By DAVID MURPHY, Times Staff Writer
Published December 13, 2007

He was born in New Jersey, attended film school at New York
University, graduated from Georgetown's School of Medicine and
started a spine institute in the Tampa Bay area.

Today, Robert Nucci will add another line to his resume when he is
announced as the new owner of the Storm.

The orthopedic surgeon, 46, agreed this month to purchase the team
from longtime owner Woody Kern for a reported $18.9-million. But a
news conference at the St. Pete Times Forum was scheduled for today
so officials, including Arena Football League commissioner David
Baker, could attend.

Nucci, founder of the Nucci Spine Institute and a surgeon at
University Community Hospital, has deferred comment until today. He
has lived in the Tampa Bay area for the past 14 years and owns a
condo within walking distance of the Times Forum in Tampa.

Kern, who purchased the team in 1994 for a reported $850,000, has
spent his tenure commuting between Tampa and his home in Denton,
Texas.