The bombshell hit around 1 p.m. with a courtesy phone call from Mark Dominik, new general manager for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He wanted to alert us to some moves the team had made. He began running through the names. ...more

February 25, 2009

Porsche fans rejoiced as they made the biggest splash in open-wheel racing in '08 when they finally returned to the winner's circle at the famed raceway back in March. ...more

December 31, 2008

More than 16 years ago, the Bombshell of the Balkans and I flew to Las Vegas and there, at the Little Chapel of the Bells, we were married by a minister who was something of a cross between an Elvis impersonator-in-training and a poor man's televangelizing Jimmy Swaggart. ...more

October 23, 2008

Paul Newman, that pure and concentrated essence of classic movie stardom, reinvented himself a couple of times in the span of his long career, until he ended up playing the kind of guy he might have become had he never left his native Shaker Heights, Ohio: an ultra-conservative cold-fish Midwestern lawyer, married for decades to the same woman (see his performance in "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge," from 1990). ...more

September 28, 2008

"Daniel Ruth is such a frickin idiot." "Daniel Ruth is such a moron." "Daniel Ruth exemplifies the liberal elitist arrogance." ...more

September 7, 2008

For months, he drew thousands of people to Lakeland for a religious revival that got international attention. ...more

August 17, 2008

For months, he drew thousands of people to Lakeland for a religious revival that got international attention. ...more

August 16, 2008

Knowing the community has no money to make its next bond payment, community development district Supervisor William Martello says he would rather sue Lennar Corp. than let the district go into default. ...more

July 16, 2008

HERITAGE ISLES - Knowing the community has no money to make its next bond payment, community development district Supervisor William Martello says he'd rather sue Lennar Corp. than let the district go into default. ...more

July 10, 2008

Things were looking good for the city's plans to build a new fire station. ...more

June 30, 2008