The Land O' Lakes girls were asked bring a pillow and blanket with them to practice Thursday, but they were not told what it was for until they got there. ...more

February 1, 2008

And then there were four. Pasco County has produced a quartet of district tournament survivors, each with its eyes set on a state title as regional playoffs begin this week. ...more

January 24, 2008

U2 3D *** After all those hits and all those decades of playing together, U2 is still a tremendous live act - which makes the idea of a three-dimensional concert film seem sort of redundant. They're so vibrant and theatrical in their performances and they sound so powerful, it's as if they're already reaching out and grabbing you. ...more

January 24, 2008

His team's performance at the Graves Invitational was encouraging, but Durant High wrestling coach Dennis Kitko left the event feeling bummed out. ...more

January 12, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Tom Manfre was 5-foot-7 and weighed 105 pounds. Within six months of reading Charles Atlas' iconic bodybuilding advertisement on the back of a comic book, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native had added 17 pounds of rippling muscle to his frame. ...more

January 12, 2008

Joey Cozart wanted the weight of The Streak square on his 140-pound frame's shoulders. The only problem was The Streak ended before he got that chance. ...more

January 6, 2008

Doug Williams works in the Bucs front office. He has also played a little quarterback for the team. Oh, and he blazed a trail at the Super Bowl 20 years ago. ...more

January 5, 2008

Chances are you just finished dropping a boatload of money on holiday gifts. You probably paid for the bulk of your purchases with a debit or credit card, particularly if you did any of your shopping online. But what did you do to protect yourself against identity theft? ...more

December 30, 2007

We look like the walking dead, straggling into the receiving office of a large discount retailer, shirts wrinkled and sweaty, hair disheveled, faces gaunt, shoulders slouched. Truck drivers. I first saw him while rounding the turn at the far end of a long warehouse. He was sitting on the landing gear of a semi, and he looked very tired. ...more

December 15, 2007

There are a million reasons most twentysomethings don't put saving at the top of their lists, and many are understandable. For starters, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average college graduate has $19,000 of debt, not including credit cards. The pay at most entry-level jobs barely covers fixed expenses such as rent, insurance and utilities. And the things we typically save for - retirement, first home - seem light-years away. ...more

December 2, 2007