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John Romano

@romano_tbtimes3.8K followers

Recovering metro columnist now writing sports for the Tampa Bay Times; also suffer from a substantial music addiction.

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Guilty, but no jail time for Franco

The ruling is similar to the Rays shortstop’s original trial in 2025. This time a judicial pardon eliminates potential punishment.

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The hidden gem that saved Rays baseball

How the MLB team landed on the Hillsborough College site for its “forever home.”

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Tampa Bay Times•AUG 30, 2026
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Years and tears later, baseball's in Tampa

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Tampa Bay Times•AUG 29, 2026
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Guilty, but no jail time for Franco

The ruling is similar to the Rays shortstop’s original trial in 2025. This time a judicial pardon eliminates potential punishment.

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Tampa Bay Times•MAY 26, 2026•Lead Story
The report focuses on the legal technicality of a judicial pardon in the Dominican Republic that prevents incarceration despite a second guilty verdict for Wander Franco.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to John Romano in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.