Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella picked Kevin Gregg to be the team's closer heading into the season. ...more

March 30, 2009

Kanye West and one of his bodyguards were arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after an altercation in which the rapper allegedly smashed a camera on the floor. ...more

September 12, 2008

Republican incumbent Hillsborough County Commissioners Ken Hagan and Brian Blair ran away with their primary races, and newcomer Kevin Beckner prevailed over two other Democrats to face Blair in November. ...more

August 27, 2008

Is it just my imagination, or has this election season been going on since the Winter Olympics? ...more

August 17, 2008

I am frankly mystified at the endless palaver concerning the surge, which, according to my recollections, was an infusion of some 25,000 additional troops into Iraq last year. Such a decision was not a change in tactics or certainly not a new strategy, yet it is currently a subject of political debate as if such a decision was a stroke of military genius as to warrant a complete rewrite of the curriculum at West Point. ...more

July 28, 2008

John Anderson never doubted his chance would come. He just had to be very, very patient. ...more

June 21, 2008

SEBRING — It's a typical hot, muggy summer afternoon Wednesday, and Maxime Copley is at the YMCA's swimming pool on lifeguard duty. She always had the 21 hours a week to do watch over the kids splashing about, but with school out, the rising Sebring High School senior now does a noon shift. The next morning, she walks into the workout room at the high school. "I'm really busy with sports," she said earlier. Copley might join her church group for a mission in Mississippi as well. Yes, Copley's busy, but her summer's not that much more hectic than the average student. Whether they need to shape up, fix up or earn enough so they can do all of the above, high school students aren't letting up even when the textbooks are shelved. Work, Play And Gas Money ...more

June 14, 2008

Rod Brind'Amour scored two goals and Southeast Division-leading Carolina beat defending champion Atlanta 5-3 on Saturday night, giving Thrashers rookie goalie Ondrej Pavelec his first loss. ...more

November 11, 2007

Rick Tocchet still has time to serve before he will be allowed back behind an NHL bench. ...more

November 2, 2007

Bob Hartley could have been made the scapegoat after the Atlanta Thrashers' big, exciting, first-time-ever push into the Stanley Cup playoffs flopped with a four-game sweep at the hands of the New York Rangers last spring. ...more

October 20, 2007