2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers
The Buccaneers took a 7–0 lead after a 14-yard touchdown pass from Josh Freeman to Earnest Graham. Carolina tied answered with Matt Moore completing a 37-yard touchdown pass to  Steve Smith. Tampa Bay scored a 35-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams to take a 14–7 lead into half time. Connor Barth scored two field goals in the second half, and Tampa Bay won 20–7.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers
The Buccaneers defense dominated Carolina, holding Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams to 43 and 54 yards rushing, respectively. Matt Moore completed only 6 of 16 passes with one interception, while being sacked four times. Moore was benched in favor of rookie Jimmy Clausen, who was unable to rally the Panthers. Josh Freeman passed for 178 yards and two touchdowns. With the win, Tampa Bay improved to 2–0.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Tampa Bay took an early 3–0 lead with Connor Barth's 40-yard field goal. However, Pittsburgh dominated the remainder of the game. Mike Wallace caught two touchdown passes of 46 yards and 41 yards, respectively. The Steelers rushed for 201 yards, and routed Tampa Bay 38–13.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cincinnati Bengals
Coming out of their bye week, the Buccaneers traveled to Cincinnati to face the Bengals. The Bengals took an early 7–0 lead after Carson Palmer threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens. At the end the first quarter, the Buccaneers pinned the Bengals back at their own 6-yard line. One the first play of the second quarter, Cody Grimm intercepted Palmer, and returned the ball 11 yards for a touchdown for a 7–7 tie. A Mike Nugent 31-yard field goal gave the Bengals a 10–7 halftime lead.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cincinnati Bengals
In the third quarter, Tampa Bay drove 80 yards for their second touchdown, and a 14–10 lead. the Bengals replied with a field goal, to trim their deficit to 14–13. Micheal Spurlock fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and the Bengals recovered deep in Tampa Bay territory.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Cincinnati Bengals
In the fourth quarter, the Bengals capitalized on the turnover. Palmer found Jermaine Gresham for a 1-yard touchdown pass (along with a successful Cedric Benson 2-point conversion run) to take a 21–14 lead. The teams traded possession twice, and with 2:28 remaining, the Bengals faced 3rd down & 8 at their own 43-yard line. Tampa Bay had no timeouts, and a first down would secure the win for Cincinnati. Palmer was intercepted by Aqib Talib at the 50-yard line. Five plays later, Josh Freeman completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams. With 25 second left, the Buccaneers again intercepted Palmer. Sabby Piscitelli returned the ball to the Cincinnati 34-yard line. With 5 seconds left in regulation, Connor Barth made a 31-yard field goal to win the game 24–21.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay trailed early after Drew Brees completed touchdown passes of 41 yards and 42 yards to Lance Moore and Robert Meachem. New Orleans led Tampa Bay 24–0 at the end of the third quarter. Tampa Bay scored in the fourth quarter with Josh Freeman completing 2-yard touchdown pass to Micheal Spurlock, and avoided a shutout.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. St. Louis Rams
Tampa Bay took the lead 3–0 as kicker Connor Barth made a 35-yard field goal. The Rams, however, scored 17 unanswered points in the second quarter. Josh Brown made a 25-yard field goal. The next two Rams drives saw two Sam Bradford touchdown passes to Danny Amendola and Michael Hoomanawanui, respectively. Barth nailed a 39-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter, and the Rams took a 17–6 lead into halftime.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. St. Louis Rams
The Buccaneers offense continued to sputter in the second half. Barth connected on two more field goals (53 yards and 38 yards) to trim the score to 17–12. The Tampa Bay defense held the Rams scoreless in the third quarter.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. St. Louis Rams
With 4:45 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Buccaneer offense finally broke through. Josh Freeman led the team on a 16-play, 81-yard drive, capped off by a 1-yard touchdown pass to "Cadillac" Williams with 10 seconds left in the game. A failed two-point conversion followed, but the Buccaneers held on to win 18–17.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. St. Louis Rams
Jerramy Stevens was left inactive for the game, following a drug-related arrest the night before the game. A day later, Stevens was released.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Arizona Cardinals
The Buccaneers won their fifth straight road game (dating back to the previous season) with a shootout win against the Cardinals.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Arizona Cardinals
Arizona took the early lead after a 3-yard touchdown pass from Max Hall to Larry Fitzgerald. On their next drive, Geno Hayes intercepted Hall, and returned 41-yards for a touchdown. Early in the second quarter, Buccaneers returner Sammie Stroughter muffed a punt and the ball was recovered by the Cardinals at the Tampa Bay 16-yard line. Beanie Wells scored a 1-yard touchdown run off the turnover, and the Cardinals led 14–7. On the ensuing drive, Josh Freeman drove the Buccaneers 80 yards in only three plays, completing a 47-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams and a 14–14 tie.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Arizona Cardinals
Four plays later, Aqib Talib returned Hall's second interception 45 yards for a touchdown and the Buccaneers led 21–14. Hall was benched in favor of Derek Anderson. Anderson drove the Cardinals to the Tampa Bay 3-yard line, but threw incomplete on a 4th down & 2 and turned the ball over on downs. Tampa Bay drove 94 yards in the final three minutes, and Connor Barth kicked a field goal as the half expired.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Arizona Cardinals
In the third quarter, Tampa Bay increased their lead to 31–14 after a LeGarrette Blount touchdown run. Arizona rallied, however. LaRod Stephens-Howling rushed for a 30-yard touchdown with one minute left in the third quarter. Blount fumbled the ball on the first play of the ensuing drive, and Gerald Hayes recovered the ball 21 yards for a Cardinals touchdown.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Arizona Cardinals
With 9:46 left in the game, Arizona took the lead 35–31 following Anderson's 5-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald. Tampa Bay answered with Blount's second touchdown run, and a 38–35 lead. Barrett Ruud intercepted Anderson on the first play of the next drive, which set up a 53-yard field goal attempt by Barth. Tampa Bay chose to attempt the long field goal instead of punting. The kick was blocked, and the Cardinals took over with 3:16 remaining in good field position. Anderson drove the Cardinals to the Tampa Bay 20-yard line, but he was intercepted by Aqib Talib, who clinched the win for Tampa Bay.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons
Michael Turner rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns, as the Falcons held off the Buccaneers 27–21 in an NFC South division rivalry game. The Falcons took an early 14–0 lead after Turner's two touchdown runs of 2 and 10 yards. Micheal Spurlock took the next kickoff return 66 yards to the Atlanta 32-yard line, which set up Tampa Bay's first score. Josh Freeman completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Arrelious Benn to make the score 14–7. Atlanta drove to the Tampa Bay 13, and Matt Bryant made a 31-yard field goal to increase the lead to 17–7. With two minutes remaining in the half, Freeman found Mike Williams for a 58-yard touchdown pass, and a 17–14 halftime score.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons
On the first drive of the third quarter, Freeman was intercepted by Jonathan Babineaux at the Tampa Bay 30-yard line. Matt Ryan threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Michael Palmer. After another field goal Atlanta led 27–14. On the ensuing kickoff, Maurice Stovall bobbled the ball, and Micheal Spurlock scooped it up at the 11-yard line. Spurlock avoided tackles, and tightroped down the sideline for an 89-yard kickoff return touchdown.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons
Trailing 27–21 with 2:44 remaining, Freeman had driven the Buccaneers 89 yards in 12 plays to the Atlanta 2-yard line. Facing 4th down & 1 at the Atlanta 2, LeGarrette Blount was tackled for no gain, and held at the line of scrimmage, which turned the ball over on downs. Atlanta remained undefeated at home, winning 27–21.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers
Hoping to rebound from their loss to the Falcons the Buccaneers played on home ground for an NFC South rivalry match against the Panthers. In the 1st quarter the Buccaneers took the lead as QB Josh Freeman made an 8-yard TD pass to WR Arrelious Benn. The Panthers narrowed the lead with kicker John Kasay hitting a 46-yard field goal. The Buccaneers increased their lead in the second quarter with RB LeGarrette Blount getting a 17-yard TD run; but the Panthers replied with RB Josh Vaughan making a 2-yard TD run.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers
Tampa Bay scored again when Freeman found TE Kellen Winslow on a 20-yard TD pass. The lead was narrowed with Kasay's 28 and 48-yard field goals, but the Buccaneers pulled away in the fourth quarter with kicker Connor Barth nailing a 32-yard field goal, and with RB Cadillac Williams getting a 45-yard TD run.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Carolina Panthers
With the win, Tampa Bay not only improved to 6–3, but achieved a season sweep over the Carolina Panthers.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
Tampa Bay sacked Troy Smith six times, forced two turnovers, and held the 49ers to only 189 total yards of offense, in a shutout win by the score of 21–0. It was the Buccaneers first win at San Francisco since 1980, and the 49ers first home shutout since 1977.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
Early in the second quarter, Tampa Bay drove 80 yards in 14 plays, culminating in a 6-yard touchdown run by Cadillac Williams. Tampa Bay took a 7–0 lead into halftime.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
With 3:36 remaining in the third quarter, Josh Freeman completed a pass 33 yards to Mike Williams to the San Francisco 33-yard line. Four plays later, Freeman completed to Williams for an 8-yard touchdown pass, and a 14–0 lead. The Tampa Bay defense forced a turnover on downs, and on San Francisco's next possession, Ronde Barber intercepted Troy Smith. The turnover led to Tampa Bay's third touchdown, a 1-yard pass to offensive tackle Donald Penn.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
With the shut out win, Tampa Bay improved to 7–3


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
Wide receiver Mike Williams was arrested two days before the game for DUI charges, but was released on bail and played in the game.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Baltimore Ravens
The Buccaneers traveled to M&T Bank Stadium to face the Baltimore Ravens. In a largely defensive game, the teams traded field goals in the second quarter. The game was tied 3–3 with 4:32 remaining in the first half. Quarterback Joe Flacco struck quickly, however, completing touchdown passes of 65 yards and 10 yards, to Todd Heap and Derrick Mason respectively, just before half time.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Baltimore Ravens
Trailing 17–3 with about three minutes left in the game, Josh Freeman completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Kellen Winslow. The Buccaneers were unable to get the ball back on offense, and fell by a score of 17–10.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Buccaneers hosted division rival Atlanta, wearing their orange throwback uniforms. Tied 7–7 in the second quarter, Matt Ryan completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Ovie Mughelli and a 14–7 Atlanta lead. With two minutes left in the first half, Ryan was intercepted by Sean Jones. With 15 seconds left in the half, Josh Freeman threw a touchdown pass to Mike Williams, to tie the score at 14–14.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Connor Barth kicked a 33-yard field goal, and Tampa Bay took a 17–14 lead in the third quarter. With 12:33 left in the game, Corey Lynch intercepted Matt Ryan. The turnover led to a 2-yard touchdown pass to John Gilmore, and Tampa Bay led 24–14 with 10:24 remaining.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Eric Weems returned the ensuing kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown. That trimmed the lead to 24–21. On Atlanta's next drive, Ronde Barber was called for pass interference, and Quincy Black was penalized for a "horse-collar tackle." Atlanta quickly scored a 9-yard touchdown pass to Michael Jenkins, and took a 28–24 lead with 4:31 left.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Josh Freeman led Tampa Bay on a hopeful go-ahead drive. Facing 4th down and 12 at the Atlanta 46-yard line, Freeman completed a 19-yard pass to Sammie Stroughter to keep the drive alive. On the next play, however, Freeman was intercepted by Brent Grimes at the 19-yard line, securing the victory for Atlanta.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Washington Redskins
Tampa Bay faced Washington, on a cold, rainy afternoon. The wet conditions saw Redskins kicker Graham Gano miss two field goals early. One hit the upright, and the second sailed wide left. Despite Ryan Torain already having rushed for 133 yards to that point, the score still remained 0–0.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Washington Redskins
On the Buccaneers next possession, LeGarrette Blount fumbled away the ball, which led to a Washington score. Donovan McNabb completed a touchdown pass to Logan Paulsen, and the Redskins took the lead 7–0. On the next play, Josh Freeman completed a 64-yard pass to Arrelious Benn, which led to a field goal, and the game went to halftime with Washington leading 10–3.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Washington Redskins
Connor Barth scored field goals on Tampa Bay's first two possessions of the second half. At the end of the third quarter, Washington clung to a 10–9 lead.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Washington Redskins
In the fourth quarter, Freeman drove the Buccaneers 79 yards to the Washington 1-yard line. After a 43-yard pass to Benn, which gave them 1st & Goal at the 1-yard line, Freeman fumbled away the ball and Washington recovered. However, Washington failed to score on their next two drives. With less than 4 minutes left, Tampa Bay took the lead 17–10 when Freeman threw a touchdown pass to Kellen Winslow II, then rushed in himself for the two-point conversion.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Washington Redskins
In the final minutes, Donovan McNabb drove the Redskins 75 yards for a potential game-tying score. McNabb threw a touchdown pass to Santana Moss with 9 seconds left in regulation. On the extra point try, the snap sailed over the head of holder Hunter Smith, and the attempt failed, giving the Buccaneers the victory by a score of 17–16.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions
Tampa Bay trailed Detroit 7–0 after the first quarter. The Buccaneers rallied in the second quarter, as Josh Freeman completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams, followed by 39-yard touchdown run by LeGarrette Blount.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions
In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay trailed 17–14. Freeman drove the Buccaneers to the Detroit 1-yard line. Kellen Winslow caught a touchdown pass, but it was nullified by an offensive pass interference penalty, and the Buccaneers settled for a field goal and a 17–17 tie. Tampa Bay took a 20–17 lead with 1:44 remaining in regulation. However, Detroit drove down the field, and Dave Rayner kicked a field goal for Detroit, and tied the game as time expired. Detroit won the coin toss in overtime, and Rayner kicked the game-winning field goal on the first possession.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions
Had the Buccaneers won (or tied) this game, they would have qualified for the playoffs and denied the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers a postseason berth.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Josh Freeman threw for 237 yards and threw five touchdown passes, tying a franchise record, as Tampa Bay routed Seattle 38–15.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Seattle Seahawks
In the first quarter, Matt Hasselbeck scrambled for a 1-yard touchdown to give Seattle a 7–0 lead. However, Hasselbeck suffered a muscle strain on the play, and was sidelined for the remainder of the game. Backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst was forced to take over for Seattle.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Micheal Spurlock returned the ensuing kickoff 79 yards to the Seattle 17-yard line, setting up a Connor Barth field goal. Tampa Bay scored 31 unanswered points, including two touchdown passes apiece from Freeman to Kellen Winslow and Mike Williams.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New Orleans Saints
Looking to secure a playoff spot, the Buccaneers played at New Orleans. Trailing 3–7 in the second quarter, the Buccaneers took the lead with Josh Freeman completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to Dezmon Briscoe. The Saints tied the game after Garrett Hartley's 45-yard field goal in the third quarter. Tampa Bay re-took the lead after another field goal, then stretched their lead with Freeman's second touchdown pass of the day. The Saints tried to narrow the gap with Hartley making a 38-yard field goal, but the Buccaneers held on to win.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New Orleans Saints
With the win, the Buccaneers finished with a 10–6 record, but the Green Bay Packers victory over the Chicago Bears later that day gave them the 6th seed due to a strength of victory tie-breaker and eliminated the Buccaneers from playoff contention. This was also tied with the Giants but were eliminated because of Green Bay's tie breaker with them and the Giants.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Off-season, 2010 Draft class
After finishing the 2009 season with a record of 3–13, the Buccaneers picked third. The Buccaneers also had an additional second round pick from a trade that sent the late defensive end Gaines Adams to the Chicago Bears, a fifth round pick from the New England Patriots in a trade that sent tight end Alex Smith to the Patriots, and two additional seventh round picks; one from the Jacksonville Jaguars for quarterback Luke McCown, and one from the Baltimore Ravens for defensive end Marques Douglas. The Buccaneers traded their 2010 fifth-round selection and a 2009 second-round selection to the Browns for TE Kellen Winslow II.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Off-season, 2010 Draft class, Undrafted free agents
After the draft many of the players that went unpicked are signed by teams to fill out their rosters and create competition for places on the roster. These undrafted free agents have a long shot of making the team for the start of the regular season but there have been some notable recent Buccaneer success stories such as Clifton Smith and Elbert Mack. The following were signed after the draft as first year players.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Television blackouts
All of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers home games (preseason and regular season) have been blacked out on local television because the games failed to sell out prior to 72 hours before kickoff. The affiliates affected include WTVT, WTSP, and WFLA (preseason) in the Tampa/St. Pete market, as well as WOFL, WKMG and WFTV (preseason) in the Orlando market. Despite their improvement and being in the playoff hunt, Tampa Bay Buccaneers became the first NFL team of the 2010 season to not sell out a single home game.


2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Television blackouts
The Week 1 blackout against Cleveland marked the first regular season game at Raymond James Stadium that failed to sell out. The last TV blackout occurred in 1997.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season
The Tampa Bay Rays' 2010 season was their 13th season of baseball. They improved on their 84–78 record from 2009 by finishing the regular season 96–66, and qualifying for the postseason for the second time in history by winning their second AL East division championship in three years.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Outfielder Gabe Kapler, who had been signed before the 2009 season to just a one-year contract, was re-signed to another one-year deal for $1.05 million on October 27, 2009.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Second baseman Akinori Iwamura was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for relief pitcher Jesse Chavez on November 3, 2009. Iwamura had a $4.85 million option for 2010, but with several other players in the organization who could fill the position, the Rays decided to part ways with Iwamura by trading him.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Andrew Friedman, the Rays' Vice President of Baseball Operations, stated that it was "tough to put into words" what "Aki" meant to the Rays, who had been with the team since the 2006 season, and was the player who recorded the final out in the 2008 American League Championship Series that sent the Rays to their first World Series.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
On November 9, 2009, the Rays chose to exercise the 2010 option of left fielder Carl Crawford, worth $10 million, but declined the options of relief pitcher Brian Shouse and catcher Gregg Zaun that would have been worth $2 million each.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
The Rays acquired catcher Kelly Shoppach from the Cleveland Indians on December 1, 2009, for a player to be named later. That player turned out to be minor-league pitcher Mitch Talbot.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Jesse Chavez was dealt to the Atlanta Braves for relief pitcher Rafael Soriano on December 10, 2009.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
The Rays had been in talks with the Chicago Cubs to send Pat Burrell to Chicago in exchange for Milton Bradley. Both players would make the same amount of money in 2010, but while Burrell would be at the end of his contract following the conclusion of the season, Bradley was owed $13 million in 2011, a price the Rays were not willing to take on all of. Unable to make an agreement on how to split the cost, the Cubs eventually sent Bradley to the Seattle Mariners on December 18, 2009.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
First baseman Dan Johnson was signed to a $500,000 contract for one year on January 11. Johnson, who played the 2009 season in Japan's Central League, was regarded as a hero for the Rays in the 2008 season for a game-tying solo home run in the 9th inning of a game in early September against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Rays, who needed a win that night to keep their division lead over Boston, went on to do just that.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
Relief pitcher J. P. Howell, starting pitcher Matt Garza and shortstop Jason Bartlett all signed one-year contracts to avoid salary arbitration. Only center fielder B. J. Upton went to salary arbitration, though he did state he was interested in a long-term deal with the Rays. Upton's arbitration case was held on February 12. He asked for $3.3 million, but the case was awarded to the Rays, meaning he would make $3 million instead.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason
On February 3, 2010, the Rays signed reliever Mike Ekstrom, recently waived by the San Diego Padres, to a minor-league contract and placed him on the 40-man roster. Catcher Alvin Colina and reliever Heath Phillips were also signed to minor-league contracts and invited to spring training.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason, Organizational changes
One day after the end of the 2008 season, the Rays let hitting coach Steve Henderson go. Quality assurance coach Todd Greene would not return either, as the position was eliminated. Derek Shelton was hired as the team's new hitting coach on October 21. Shelton had been with the Cleveland Indians in the previous five seasons.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason, Organizational changes
On February 3, the Rays announced a naming deal with fertilizer manufacturer The Mosaic Company for Charlotte County Stadium, their spring training facility, changing its name to Mosaic Field at Charlotte Sports Park. However, after public opposition to this deal was made known, the plans were "deferred", and the stadium would continue to be known as Charlotte Sports Park.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Offseason, Organizational changes
Rocco Baldelli returned to the Rays on March 2 as a "special assistant" who would work with younger players. Baldelli stated that he hurt his shoulder in the previous season playing for the Boston Red Sox that may require surgery, and though he felt uncomfortable going into Spring training, he was "not ready to retire" and was hopeful to play again some day. Andrew Friedman, the Rays' Vice President of Baseball Operations, said that the one-year deal was not done with the intention of bringing Baldelli back as a player in 2010, but also said that "anything's possible."


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training
Infielder Hank Blalock was signed to a minor-league contract on March 8. Blalock was first reported to be interested in signing with either the Rays or the Florida Marlins just days before the deal was made.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training
Catcher Dioner Navarro injured his left leg on March 20 during a game against the Minnesota Twins, after Twins outfielder Jacque Jones collided with him at the plate. Navarro was reported to be in serious pain and had to be carted off the field. Later that day it was announced that Navarro suffered a bruised nerve. The Rays said that the injury was not bad enough that it would cause Navarro to miss opening day.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Spring training
The Rays finished Spring training with a team record 20 wins, and had the highest win percentage of all teams in the league.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
On April 6, during the Rays' first game of the season, Evan Longoria hit a home run that landed in the left field upper deck seating of Tropicana Field. In doing so, Longoria became just the second player to hit a home run that landed in that upper deck section without hitting one of the stadium's catwalks, the first player being Vinny Castilla on April 4, 2001. Longoria's home run was also estimated to have gone 473 feet, making it the third longest home run in the stadium's history, behind a 474-foot home run by Jonny Gomes on July 9, 2005, and the aforementioned home run by Castilla, which traveled 478 feet.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
The Rays began the season with a 10–3 record, their best start in franchise history. At one point in the first two weeks of the season, the Rays won seven consecutive games, all on the road. Included in this win streak was their first series sweep of more than two games against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
Catcher Kelly Shoppach underwent right knee surgery on April 19 and was expected to be out for 4–6 weeks.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
On April 23, Ben Zobrist was given a 5-year contract extension, with team options in both of the final two years of the contract.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
Catcher Dioner Nivarro was given a two-game suspension on April 27 because of an on-field incident with umpire Dan Bellino that took place during a game on April 23. Navarro was ejected from that game by Bellino for arguing balls and strikes in the 6th inning, but before leaving the field, Navarro bumped chests with the umpire.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, April
At the end of the month the Rays held the best record in the league at 17–6, and had a 1½ game lead in the division. The 17–6 record was the best in franchise history for the month of April, as well as the best April in league history since the New York Yankees went 21–6 in the 2003 season.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history against the Rays on May 9, the second time in less than a year that the Rays had been on the losing end of perfection. The first occurred on July 23, 2009, when Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox did not allow a single Rays batter to reach base, which was also the most recent perfect game pitched prior to Braden's. The Los Angeles Dodgers had been the only other franchise to be the losing team of consecutive perfect games pitched in the majors. No team who had a perfect game pitched against them had a higher winning percentage than the Rays did, who entered the game with a league-best 22–8 record.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
On May 15, Pat Burrell was designated for assignment after another struggling start to the season. He would later clear waivers and become a free agent. The Rays called up Hank Blalock to replace him on the roster. Blalock's minor league contract included an out clause that his agent Scott Boras stated he would activate within the next week, which would force the Rays to either promote him or let him become a free agent. However Andrew Friedman, Executive Vice President of the Rays, said that this was not a factor in the decision to bring him up.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
Having already missed the start of the season, relief pitcher J. P. Howell threw in a simulated game, but was forced to stop after only 12 pitches. After being examined by the Rays' head athletic trainer, manager Joe Maddon talked to reporters saying that Howell had a "definite setback." On May 19 it was announced that Howell underwent surgery on his left shoulder, and would miss the entire 2010 season.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
Shortstop Jason Bartlett suffered a "mild" right hamstring strain during a game on May 29 as he attempted to field a ground ball hit into center field. He was reported as day-to-day, expected to miss at least the next game. A few days later it was revealed that there was a chance he would be placed on the disabled list, and on June 3, that was the decision made.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, May
The Rays went 17–12 in May, improving their league-best record to 34–18, and held a 2½ game division lead.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
Catcher Kelly Shoppach was brought up from his triple-A rehab assignment on June 3.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
In the 2010 MLB draft, the Rays used their first selection (17th overall) on Josh Sale, an outfielder out of Bishop Blanchet High School, located in Seattle, Washington. His signing was officially announced by the team on the morning of August 17.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
Outfielder Gabe Kapler was put on the disabled list on June 12 for a hip flexor strain. Justin Ruggiano was called up to take the open spot on the roster. Ruggiano wouldn't stay long however, being sent back down when Jason Bartlett was activated from the disabled list on June 15.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
On June 12, Carlos Peña hit a home run for the sixth consecutive game. This broke the team record for homers in consecutive games, set by Jose Canseco, who went deep in five straight games during the 1999 season. Peña's streak was snapped the next day, going hitless in four at-bats. Peña had been struggling throughout the season offensively, and some called for him to be benched as recently as the week prior.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
Dioner Navarro was optioned to triple-A Durham on June 24. Left fielder Carl Crawford was removed from that day's game with soreness in his shoulder and reported as day-to-day, so outfielder Matt Joyce was called up to take the open spot on the roster.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
On June 25, the Rays were once again unable to record a base hit in a game, this time in a 1–0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The pitcher who threw the no-hitter was Edwin Jackson, who spent four seasons with the Rays until being traded after the 2008 season. This was the third no-hitter pitched against the Rays in less than a year, however unlike the previous two, this was not a perfect game, as 10 batters reached base by virtue of a walk, error, or hit by pitch. The Rays became the first team to be no-hit twice in the same season since the San Diego Padres in 2001.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
Once Gabe Kapler was able to be activated from the disabled list, the Rays needed to make a cut on June 29. Hank Blalock was chosen to be designated for assignment. Manager Joe Maddon praised Blalock for his work ethic, professionalism, and the impact he had in the clubhouse, but said there just weren't enough opportunities for him with the team.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, June
In the month of June, the Rays went 11–14. Dropping to 45–32 overall at the end of the month, they entered July two games behind the division lead.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
On July 4, three Rays were selected to play for the American League in the 2010 MLB All-Star Game on July 13. Left fielder Carl Crawford and third baseman Evan Longoria were both named starters by way of fan vote, while pitcher David Price was elected by the players. This was Crawford's fourth selection to the Midsummer Classic, Longoria's third, and Price's first. All three became the first Rays to be starting players in the All-Star Game. Price was named the starting pitcher for the American League the day before the game.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
Jose Canseco would have been the first in 1999, but missed out due to an injury. Longoria had the opportunity in 2009, but also had to withdraw due to an injury. Closer Rafael Soriano was added to the roster on July 6, his first-ever selection, giving the Rays four all-stars. Soriano replaced New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera after it was announced that Rivera would not play because of injuries. Soriano was picked by having the next-highest total of votes on the players' ballot.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
At the All-Star Break, the Rays had a 54–34 record, were second in the AL East, and two games behind first. They led the AL wild card race by three games.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
Rocco Baldelli signed a minor-league contract with the Rays on July 19. There was speculation prior to the season that Baldelli would return to the Rays as a player when he returned to the organization as a "special assistant". His first game was on the same day of the signing, having been assigned to class-A Charlotte. He has been expected to spend several weeks in the minors before a possible call-up to the Rays.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
On July 26, the Rays were the winning team in a no-hitter for a change, as Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in team history in a 5–0 win over the Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field in front of an announced crowd of 17,009. Throwing 120 pitches, Garza faced the minimum 27 batters, allowing only one to reach base on a walk in the second inning.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, July
Posting a 19–7 record for the month of July, the Rays finished the month with an overall record of 64–39. Though they were two games behind for the division lead, they led the wild card by 5½ games.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
Jeremy Hellickson, one of the Rays' best pitching prospects, made his major league debut on August 2 against the Minnesota Twins. He posted a 12–3 record and 2.45 ERA in triple-A before being called up. To make room for him on the roster, Andy Sonnanstine was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 23. In his debut, Hellickson pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits and retired the first ten batters he faced, ending up as the winning pitcher.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
His stay in the majors lasted only that night however, as expected when it was first reported that he would make his first career start. Following the game, he was optioned back down to triple-A, in favor of position player Dan Johnson. In triple-A, Johnson was hitting .303 with 30 home runs and 95 RBIs.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
First baseman Carlos Peña was placed on the disabled list on August 6, retroactive to August 1. On July 31, Peña was removed from a game with what was initially described as a foot injury and had not played since. The reason for his placement on the DL was reported as a partial tear of the plantar fascia ligament on the bottom of his foot. Relief pitcher Dale Thayer was recalled to fill the vacated roster spot.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
David Price won his 15th game of the season on August 9, surpassing the franchise record for wins in a single season. The previous record of 14 wins was shared by Rolando Arrojo, James Shields and Edwin Jackson. Arrojo set the record in the club's inaugural season, while Shields and Jackson tied the record in 2008.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
Starting pitchers Jeff Niemann and Wade Davis were both placed on the 15-day disabled list on August 9 for shoulder strains. The move allowed Jeremy Hellickson to be added back to the roster, as well as relief pitcher Mike Ekstrom.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
Gabe Kapler was put on the disabled list with an ankle sprain on August 16. His spot on the roster was taken by Carlos Peña, who was eligible to come off the DL that same day.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
On August 27, the Rays signed outfielder Brad Hawpe to a minor league contract and assigned him to class-A Charlotte. He was called up to the Rays on August 31, making him playoff eligible. To make room for him, pitcher Andy Sonnanstine was sent down to class-A Hudson Valley, though he will not have to remain there long, as a player can be recalled before the mandatory 10 days if the team's season ends before then, and Hudson Valley's season ends September 4.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, August
At the end of August, the Rays were 81–51, having gone 17–12 during the month. They trailed the New York Yankees for the division lead by a single game, though the two teams had been tied for first place in each of the previous eight days. However the Rays were still in position to make the playoffs heading into the last full month of the regular season, leading the Boston Red Sox in the wild card by seven games.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September/October
On the first of September, Rocco Baldelli, Jeremy Hellickson, Desmond Jennings and Dioner Navarro were all called up as a result of roster expansions, with Dale Thayer being sent down. Also, relief pitcher Grant Balfour was activated from the disabled list that day.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September/October
Closer Rafael Soriano recorded his 44th save on September 24, setting a new franchise record for saves in a single season. The previous record was held by Roberto Hernández, who saved 43 games in 1999.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September/October
They Rays secured a playoff spot on September 28 after a 5–0 win at home against the Baltimore Orioles.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, September/October
On the final day of the regular season, the AL East was still up for grabs with both the Rays and New York Yankees tied for first place. For the Rays to clinch the division, they needed either a win, or a loss by the Yankees. When all was said and done, both happened, as the Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox prior to the Rays defeating the Kansas City Royals in extra innings. In September and October combined, the Rays split 30 games, going 15–15. They finished the regular season 96–66, winning the division by a single game, and finishing one win shy of their franchise record set in 2008. The Rays also had home field advantage through the American League side of the postseason.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
In the ALDS, the Rays faced the Texas Rangers. The Rangers finished the regular season with a 90–72 record, and won the AL West division championship to clinch their first postseason berth since 1999. In the regular season, the Rays were 4–2 against the Rangers.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
The series opened at Tropicana Field for Game 1, with the Rays sending out 19-game winner David Price against Cliff Lee of the Rangers. The Rays put pressure on Lee in the 1st inning by loading the bases, but they would not plate a run after a controversial strikeout by Carlos Peña and another strikeout by Rocco Baldelli to end the inning. In the 2nd inning, the Rangers jumped out to a 2–0 lead after RBIs from Jeff Francoeur and Bengie Molina.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
In the 3rd and 4th innings, Price would yield solo home runs to Nelson Cruz and Molina, respectively, which put Texas up 4–0. The Rangers added to their lead in the 5th when Vladimir Guerrero doubled off the wall in center field, which scored Josh Hamilton from 2nd base to make it 5–0. The Rays got on the board in the 7th inning when Ben Zobrist hit a solo home run to right-center. However it would be the Rays' only run of the game, as the Rangers went on to win 5–1.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
In Game 2, it was James Shields who got the start against C. J. Wilson. With runners on the corners in the 3rd inning, Shields went to 1st base for a pickoff attempt, but the throw over was errant, allowing the runner to score from 3rd base. Ian Kinsler launched a solo homer to left in the 4th, putting Texas up 2–0. In the 5th, Shields was removed from the game with two on and one out, being replaced by Chad Qualls to face Michael Young.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
With a 2–2 count, Young checked his swing on a pitch that was called a ball. The Rays appealed to first base umpire Jerry Meals, but Meals ruled that Young held up in time, drawing the ire of the Rays dugout. Replays showed that Young may not have checked in time, and had the ruling been made that he did not, it would have resulted in a strikeout. Instead, Young went deep to center on the very next pitch for a 3-run home run, putting the Rangers up 5–0.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
Rays manager Joe Maddon went out to the mound to talk to his pitcher after the home run, but began arguing with home plate umpire Jim Wolf about the check swing, which led to Wolf ejecting Maddon from the game. Texas added another run in the 6th inning, and held the Rays scoreless, winning 6–0 and taking a commanding 2–0 lead in the best-of-five series.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
The series shifted to Texas at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for Game 3. It was a low-scoring affair for most of the game. Texas struck first when Mitch Moreland scored on a groundout in the 3rd inning. The Rays stranded two baserunners in both the 4th and 5th innings, but tied the game in the 6th inning after an RBI double by B. J. Upton. Ian Kinsler put the Rangers back ahead 2–1 with a solo shot to left field in the 7th.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
An RBI single by Carlos Peña in the 8th scored a run from 2nd base to even the score again, and after a walk, John Jaso singled to center, bringing Peña home and giving the Rays a 3–2 lead. Carl Crawford and Peña both had home runs in the 9th inning to give the Rays a more comfortable 6–2 lead. Despite giving up a solo homer to Nelson Cruz, Rays closer Rafael Soriano was effective in the bottom of the 9th,  and the Rays staved off elimination with a 6–3 victory.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
Offensively, in Game 4 the Rays picked up right where they left off the previous day. Carlos Peña tripled to left-center field in the 2nd inning, and scored on an error by Rangers' second baseman Ian Kinsler, who misplayed a pop fly beyond the infield. Evan Longoria, who was inactive for the last several games of the regular season, had a huge game, starting with a leadoff double in the 4th inning. The next batter was Peña, who hit a double of his own to the opposite field, bringing Longoria home and giving the Rays a 2–0 lead.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
Later in the inning, another double came off the bat of B. J. Upton, putting the Rays up 3–0. Rangers starter Tommy Hunter did not come out to pitch the 5th inning. Derek Holland was sent in for relief, but Tampa Bay added to their lead when Longoria blasted a 2-run homer to left, making it 5–0. Texas had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 5th, but Rays starter Wade Davis got Vladimir Guererro to swing and miss for a strikeout to end the threat.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Summary, Postseason, American League Division Series: vs. Texas Rangers
The Rangers did score in the 6th inning, as Nelson Cruz led off with a home run, and Mitch Moreland hit an RBI double with two outs off of Rays reliever Grant Balfour to make cut the Tampa Bay lead to three runs. It was the only scoring Texas would do in the game, as Rafael Soriano entered the game in the 9th inning and picked up the save. The Rays took the game 5–2 to force a decisive Game 5 back home at the Trop. In Game 5, however Cliff Lee was dominant. He outdueled David Price in a 5–2 victory to help the Rangers advance to their first ever American League Championship Series.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Game log
The Rays opened the 2010 season at home against the Baltimore Orioles, the first time since 2005 that they opened at Tropicana Field.


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Statistics, Regular season, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2010 Tampa Bay Rays season, Statistics, Regular season, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season
The 2010 Tampa Bay Storm season was the 23rd season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Tim Marcum and played their home games at the St. Pete Times Forum.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Standings
z - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season schedule
The Storm opened the season on the road against the Talons on April 3. Their first home game of the season was in Week 3 against the Vigilantes. The conclusion of the regular season was at the St. Pete Times Forum in Week 18 against the Predators in another edition of The War on I-4, on July 31.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Roster
Rookies in italicsRoster updated August 11, 201022 Active, 6 Inactive


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 1: at Tulsa Talons
In a game that saw neither team have consecutive scores until the 4th quarter, the Storm were defeated 69–58 after giving up two late touchdowns and being unable to mount a final comeback. The Storm committed just two turnovers in the game, but were unable to force any turnovers of their own. Quarterback Brett Dietz threw for 346 yards and 8 touchdowns, while wide receiver Tyrone Timmons had 181 yards on 11 catches and 5 touchdowns.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Dallas Vigilantes
A goal-line stand near the end of the 1st half helped the Storm earn their first win of the season. With under a minute left in the half, the Storm defense stopped Dallas on a 4th and goal from the 1-yard line. Following the change of possession, quarterback Brett Dietz found Tyrone Timmons in the end zone on the sixth play of the ensuing drive to give Tampa Bay the lead at halftime, which was also their first lead of the game.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Dallas Vigilantes
After trailing by a single point for a brief time in the 3rd quarter, the Storm quickly retook the lead and never gave it back to their opponent, defeating the Vigilantes 54–41. Dietz finished with 320 passing yards and 6 touchdowns. Timmons led all receivers with 108 yards and 4 touchdowns.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 4: at Milwaukee Iron
Second half turnovers cost the Storm the game in which they led at halftime. Perhaps the most costly turnover was early in the 4th quarter when Tampa Bay had just been given a 1st and goal following a Milwaukee penalty. Cleannord Saintil fumbled the ball inside the Milwaukee 3-yard line, which was recovered by the Iron's Eric Turner. The Iron took full advantage of the miscue with a touchdown drive capped off by a Chris Greisen touchdown run. This put the Storm behind by 11 points, and they were unable to make up the deficit. Brett Dietz threw for 316 yards and 7 touchdowns in the loss, while Saintil led all receivers with 128 yards on 9 receptions and 4 receiving touchdowns.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Arizona Rattlers
The Storm led for almost the entire game, but continued to allow Arizona to creep back into it. Following a fumble recovered by the Rattlers in the 4th quarter, they tied the game at 48–48 on a 12-yard passing touchdown just a few plays later. The Storm would score a touchdown on their next drive with a 10-yard reception by Tyrone Timmons, however kicker Garrett Rivas missed the extra point. The Rattlers would find the end zone on their next play from scrimmage, and with a successful extra point, took their first lead of the night at 55–54.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Arizona Rattlers
Tampa Bay would retake the lead on a 37-yard pass by Brett Dietz to DeAndrew Rubin. Instead of trying an extra point this time, the Storm went for a two-point conversion. The pass from Dietz to Terrence Royal was successful, putting the Storm ahead 62–55 with 1:25 left for the Rattlers. Arizona put together a 5-play, 46-yard drive in which they never faced a 3rd down, ending in a 3-yard passing touchdown with 7 seconds remaining. They went for two instead of the tie, which would have likely forced overtime, but their attempt was unsuccessful. The Storm recovered the onside kick that ensued and ran out the clock to end the game, winning 72–71. Dietz finished with 288 yards and a season-high 9 touchdowns. His most frequent receiver was DeAndrew Rubin, who caught 9 passes for 184 yards and 5 touchdowns.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Arizona Rattlers
For Tim Marcum, the win was his 200th in his career as a head coach in the AFL.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Sharks
The game, while low scoring, was tight throughout the night, as neither team led by more than 6 points at any time. The Storm were up by 5 points in the final minute after a Tyrone Timmons 11-yard touchdown catch, but Tampa Bay's defense gave up a touchdown on the Sharks' ensuing drive. Down 46–43 and having 36 seconds to work with on the clock, DeAndrew Rubin fumbled 15 yards from the end zone after catching a pass. The loose ball was recovered by the Sharks, who ran out the clock to end the game. It was Tampa Bay's fifth giveaway in the game. Brett Dietz threw 2 interceptions along with his 293 passing yards and 5 touchdowns. Despite the late turnover, Rubin was the team's leading receiver with 147 yards and a pair of touchdown receptions.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 15: at Dallas Vigilantes
With their eighth consecutive win, the Storm clinched a playoff berth.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 18: vs. Orlando Predators
The Storm looked to take their second win in The War on I-4 in 2010. They entered the game having already known the Jacksonville Sharks wrapped up the division championship with a win the night before. This meant that win or lose to the Preds, the Storm would be heading to Tulsa for the conference semifinals against the Talons.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 18: vs. Orlando Predators
Still, the Storm fell behind early against the Predators as quarterback Brett Dietz threw two interceptions in the 1st quarter, and Orlando capitalized on both turnovers with a pair of touchdown drives. In the second quarter, both teams scored two touchdowns each, but the Predators took a 45–20 lead into halftime with a 23-yard field goal as time expired. The closest Tampa Bay would get in the 2nd half was a 15-point deficit, after a 7-yard Hank Edwards touchdown reception with 14 seconds left in the 4th quarter, losing the game 75–60. Head coach Tim Marcum commented after the game, "It was a butt whipping, and we supplied the butt."


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 18: vs. Orlando Predators
Dietz's 310 passing yards gave him 5,054 for the season, a new single-season record for Tampa Bay. His six touchdown passes raised his season total to 106, another single-season record that had already been surpassed by the quarterback in the weeks before. DeAndrew Rubin was the leading receiver in the game, and also set a couple of single-game records for the Storm with 17 receptions and 245 yards.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 18: vs. Orlando Predators
The game itself took an ugly turn shortly before halftime because of an altercation between fans and two Orlando players. Center Julius Wilson reportedly attempted to toss a football to his father in the stands behind the Predator bench, however a fan knocked the ball away from the hands of Wilson's father, and as other fans scrambled to get the ball, Wilson's father was knocked down. Receiver Bobby Sippio went into the seats as his own father was near the area of the incident.


2010 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 18: vs. Orlando Predators
Wilson eventually went into the stands as well, and threw a punch at a fan, which resulted in a fight breaking out. Both players were ejected from the game and were given suspensions. Sippio, who was given a suspension of one game, appealed, allowing him to participate in the playoffs. Wilson was given a six game suspension that he was not allowed to appeal because it was not his first ejection that season. Ten fans were also escorted away. No arrests were made.


2010 Tampere Open
The 2010 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the twenty-ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tampere, Finland between 26 July and 1 August 2010.


2010 Tampere Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Tampere Open, Champions, Doubles
João Sousa /  Leonardo Tavares def. Andis Juška /  Deniss Pavlovs, 7–6(3), 7–5


2010 Tampere Open – Doubles
Peter Luczak and Yuri Schukin were the defending champions, but they didn't participate. João Sousa and Leonardo Tavares won the doubles title, defeating Andis Juška and Deniss Pavlovs 7–6(3), 7–5 in the final.


2010 Tampere Open – Singles
Thiemo de Bakker was the defending champion but chose not to compete. Éric Prodon defeated Leonardo Tavares 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Tandridge District Council election
The 2010 Tandridge District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2010 Tandridge District Council election, Background
14 of the seats on the council were up for election, with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats contesting every seat. 3 Conservative councillors stood down at the election, Eric Morgan from Limpsfield ward, Matthew Groves from Queens Park ward and Ros Langham from Westway ward. Meanwhile, in Burstow, Horne and Outwood ward, the sitting Conservative councillor, Peter Brown, stood as an independent after being deselected and in Whyteleafe Sakina Bradbury defended the seat for the Conservatives after defecting from the Liberal Democrats in 2008. Other parties standing at the election included the UK Independence Party, Labour Party with 8 candidates and the Green Party with 2 candidates.


2010 Tandridge District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives remained in control of the council after holding 13 of the 14 seats contested to have 33 seats on the council. No seats changed hands with the Conservatives holding Westway by 29 votes, Queens Park by 37 votes and Whyteleafe by 151 votes. The Conservatives also comfortably held Burstow, Horne and Outwood, despite the challenge from the independent candidate and outgoing Conservative councillor Peter Brown. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won the only seat not held by the Conservatives in Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh by 71 votes to remain on 8 councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 71.63%.


2010 Tanzania music awards
The 11th edition of the Tanzania Music Awards took place at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam, on Friday 14 May 2010. The event was anchored by Jokate Mwegelo. Bongo Flava singer Diamond was the big winner of the night with three awards out of four nominations, which is a remarkable result for a newcomer.


2010 Tanzanian general election
General elections were held in Tanzania on 31 October 2010. The presidential elections were won by the incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM), who received 63% of the vote. The parliamentary elections resulted in a victory for the CCM, which won 186 of the 239 elected seats.


2010 Tanzanian general election
In the elections in semi-autonomous Zanzibar, Ali Mohamed Shein of the CCM won the presidential election, whilst the CCM also won the most seats in the House of Representatives.


2010 Tanzanian general election, Electoral system
For the 2010 elections, the National Assembly had 317 members, of which 239 (up from 232) were elected by plurality voting in single-member constituencies, 102 were reserved for women, five elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and up to seven appointed by the president. The Attorney General is also a member of the Assembly.


2010 Tanzanian general election, Electoral system
The Zanzibar House of Representatives had 50 elected members, ten appointed by the President, and 15 seats for women. The women's seats were assigned to parties which won seats in the House, and distributed in proportion to the number of seats held by each party. The House also had six ex officio members, the Attorney General and five Regional Commissioners.


2010 Tanzanian general election, Aftermath
Kikwete's swearing-in ceremony took place on 6 November 2010 at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing
The Tapuah Junction stabbing is a terrorist attack that took place on 10 February 2010 in the West Bank when Palestinian Authority police officer Muhammad Hatib stabbed Druze Israeli soldier Ihab Khatib to death as the latter was sitting in a jeep at a traffic light.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing
The attack was regarded as part of a then "emerging trend" of attacks on Israelis by members of the Palestinian Authority security services.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Context
Peter Lerner, spokesman for the Israeli military in the West Bank said that it was "extraordinary that a Palestinian policeman would carry out such an attack." The attack took place in an area controlled by Israeli police, not in an area where the Palestinian police had authority. It is one of a number of attacks and thwarted Arab terrorist attacks that have taken place at Tapuach Junction, located south of Nablus.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Context
This incident together with the Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai a month earlier, in which Palestinian police were implicated, raised concerns that Palestinian Authority police might use their weapons to attack Israeli soldiers, Israeli civilians, or both.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Context
According to Isabel Kershner, this attack took place at a "delicate time" when Israeli and Palestinian security services were attempting to built "mutual trust." The Boston Globe called this attack unusual since although violent attacks had at one time been frequent in the West Bank, they had become "relatively rare" since Palestinian Police had taken increased responsibility for security.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Context
However, an unnamed Israeli official told the press that Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was "actively encouraging Palestinians to use popular resistance against Israel." Israeli columnist Caroline Glick argues that this attack was the result of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's ongoing "incitement against Israel,"  rhetoric that "encourages his own forces to attack Israelis."


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Context
Writing in Haaretz, security analyst Avi Issacharoff described the attack as part of an "emerging trend," a series of attacks on Israelis carried out by Palestinian security personnel, including the killing of Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai two months earlier, caused by incitement to terrorism by members of the Palestinian Authority government.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Context
According to IDF Samaria Brigade commander Col. Itzhik Bar. "Since the beginning of 2010, IDF troops have prevented 20 stabbing attacks and uncovered 12 bombs." In the preceding months, radical Israeli settlers are accused of having launched attacks on their Palestinian neighbors, including setting vehicles, homes, and a mosque on fire. This shooting was cited in newspaper editorials demanding greater security for Israelis in the West Bank.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, The attack
Ihab Khatib, a Druze Israeli policeman, was on his way from Jenin to a military outpost near Tapuah Junction, and was sitting alone in his jeep with the window open, waiting at a traffic light. Hatib, wearing civilian clothes, approached, pulled out a knife, reached through the window and thrust the knife into Khatib, who tried to escape by pressing down on the gas pedal, but his jeep flipped over on the side of the road when he lost consciousness. Sergeant Khatib was rushed to Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, but died of his wounds.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, The attack
He was buried the following day in his home village. Meanwhile, Hatib tried to flee by car, but Yossi Margalit, a security officer for the Rechelim settlement who was nearby, rammed his own car into him, causing light wounds. Hatib was arrested by Israeli soldiers and given medical attention. He was then transferred to the Shin Bet for questioning.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, The victim
St.-Sgt. Maj. Ihab Khatib (alt. Ihab Chattib) (28) was a Druze Arab non-commissioned a logistics officer in the Kfir Brigade. He was from the mainly Druze village of Maghar in the Galilee. He was survived by his parents and five siblings. His uncle had been killed in action while serving in the Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Lebanon War, and his aunt had been killed when a Katyusha rocket fired by Lebanese militant group Hizbullah hit her house.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, The perpetrator
Muhammad Hatib (alt. Mahmoud al-Khattib; Mahmoud Yusef Nimer Hattib) (34) was a long-serving Palestinian police officer; at the time of the incident was the head of bureau for the Palestinian Authority's chief of Police in Ramallah. Hatib was dressed in civilian clothing at the time of the attack.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, The perpetrator
Israeli Brigadier General Nitzan Alon, who had had contact with the killer shortly after the incident, reported that Hatib had "said he was tired of living" and that the subsequent investigation failed to reveal any signs of "organisational affiliation or of clear ideological reasons", linking the act to militant groups or a larger plot. Israeli media reports suggested "this was an indication Mr. Khatib [sic] may have hoped he would be killed as he carried out the alleged attack." Military sources also reported that Hatib appeared to be pursuing a military target, "since he waited on the side of the road when he could have attacked Israelis at a nearby hitchhiking post."


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, The perpetrator
Hatib was not among the officers trained by the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, The perpetrator
MK Ayoub Kara called for the death penalty to be imposed on the perpetrator.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Response
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a "rare" condemnation of the attack, stating that it "conflicts with our national interests", and pledged to take steps to prevent such incidents in the future. However, an Israeli government source said that while the Palestinian Authority had made marked improvements in its security apparatus, it was more hesitant in dealing with extremists in its own movement.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Response
Director-General of the Palestinian Authority Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Osama al-Ghoul, demanded that the attacker, Mahmoud Yusef Nimer Hatib, be released from custody in an Israeli hospital, saying, "Of course [he should be released]. We are fighting the Israeli occupied [sic]. This is our land."


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Response
The Tapuah Junction was renamed in honor of Staff Sergeant Major Ihab Khatib.


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Response
Member of the Knesset Ayoub Kara called on the government “to strengthen our hold in the land of Israel and the state of Israel” by building  “a new town right here, where our beloved Ihab fell, a town named after him that will serve as a memorial.”


2010 Tapuah Junction stabbing, Response
The editorial board of The Jerusalem Post used this stabbing attack to argue for increased security in the West Bank. Residents of Samaria argued that the government's policy of removing of the security checkpoint enabled this murder to happen.


2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash
On 15 December 2010, a DHC-6 Twin Otter passenger aircraft of Tara Air crashed shortly after take-off on a domestic flight from Lamidanda to Kathmandu, Nepal. The wreckage of the aircraft was found in Bilandu forest near the village of Shreechaur the morning after the crash. All 19 passengers and three crew aboard were killed in the crash. There was initial speculation that bad weather or the overloading of the aircraft might have caused the crash. An investigation into the crash was launched by Nepalese authorities after the accident site was located.


2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash, Accident
Five minutes after taking off from Lamidanda Airport at 15:08 local time, the left wing of the aircraft impacted land and the DHC-6 crashed. The aircraft was reportedly scheduled to land in Kathmandu at around 15:35, 35 minutes after departure. All 19 passengers and three crew members aboard were killed in the crash.


2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash, Accident
There was initial speculation that bad weather caused the crash. The chief executive of Tara Air, Vijay Shrestha, said: "It showed poor visibility at different levels of the atmosphere. Thick haze at lower levels and as thick a cloud higher up could have caused poor visibility." There was also speculation that the aircraft could have been overloaded, but Shrestha refuted these allegations. "The aircraft's maximum take-off weight is 12,500 pounds, while the Twin Otter's take-off weight that crashed killing all 22 on board was 12,280 pounds," he said. "So it was underweight by 220 pounds, the allegation is wrong."


2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a DHC-6 Twin Otter bearing the registration 9N-AFX. It was built by de Havilland Canada in 1984 and was operated by several American airlines before it was introduced to Nepal in 2000, when Shangri-La Air purchased the aircraft. In 2010, just shortly before the accident, Tara Air purchased the aircraft.


2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash, Search operation
Helicopters searched for the wreckage of the aircraft on the day of the crash, but were called off during the night because of poor visibility, even though night vision equipment was installed on board. The day after the crash, the Nepalese Army located the wreckage in Okhaldhunga, Nepal, at an altitude of approximately 2,700 metres (8,900 ft). All 22 bodies were recovered. The wreckage of the aircraft reportedly covered 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft), and, according to a police spokesperson, had "broken up completely".


2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash, Investigation
An investigation into the crash was launched after the accident site was located. Nepal's Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation formed a group of five investigators to find the cause of the crash. The five were ordered to present a report on the accident by 90 days after the crash occurred. The cockpit voice recorder was recovered from the scene of the accident.


2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash, Investigation
A separate investigation was also started into alleged irregularities, which, according to The Himalayan Times included "carrying passengers by issuing tickets in other's name, not verifying identity while checking-in passengers and the process of immigration of the foreign nationals who lost their lives in the crash." Police arrested the general manager of a travel agent based in Kathmandu over suspicions of tax evasion during the sale of tickets for the flight.


2010 Tarco Airlines Antonov An-24 crash
On 11 November 2010, an Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft of Tarco Airlines on a domestic service from Khartoum to Zalingei, Sudan, crashed on landing at Zalingei Airport, bursting into flames on the runway. Two passengers died, although reports on the number of fatalities varied from one to six.


2010 Tarco Airlines Antonov An-24 crash, Accident
The airplane had departed Khartoum International Airport at 13:27 on 11 November and, after a stopover at Nyala, arrived at Zalingei at 16:18, finding good weather conditions. The Antonov landed heavily on Zalingei's  dirt runway 03, bounced and made another heavy contact with the ground, causing the landing gear and engines to shear off. Fuel from the ruptured wings ignited, and the resulting fire consumed most of the wreckage.


2010 Tarco Airlines Antonov An-24 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a twin-turboprop Antonov An-24 with Sudanese registration ST-ARQ. It was built in 1970.


2010 Tarco Airlines Antonov An-24 crash, Investigation
Sudan's Air Accident Investigation Central Directorate (SAAICD) conducted an investigation into the crash. It found that the flight data recorder did not contain any data, and that the cockpit voice recorder contained only four minutes of recording, of which none where from the accident flight.


2010 Tarco Airlines Antonov An-24 crash, Investigation
The SAAICD attributed the accident to the flight crew's poor performance and co-ordination in executing the landing. Four safety recommendations were made.


2010 Tarlac local elections
Local elections were held in the Province of Tarlac on May 10, 2010, as part of the 2010 general election. Voters elected candidates for all local positions: four members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, vice governor, governor, and representatives for the three districts of Tarlac.


2010 Tarlac local elections, Results
The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes won the seat; they were voted separately, and therefore, may be from different parties when elected.


2010 Tarlac local elections, Results, Vice gubernatorial election results
Marcelino Aganon Jr. (Lakas Kampi CMD) was the incumbent but ineligible for reelection. Instead, he ran for governor (and lost). Parties were as stated in their certificate of candidacies. The total number of voters was 542,070.


2010 Tarlac local elections, Results, Congressional elections
Each of Tarlac's three legislative districts elected a representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes won the seat.


2010 Tarlac local elections, Results, 1st District
Incumbent Monica Prieto-Teodoro (Lakas-Kampi-CMD), wife of presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro, quit politics to support her husband's bid for presidency. Representative Teodoro had succeeded her husband as representative from the 1st district and defeated her cousin China Cojuangco in 2007. Lakas Kampi CMD did not name a candidate in this district.


2010 Tarlac local elections, Results, 2nd District
Incumbent Jose Villa Agustin Yap (Lakas Kampi CMD), who was supposed to run again for re-election, died on March 2, 2010. Instead, his daughter Susan Yap-Sulit ran for election. The name of Jose Yap remained on the ballot and his votes went to Susan Yap.


2010 Tarlac local elections, Results, Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections
All three Districts of Tarlac elected Sangguniang Panlalawigan, or provincial board members. Election was via plurality-at-large voting.


2010 Tashkent Challenger
The 2010 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 12 and 17 October 2010.


2010 Tashkent Challenger, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Tashkent Challenger, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2010 Tashkent Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Ross Hutchins /  Jamie Murray def. Karol Beck /  Filip Polášek, 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]


2010 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles
Murad Inoyatov and Denis Istomin were the defending champions, but only Inoyatov chose to participate this year. He partnered with Dmitri Sitak, but they were eliminated by Karol Beck and Filip Polášek in the quarterfinal. Beck and Polášek went to reach the final but lost there to Ross Hutchins and Jamie Murray 6–2, 4–6, [8–10].


2010 Tashkent Challenger – Singles
Marcos Baghdatis was the defending champion but decided not to participate this year. Karol Beck won against Gilles Müller 6–7(4), 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


2010 Tashkent Open
The 2010 Tashkent Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Tashkent Open, and is part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It was held at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September 20 through September 26, 2010.


2010 Tashkent Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Tashkent Open, Champions, Doubles
Alexandra Panova /  Tatiana Poutchek defeated  Alexandra Dulgheru /  Magdaléna Rybáriková, 6–3, 6–4


2010 Tashkent Open – Doubles
Olga Govortsova and Tatiana Poutchek were the defending champions, but only Poutchek tries to defend the title. She partnered with Alexandra Panova and they won this tournament, by defeating Alexandra Dulgheru and Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2010 Tashkent Open – Singles
Shahar Pe'er was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Alla Kudryavtseva won in the final, 6–4, 6–4, against Elena Vesnina.


2010 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 1 May 2010. The two seats up for election were Apsley, held by independent MLC Tania Rattray, and Elwick, held by retiring Labor-turned-independent MLC Terry Martin. These seats were last contested in 2004.


2010 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Apsley
Sitting independent MLC Tania Rattray was the sole nominee for the election in Apsley, which she had held since 2004. She was thus declared re-elected unopposed.


2010 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Elwick
The Hobart seat had been held by Terry Martin since 2004. Martin was facing court on charges of child sex offences, and was not recontesting the election. A frontrunner emerged in Adriana Taylor, Glenorchy Mayor and Labor Party member, although in common with the prevalence of independents in the Legislative Council, Taylor did not seek party endorsement. There were suggestions that Lisa Singh, defeated Labor MHA and former government minister, or Andrew Wilkie might run, but these came to nothing. The Labor Party did endorse a candidate, Health and Community Services Union official Tim Jacobson. The Tasmanian Greens endorsed Housing Tasmania policy officer Kartika Franks, who ran on the Greens' ticket in Denison at the 2010 state election.


2010 Tasmanian state election
The 2010 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 March 2010 to elect members to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The 12-year incumbent Labor government, led by Premier of Tasmania David Bartlett, won a fourth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition, led by Will Hodgman, after Labor formed a minority government with the support of the Greens.


2010 Tasmanian state election
The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission, an independent body answerable to Parliament. As in past Tasmanian state elections, the proportional Hare-Clark system was used to allocate the 25 seats in the House. The commission announced that there were 357,315 enrolled electors at the close of rolls. A total of 89 candidates nominated for election.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Dates
On 17 November 2008, David Bartlett announced his government's intention to pass legislation enacting fixed electoral terms for Tasmania, with the next election scheduled to be held on 20 March 2010. It was noted by ABC election analyst Antony Green that the date was the same as the already-legislated South Australian election, and that this may have an effect on media coverage of both elections. The draft legislation for the bill was referred to the Select Committee on the Working Arrangements of Parliament in October 2009, although Bartlett confirmed that the government was committed to the 20 March election date despite the fixed-term legislation not being enacted.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Dates
On 12 February 2010, the Premier visited the Governor of Tasmania, Peter Underwood, to request that he dissolve the House of Assembly and issue the writs for the election. The Governor agreed to the following election dates:


2010 Tasmanian state election, Campaign
On 8 February, the Premier announced that Tasmania's first televised leaders' debate would be held on 14 March between himself and opposition leader Will Hodgman, and would be broadcast nationally by Sky News. At the time of the announcement, Mr Hodgman was not aware of the debate and Greens leader Nick McKim was not invited.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Campaign
On 10 March, around 100 forest workers protested outside the Greens official campaign launch.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Campaign
On 12 March, two Liberal and two Labor ex-premiers—Paul Lennon, Michael Field, Robin Gray and Tony Rundle—issued a joint press release warning voters of the dangers of minority government with the Greens holding the balance of power.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Campaign
In the week before the election, the Labor party distributed leaflets alleging that the Greens had a plan to legalise heroin and give "violent criminals" the right to vote. In addition, 20,000 automated phone calls (robocalls) were made to residents of Braddon repeating these claims about the Greens, although Labor ended the campaign after a public backlash.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Campaign
On 15 March, David Bartlett said he would resign if the Liberal party won more seats than Labor.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Polling
Polling was conducted every three months by Enterprise Marketing and Research Services (EMRS). The sample size for each poll was 1,000 Tasmanian voters.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Results
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2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
Labor lost four seats on a swing of 12.39 percentage points against it, whilst the Liberals gained three seats and the Greens one—the latter recording their highest ever statewide vote of 21.61%. This meant that both the Labor and Liberal Parties had 10 seats each, meaning neither could form majority government.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
It took over two weeks for the results to be formally declared, although the number of seats for each party was almost certain by the end of counting on the night of the election and the main question was which representatives of each party would win a seat, with the Hare-Clark and Robson rotation systems meaning that some incumbent members on both sides of parliament were defeated by newcomers from their own party. The only inter-party battles for a seat during the counting process were between the Greens and Liberals for the final seat in Braddon (won by the Greens), and between independent Andrew Wilkie and the Liberals for the final seat in Denison (won by the Liberals).


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
Attention was then focussed on the positions of the parties. Greens leader Nick McKim declared he was willing to make a deal with either party, whilst Labor leader David Bartlett and Liberal leader Will Hodgman insisted they would stick to promises made before the election not to enter into any deals. Bartlett had also pledged that whoever won the most seats or, in the event of a tie, the most votes would have the right to form a government.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
Since the Liberals had won the popular vote by a margin of 6,700 votes, both leaders now claimed this meant that Hodgman had the right to form a ministry. On 1 April, the Labor caucus unanimously agreed to relinquish power, and Bartlett then advised the Governor, Peter Underwood, that Hodgman should be summoned to form a government. Former federal Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson called Bartlett "silly" for not negotiating with the Greens.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
On 7 April the results were formally declared. Under the Constitution Act 1934 Underwood had seven days to commission a Government. Ultimately, after speaking to Bartlett and Hodgman, he recommissioned Bartlett on 9 April. He released detailed reasons for his decision, saying that Bartlett did not have the right to promise power to Hodgman, and that Hodgman was not in a position to form stable government. He regarded as irrelevant the position of the Greens, regarding it as a matter for the Assembly as a whole to test or maintain support for the ministry.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
The Liberals had not held talks with the Greens and Labor had not promised that a Liberal minority government would have a minimum period of support. Had Hodgman been named premier, it was possible that a prospective Liberal minority government would not have survived its first sitting. Since longstanding convention in the Westminster system holds that an incumbent premier should have the first chance to form a government after an election, Underwood decided to recommission Bartlett and allow him to demonstrate that he had support on the floor of the Assembly.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
Hodgman accused Bartlett of breaking his promise to hand over power, noting that in a letter to the Governor, Bartlett had contradicted a public statement made on 1 April where he had said he would not move any vote of no confidence against a Liberal government. However, Professor Richard Herr of the University of Tasmania had earlier argued that it was likely Bartlett would remain in office. He doubted that the House would reassemble in the week after the writs were returned, and precedent required Underwood to recommission Bartlett and allow Parliament to decide his fate.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
He added that part of a premier's duty as principal adviser to a governor is to give advice that a governor can legally accept. Constitutional law expert Michael Stokes disagreed, saying too high a bar had been set for the Liberals and Labor had not proven it could deliver stable government in the new Assembly.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
On the day before the decision was finalised, the Greens indicated that as no party had shown a willingness to negotiate a deal with them, they would neither initiate nor support a vote of no confidence against the Labor government until a deal with either party could be arranged.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
On 13 April, to meet the deadline imposed by the Constitution Act 1934, Governor Underwood swore in an interim cabinet, consisting of David Bartlett as Premier, Lara Giddings as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General, and Michael Aird as Treasurer.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
On 19 April 2010, after a week of negotiations, Bartlett agreed to appoint McKim as a minister in his cabinet, along with Cassy O'Connor, Greens member for Denison, as cabinet secretary.


2010 Tasmanian state election, Outcome
On 4 May, the Greens nominated Tim Morris for the position of Deputy Speaker—a surprise for Labor who had nominated Brenton Best. With the support of the Liberals, Morris was elected with 15 votes to Best's 8. On 5 May, the first day of sitting for the new parliament, the Liberals moved a motion of no-confidence against the Bartlett government, which was defeated by Labor and the Greens.


2010 Taça da Liga Final
The 2010 Taça da Liga Final was the third of the Taça da Liga competition in Portugal. The final was played at the Estádio Algarve in Faro on 21 March 2010 and marked the third time that the final has been staged at the stadium since the competition began. The match opposed two teams of the Big Three, S.L. Benfica and FC Porto. The last time this two teams met in any Portuguese final was at the 2004 Taça de Portugal final, also won by Benfica.


2010 Taça da Liga Final, Background
Benfica went into the match as the Portuguese League Cup title holder, as they having previously won in 2009, while this was the first time for Porto in the final.


2010 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2010 Taça da Liga Final, Match, Summary, First half
Benfica controlled the first half of the game hence, scoring two goals. The first goal was scored by Rúben Amorim and it was a low, long-range effort that the goalkeeper parried into the net. The second goal was a long-range free kick scored by Carlos Martins.


2010 Taça da Liga Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Óscar Cardozo scored the third after Rúben Amorim hit the post.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final
The 2010 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 70th season of the Taça de Portugal, the main Portuguese football knockout competition. It was played at the Estádio Nacional, Oeiras, on the 16 May 2010. The final was contested between Chaves of the Liga de Honra and Porto of the Primeira Liga. Chaves were appearing in their first final, whilst Porto were appearing in their twenty-seventh final of which it was their third consecutive final. In Portugal, the final was televised live in HD on Sport TV and TVI.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final
As Chaves were in the Liga de Honra they played one more round than Porto. Therefore, Chaves progressed through six rounds to reach the final, whereas Porto progressed through five. Matches up to the semi-final were contested on a one-off basis with the exception of the semi-finals which were contested over two-legs, with a match at each team's home ground.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final
Porto won the final 2–1, claiming their third Taça de Portugal in five years. Fredy Guarín put Porto in front in the 13th minute, and Radamel Falcao doubled their lead ten minutes later. Chaves halved the deficit in the 85th minute through Clemente, but Porto held on to secure the Taça de Portugal for the 15th time. Due to Porto's cup success, they would go on to face Benfica in the 2010 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Background
Chaves were appearing in their first Cup final. They were the first team from outside the Primeira Liga to reach the final since the 2002 Taça de Portugal Final, when Leixões of the Segunda Divisão lost to Sporting CP, 1–0. Porto were appearing in their 27th final; they had won 14 (1956, 1958, 1968, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009) and lost 12 (1953, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1992, 2004, 2008).


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Background
In Porto's and Chaves' entire history, the clubs have met prior to final on 28 occasions, with 26 league games and 2 cup games. Porto have won 26 of their 28 meetings between the two sides, while Chaves have only beaten Porto once in their entire history. This victory came in a 1988–89 Primeira Divisão home game.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Background
As Chaves had never played in a Taça de Portugal final, this was the first time they had visited the Estádio Nacional. For Porto, this was their seventh final in ten seasons. The last cup final win occurred in the previous season, where they defeated Paços de Ferreira 1–0. Chaves and Porto had previously met two times in the Taça de Portugal. In the most recent meeting between the two sides, a 2007–08 fourth round tie, Porto defeated Chaves at the Estádio Municipal de Chaves 2–0, with goals from Adriano and Hélder Postiga. The first meeting between the two sides in this competition occurred in a third round tie in the 1984–85 season were Porto won 2–0.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final, Chaves
As a Liga de Honra team, Chaves entered the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal in the second round, where they were drawn at home against Terceira Divisão side Amares. Chaves would defeat Amares comfortably, 2–0 at the Estádio Municipal de Chaves to progress to the third round. For the third round, Chaves were yet again drawn against a Third Division side, this time they faced Leça away from home. Just like the previous round they defeated Leça with ease with a 3–0 win. In the next round, Chaves were drawn at home against União da Serra from the Segunda Divisão. They would defeat the side from Leiria 2–0, thanks to two goals from Senegalese striker Mbaye Diop.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final, Chaves
In the fifth round, Chaves defeated Liga de Honra side Beira-Mar, 1–0 to progress to the quarter finals. At the quarter final stage, they were drawn away against Primeira Liga side Paços de Ferreira. Chaves went into the game as underdogs, they started the game strongly with two early goals in the first ten minutes of the game thanks to goals from Carlos Pinto and Mbaye Diop. In the second half, Paços de Ferreira clawed a goal back in the 64th minute from Brazilian striker William. Chaves would hang on to progress to semi finals.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final, Chaves
Naval were Chaves opponents in the semi-final. The Taça de Portugal semi-final was played over two legs with one home game and one away game. The first leg was played at Chaves' Estádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves won the first game 1–0, thanks to a 94th minute late winner from center half Ricardo Rocha. The second leg at the Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa saw Naval dominate the opening proceedings and taking an early lead in the 15th minute with a goal from Fábio Júnior. Fábio Júnior's goal would tie the game on aggregate. The game would remain tied on aggregate and would need extra time to settle the winner. In extra time, Edu would score two goals to send Chaves to their very first cup final.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final, Porto
As a Primeira Liga team, Porto entered the Taça de Portugal in the third round. In the third round they were drawn against Sertanense at home. They defeated the third division side, 4–0 with two goals from Ernesto Farías and Hulk. In the fourth round, Porto faced Liga de Honra side Oliveirense away from home. Goals from Raul Meireles and Rolando secured the win, which allowed Porto to progress into the next phase of the competition. The next round saw Porto face Belenenses at the Estádio do Restelo. The game began with Belenenses scoring early through Lima.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final, Porto
A minute later, however, Radamel Falcao equalized for Porto. The score remained level at 1–1 until the 80th minute, were Lima scored his second goal of the night. With Porto pressing in the closing stages to take the game to extra time, Cristian Rodríguez scored a decisive goal which tied the game 2–2. Following 30 minutes of extra time with no goals, the game went to penalties, where Porto won 9–10.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final, Porto
In the quarter-finals, Porto were drawn at home against rivals Sporting CP. The match, held at the Estádio do Dragão, saw Porto take the lead with a goal from Rolando, though Sporting winger Marat Izmailov would equalize four minutes later. Before half-time, Falcao would go on to score two goals and extend Porto's lead to 3–1.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Route to the final, Porto
After the interval, Porto would enter strongly and extend their lead with a goal from winger Silvestre Varela; nine minutes later, Mariano González would score for Porto before near the end Brazilian striker Liédson scored a consolation goal for Sporting to make the final score 5–2. In the semi-finals, Porto was pitted against fellow Primeira Liga side Rio Ave. The first game saw Porto defeat Rio Ave at the Estádio do Rio Ave FC, 3–1. The return and final leg saw Porto win 4–0 at Estádio do Dragão, which ensured their place in the final.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Match, Summary
Porto dominated possession from the beginning of the match. In the eighth minute, Chaves winger Edu took advantage of a goalkeeping error from Helton, though Edu would go on to waste the golden opportunity when his shot hit the post. Five minutes later, Fredy Guarín received the ball unmarked in the box and fired past goalkeeper Rui Rêgo to score the first goal of the match. Shortly after Porto's first goal, they scored again after Hulk beat the offside trap and set up Radamel Falcao for a tap-in.


2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Match, Summary
Up until half time, Porto's Hulk missed several opportunities to extend the lead. In the second half, Chaves began to grow more into the game and attempted to create more chances and test the Porto defense. Porto sat back and imposed a slower rhythm into the game. Ten minutes from the end, Paulo Clemente was brought on for Chaves in which five minutes from time he scored following a defensive mistake by Porto center backs Bruno Alves and Rolando. The game ended with each team having a man sent off. Porto would hold on to capture their 15th Taça de Portugal title.


2010 Team HTC–Columbia Women season
The 2010 season was the ninth  for the  Team HTC-Columbia Women cycling team, which began as the T-Mobile team in 2003.


2010 Team HTC–Columbia Women season, Results in major races, Women's World Cup 2010
Judith Arndt finished 5th in the final classification and Adrie Visser 9th. The team finished 2nd in the teams standing.


2010 Team HTC–Columbia Women season, UCI World Ranking
The team finished third in the UCI ranking for teams, four points behind Nederland Bloeit.


2010 Team HTC–Columbia season
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2010 Team HTC–Columbia season
The 2010 season for Team HTC–Columbia began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the ProTour. The team's general manager was Bob Stapleton, in his third year with the team.


2010 Team HTC–Columbia season
With the team's focus shifting to full-time support of prolific sprinter Mark Cavendish, many riders left the team after the 2009 season, most for the new Team Sky. Several young riders, most of them in their first year at this level of the sport, joined the team to be members of Cavendish's new leadout train, which lacked Cavendish's primary leadout man from 2009, Mark Renshaw, for the first several months of the season due to Epstein-Barr virus. Cavendish's own training and development were also stunted because of a dental infection.


2010 Team HTC–Columbia season, One-day races
Greipel scored the team's first one-day victory in February, before the spring season and the races known as 'classics' were held. Greipel was first over the line in the Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanovoa, a part of the Vuelta a Mallorca quasi-stage race, and expressed surprise at his victory on such a hilly course when asked after the race.