BOWLING Spring Hill's Jay Olsen gets blazing hot, posting four 820 series in a 10-day span at both Spring Hill Lanes and Mariner Lanes. ...more

December 16, 2008 |

Garrey Deon Gibson continued resisting arrest Tuesday night even after being zapped by a Taser, Hillsborough County deputies say. About 9:50 p.m. at Symmes Road and North Street in Gibsonton, deputies conducted a traffic stop on Gibson. They saw him put a green leafy substance into his mouth, and they believed it was marijuana. ...more

November 19, 2008 |

Whenever you doubt the capacity of baseball to embarrass itself at the worst possible time, remember nights like Monday. Only baseball could take its showcase event, the World Series, and turn it into a farce. ...more

October 28, 2008 |

2nd Inning The situation: The Phillies load the bases with one out on an infield single and a pair of walks by Scott Kazmir. ...more

October 25, 2008 |

BOWLING Spring Hill bowler Phil Ciaccio captured the one award he had yet to earn in Florida with an 826 series. ...more

October 15, 2008 |

No one was particularly surprised that the White Sox played well Sunday in beating the Rays. Joe Maddon said he expected it and swept aside any notion that Chicago's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the division series was anything to be concerned about. ...more

October 6, 2008 |

Scott Kazmir was the first player to suggest with conviction the perennial last-place Rays could do something extraordinary in 2008. ...more

September 21, 2008 |

Give Metallica credit. When 1991's eponymous "black album" landed the band squarely in the mainstream, it didn't milk the formula. It forged ahead with "Load" (1996) and "Reload" (1997), tweaking things here, trying new approaches there. ...more

September 12, 2008 |

At 7:58 p.m. today, we're exactly three days away from the second new moon of August. This Saturday provides the excellent fishing conditions, with the midday heat to contend with the only serious challenge. ...more

August 27, 2008 |

It appeared to be here-we-go-again time for LHP Scott Kazmir after two innings Saturday. ...more

August 24, 2008 |