B-C-S - are often used to describe college basketball's power structure. ...more

February 7, 2009

The Oscars are at a crossroads and Batman is standing right in the middle of the road. Like the Scarecrow says in "The Wizard of Oz" (not "the Scarecrow" in "Batman Begins"), the Oscars can go this way, or they can go that way. ...more

January 19, 2009

One staged a remarkable one-season turnaround with a smooth, efficient rookie at the controls. The other emerged from a legacy of losing behind the ageless arm of a gunslinging veteran. ...more

January 3, 2009

and this is one of them - when I think I could write a column simply extolling the virtues of Little Bo Peep, recipients of the Medal of Honor and the essence of our precious bodily fluids, and some of you beloved readers would still seize the moment to rant like Old Yeller toward the end about Republicans versus Democrats. ...more

August 24, 2008

On the eve of the Olympic all-around final in women's gymnastics, teammates Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson sat together in their room at the athletes' village, looking at the calendars they had at their bedside. ...more

August 16, 2008

For just the second time in franchise history, the Tampa Bay Storm won't be playing in the Arena Football League's postseason. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — In 2005, when Tim Mahoney entered the 16th District congressional race against Mark Foley, political prognosticators gave him no chance to win. As late as Sept. 12, 2006, even a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee poll had Mahoney trailing Foley 35 to 48 percent. But on Sept. 29, Foley resigned after a Web site revealed the congressman had been sending salacious e-mails to teenaged House pages. ...more

December 27, 2007