It doesn't matter if you're a 6-foot-5, 300-pound nose tackle for the Chicago Bears or a 5-foot-4 shelf stocker at Publix. On the hardwood lanes, the playing field is level. ...more

January 29, 2009

Catholics, put aside your guilt. You don't have to choose between going to Sunday's Super Bowl activities or Mass. ...more

January 29, 2009

A mechanical gorilla's 22-hour ordeal at the hands of ape-nappers is over. The 6-foot-tall gorilla was recovered this afternoon and police were returning it to its rightful home at State Vacuum on Kennedy Boulevard. ...more

January 29, 2009

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was named the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year on Thursday, beating out another quarterback and three prolific running backs for the award based on fan voting. ...more

January 29, 2009

Super Bowl fever is swallowing Tampa, it seems, to the point you can't enter a grocery store without being confronted by a football stadium made with canned chili. ...more

January 29, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes' revelation that he briefly sold drugs as a youth has created a stir in the national media. It was the first thing he was asked about during his media availability Thursday at USF's Sun Dome. ...more

January 29, 2009

More than 1,000 Tampa Bay area elementary school children got a lesson Wednesday in the importance of exercise from about a dozen current and retired National Football League players and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

January 29, 2009

John W. Allman's entertaining and spirited look at Pittsburgh Steelers bars in the Tampa Bay area gave a somewhat misleading explanation for the dearth of hangouts for local Phoenix Cardinals fans - the idea that the Steelers' six Super Bowl appearances and record five victories give the storied franchise a vast national popularity ("Steelers On Tap At Local Pubs," Jan. 27). ...more

January 29, 2009

the sights and sounds, the highs and lows. Most of all, he remembers the beginning. ...more

January 29, 2009

More than 1,000 Tampa Bay elementary school children got a lesson today in the importance of exercise from about a dozen current and retired National Football League players and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

January 28, 2009