The Bucs went into the season thinking their running game would be one of their true offensive strengths. For the first time in more than a month last Sunday it truly was. ...more

December 3, 2008

The Bucs are like a baseball team that can't get a hit with men in scoring position. Or like a hockey team that creates a lot of scoring chances, but can't put the puck in the net. ...more

November 22, 2008

It was nearly a historic night at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Thursday. ...more

November 21, 2008

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said Tuesday night his broken right pinkie likely will sideline him again this Sunday. ...more

October 22, 2008

Texas rode its resounding Red River Rivalry upset right to No. 1. The Longhorns leapfrogged No. 2 Alabama on Sunday and sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 in the regular season for the first time in 24 years after beating Oklahoma 45-35. ...more

October 12, 2008

Assigning Responsibility Regarding Kris DiGiovanni's column "Strolling With Allie" (Commentary, Sept. 14): ...more

September 21, 2008

Six years ago, I attended a ceremony that officially opened the new Middleton High School in east Tampa. The old Middleton, one of the city's two historically black high schools, was closed in 1971, sacrificed on the altar of school desegregation. ...more

September 7, 2008

It still seems like a blur. The good, the great, the bad, the ugly. ...more

August 15, 2008

"People would come from places like Lake Wales to shop at the mall not realizing that 'mall' has different meanings," long time resident Larry Albritton told a group gathered at the Avon Park Historic Museum last Sunday. Avon Park's "Mile Long Mall" is the kind that is defined as "a public area often set with shade trees." Not the kind designed for shoppers. Although Larry did say that when he moved over from Wauchula back in 1958 the city had three department stores operating along the mall. When he moved here it was also "a time when all the buildings were occupied," he said with a touch of nostalgia in his voice. ...more

July 26, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- Police are looking for anyone who saw a homicide victim being attacked and beaten on Lime Street at Levis Avenue, late last Sunday night. A police spokesman said the initial event occurred at the intersection between 11:30 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Sunday, June 29. ...more

July 7, 2008