The Bucs dipped into the free-agent pool for the second time in five days Wednesday, this time pulling out Sean Jones, a starting-caliber safety who is expected to push Sabby Piscitelli for his starting job. ...more

March 17, 2010

RHP Jeff Niemann was so sharp Sunday, he had Tigers newcomer Johnny Damon talking aloud. ...more

March 15, 2010

Discontented citizen As a newcomer to Brooksville, I have never been so dissatisfied with an area of this country that I have lived in as I am with the county and city of Brooksville and its officials. ...more

February 25, 2010

Dustin Johnson wanted to make sure he got off to a good start as the defending champion of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He succeeded Thursday because of a phenomenal finish. ...more

February 12, 2010

Alex Prugh's last name rhymes with "Who?" It's a good question - and a good young player leading the Bob Hope Classic. ...more

January 24, 2010

Given the hundreds upon hundreds of youth and adult students who have stepped into Ingram's Pro Karate dojo over its 30-plus years in existence, there was no initial cause for 11-year-old Shawn Roof to particularly stand out amongst his newcomer peers. ...more

January 20, 2010

Newcomer Emma and perennial favorite Jacob may top the list of popular baby names nationwide, but Florida marches to a different drummer. ...more

May 19, 2009

The title of Alice Schroeder's biography about Warren Buffett is "Snowball -- Warren Buffett and the Business of Life." Schroeder opens her story with a vignette about a day in Buffett's childhood when he recalls catching a snowflake on his hand and then two more until he gets a handful, enough to roll a snowball unstopping through the world. As a child, Buffett was always engrossed with numbers. He counted things over and over again. As soon as he was old enough, he took an after school job delivering newspapers and then another before school. Very shortly, he had a very respectable bank account that he was always trying to figure out ways to make larger. Schroeder writes a very detailed summary of his life from early childhood until his current status as the world's richest man. Buffett assisted and aided Schroeder in her research. She reports he had a few bumps along the way and lost some money but he used each failure as a learning tool and used it to build his dynasty. He and his wife Susie have a great partnership together and most of all, he says, he did his Dad proud. ...more

March 25, 2009

Ever since he became a starter in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers backfield, Earnest Graham has had trouble finishing. He petered out late in the 2007 season due to a variety of nagging injuries and his 2008 season was cut short after 11 weeks because of a high ankle sprain. ...more

March 19, 2009

The man the Bucs call "Flip" is flipping positions. Once a fixture at strong safety, veteran Jermaine Phillips is suddenly a candidate to replace the departed Derrick Brooks at weakside linebacker. ...more

March 18, 2009