By ADAM ADKINS, The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 13, 2007

TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Storm will hold a news conference today at
12:30 p.m. to announce the sale of the team and to introduce the new
majority owner, local orthopedic surgeon Robert Nucci.

Nucci has agreed to purchase the team for $18.9 million from Woody
Kern, three sources close the Arena Football League and the team
confirmed to The Tampa Tribune last Friday. The sale has been
approved by the AFL's Board of Directors, according to a news release
issued by the team Wednesday.

Kern, CEO and President of PCK Management in Denton, Texas, bought
the team in 1994. The Storm won three AFL championships (1995, 1996
and 2003) while he was owner. According to the release, Kern still
will be a minority owner of the team.

Nucci, a Palm Harbor resident, runs the Nucci Spine Institute in
Tampa and is vice-chief of surgery at University Community Hospital.
Along with Nucci and Kern, AFL commissioner David Baker and Storm
coach/general manager Tim Marcum are scheduled to attend the news
conference.