckerd Hall.
  14. Ryan Yarbrough is scheduled to start Thursday's exhibition game against the Twins in Fort Myers.
  15. FSU football coach Mike Norvell has had plenty to celebrate over the last two months.
  16. Florida State senior guard RayQuan Evans, seen here in a game against North Carolina on Saturday, scores six points in a win against Boston College on Wednesday at Tallahassee. Florida State started five seniors in its final home game of the season.
  17. Missouri guard Dru Smith drives the baseline for a reverse layup to score the winning basket against Florida on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Gainesville.
  18. Pistons center Mason Plumlee, right, dunks over Raptors guard Norman Powell during the first half Wednesday in Tampa.
  19. Rays second baseman Vidal Brujan is hit by a wild pitch during Wednesday's spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Port Charlotte.
  20. Rays shortstop Wander Franco hits a home run during the second inning of Wednesday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Port Charlotte.
  21. Bishop McLaughlin junior guard Emanuel Sharp slams down a dunk during a 79-71 victory over Andrew Jackson Wednesday in a Class 3A state semifinal. Sharp made 21 of 22 free throw attempts, scored 39 points and had four steals.
  22. Yankees manager Aaron Boone took a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days.
  23. Workers collect debris beside a vehicle after a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods Tuesday last month in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles.
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