Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn't need to dance to beat Ricky Hatton. His fists proved a lot more potent than his feet. ...more

December 9, 2007

The Rays remain rigidly noncommittal when asked when LHP David Price might break into the majors, with Manager Joe Maddon throwing out the possibility that it might occur in 2008 and executive Andrew Friedman unwilling to go that far. ...more

December 5, 2007

Luke McCown didn't find out for sure he was playing against New Orleans on Sunday until the night before the game. With a chance to all but clinch the NFC South with a victory, the Bucs turned to a quarterback who hadn't started a game since 2004. ...more

December 3, 2007

Shad Ireland was diagnosed with kidney failure 25 years ago and once weighed 75 pounds. Today, he is an Ironman competitor. ...more

December 1, 2007

Matt Garza was drafted by the Twins in 2005 and rocketed through the minor leagues, leaping from A-ball to the majors in 2006. As such, he hasn't had much time to get to know opposing players. ...more

November 30, 2007

Three years after residents defeated a proposal to build a gas station at the heart of Meadow Pointe, developers want to put up a CVS pharmacy and small retail strip at County Line Road and Mansfield Boulevard. ...more

November 5, 2007

Forget about August in land-locked Lake Buena Vista, two-a-days and those triple-digit heat indexes. Ask any player inside the Bucs' locker room and he'll tell you these are the real dog days. ...more

November 3, 2007

I find the news that our Highlands County government is going into business very disturbing. Isn't the role of the county government to promote an economic base for our community and to encourage investment by the private sector? ...more

October 18, 2007

Vinny Testaverde isn't finished yet — even at age 43. The Carolina Panthers, desperate for a quarterback with Jake Delhomme out for the season and David Carr banged up, signed Testaverde to a one-year deal Wednesday. ...more

October 10, 2007

Publix Supermarkets' first GreenWise Market offers clues about what shoppers here can expect when a similar natural and organic store opens in Tampa late next year. The Tampa Tribune on separate visits and on separate dates compared non-sale prices on several common grocery staples at GreenWise in Palm Beach Gardens (Sept. 27); Tampa competitor Wild Oats (Sept. 17); and a Publix in south Tampa (Sept. 25). GreenWise prices are set according to its regional market and may vary from the Tampa Publix. ...more

September 29, 2007