Pay $40,643.18 in child support and alimony or spend 90 days in a Hillsborough County jail. ...more

January 15, 2009

Pay $40,643.18 in child support and alimony or spend 90 days in a Hillsborough County jail. That's the situation facing former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes, according to a court order signed today by Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Mark R. Wolfe. ...more

January 14, 2009

The NFL wouldn't start a season without training camp. Major League Baseball wouldn't begin without spring training. ...more

January 10, 2009

Whether it's the shiny new convention center or the historical Union Station in the nation's capital, the locations of some official inaugural balls Jan. 20 will give bragging rights to the states chosen for those venues. But for Florida, Texas and nine other Southern states, Barack Obama's presidential inauguration committee has selected a ball site with a more earthy pedigree: D.C.'s National Guard armory. ...more

January 7, 2009

David P. Feaster was named president and chief executive officer of St. Petersburg-based Cornerstone Bank, which has eight Pinellas locations and more than $320 million in assets, the bank's board of directors announced this week. ...more

January 7, 2009

Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor-league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance. ...more

January 7, 2009

Carl Pohlad, who bought the Minnesota Twins in the 1980s to keep them from moving to Tampa and later saw the team win two World Series titles during nearly a quarter-century as owner, died Monday. He was 93. ...more

January 6, 2009

Surprise, surprise people. The usual suspects are at it again in the free-wheeling, high-spending free-for-all that is Major League Baseball's offseason. ...more

December 28, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays have emerged as a major draw to Pinellas County, attracting about 5 percent of the county's expected 5 million-plus overnight visitors in 2008, a consultant report released Wednesday shows. ...more

December 11, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays have emerged as a major draw to Pinellas County, attracting about 5 percent of the county's expected 5 million-plus overnight visitors in 2008, a consultant report released today states. ...more

December 10, 2008