Lightning center and No. 1 overall draft pick Steven Stamkos is making the transition this season from junior star to NHL regular. Throughout the season, the 19-year-old from Markham, Ontario, will share his experiences with Tribune writer Erik Erlendsson to give readers an insight into a new way of life during his rookie journey. ...more

March 29, 2009

Zenon Konopka experienced the hockey version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" on Wednesday. ...more

December 12, 2008

When I was a little girl, I learned the ailments for which my mother considered milk of magnesia a cure. I kept those aches to myself because the cure was surely worse. I was greatly impressed recently to learn that two tablespoons of the nasty-tasting stuff mixed with a quart of club soda can be used to preserve newsprint. ...more

December 7, 2008

NEWS AND NOTES County Won't Buy More Pole Vaulting Gear The School District of Hillsborough County is getting out of the pole vault business, at least when it comes to buying equipment for the event, county athletic director Lanness Robinson said. ...more

November 29, 2008

Available in five trims, the 3.5-liter V-6 engine pumps out 262 horsepower at 6250 rpm and 248 pounds-feet of torque at 4500 rpm. ...more

November 1, 2008

SEBRING — As the School Board of Highlands County looks to increase transportation charges for field trips, high fuel prices are affecting high school athletics. The cost for using school buses for athletic road trips comes out of the money brought in through fundraising. ...more

June 21, 2008

TAMPA - Kelly Alexander has curbed her road trips and Ruby Wilson has put off buying a new car. Both filled their gas tanks Monday under a BP sign that declared $3.09 as the price for one gallon of regular unleaded gas. Analysts say the upward creeping prices are only a small taste of things to come. Between February and May, analysts say, the cost of a gallon of regular unleaded could reach $3.75. ...more

January 7, 2008

When Stan Heath was the men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas, the Razorbacks used chartered planes instead of commercial flights for every road game. ...more

December 13, 2007

Is QB Xavier Lee's junior season - and possibly his disappointing career at Florida State - in danger of coming to a close? ...more

November 12, 2007

A locker was available for CF Rocco Baldelli on Monday in the visitors clubhouse at Fenway Park. There was a No. 5 nameplate, a jersey and everything. ...more

September 11, 2007