Today is the first day of USF spring practice. It couldn't get here fast enough for Skip Holtz, says Martin Fennelly. ...more

March 16, 2010

Watch your yard The Tampa City Council took three hours to discuss rezoning a porch, but only 5 minutes to vote 4-3 to approve the request by Stacy Frank's F&L Towers to erect a 150-foot cell tower only 83 feet from residences. Zoning laws allow a maximum height of 80 feet and minimum distances of 300 feet from property lines. ...more

March 2, 2010

When deciding on a fundraiser, Junior Achievement leaders decided it was time for a breath of fresh air. ...more

January 21, 2010

Junior Achievement leaders decided it was time for a breath of fresh air with a new benefit. ...more

January 6, 2010

The crowd started lining up outside the Barnes and Noble bookstore in The Villages 24 hours ahead of time. Excited fans didn't want to miss the chance to see Sarah Palin. ...more

November 24, 2009

With D Mattias Ohlund missing all four games on the just-completed road trip with a foot injury, D Andrej Meszaros took on an expanded role in the absence of the team's ice time leader. ...more

November 24, 2009

Maybe it wasn't a concession speech, even if it sounded like one. The Bengals spent most of the last 20 seasons chasing Pittsburgh, and now it's the other way around, and the Steelers realize it's a decidedly uphill climb. ...more

November 16, 2009

Talk about a breath of fresh air - literally. The season's first cold front - or perhaps we should call this a cool front - breezed through the Tampa Bay area early Wednesday, sending temperatures dipping to levels they haven't been at in months. ...more

October 1, 2009

Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon on Thursday stood by a magazine interview in which he compared former teammate Manny Ramirez to cancer and said Boston made the right decision when it traded the slugger to the Los Angeles Dodgers last summer. ...more

March 13, 2009

It's fun to read all the different people writing about the change in the political playing field. Oh my gosh! A woman as vice president who is a mother, activist, as well as a common sense person? They will attempt to make her look foolish, stupid and put anything out there that could discredit her in any way shape or form. After all, this is the dirty politics that are being played today with both sides. I, or most of us, wish to be informed voters and have to sort through all the hype, lies and just poor judgment that the political media can conjure up. ...more

September 10, 2008