New York Yankees first-baseman Mark Teixeira stepped to the plate with a stickball bat and rubber ball in hand. ...more

March 28, 2009

He's a grizzled baseball veteran, but the Yankees' first baseman was a stickball newbie. Turns out, that didn't matter much. ...more

March 27, 2009

T'is Now, The Coming Age! (Presidential Inauguration) By James E. Tokley Sr. Poet Laureate, Tampa ...more

January 20, 2009

The full moon occurs on Sunday at 3:47 a.m., while the lunar perigee happens a day later. Both facts combined create the largest nighttime feeding period of the month and if the daytime weather is ideal, perhaps the largest daytime feeding period of the month. ...more

January 7, 2009

9:31 p.m.: The Good Luck Café in Ybor City mimicked a church – just for a moment – as partiers offered a minute of silence in honor of Barack Obama. ...more

November 4, 2008

Florida has all the motivation it needs against rival Georgia, and coach Urban Meyer doesn't want to give the Bulldogs any help. ...more

October 27, 2008

Venus Williams was cruising along with a ho-hum 6-3, 4-1 lead over her 35-year-old opponent at the French Open on Monday when suddenly everything went awry. ...more

May 27, 2008

Fidel Castro said Friday that he made the right call when he called it quits, and he is exhausted and overdue for a vacation. But the old man can't put away his pen just yet, not when U.S. presidential candidates are one-upping each other to show who's toughest on Cuba. ...more

February 23, 2008

The Lightning are finally going Hollywood. Movie and television producer Oren Koules and his partners with OK Hockey - believed to include as many as eight members - announced Wednesday they have entered into a definitive purchase agreement to buy the team from Detroit-based Palace Sports and Entertainment. The deal includes the team, the lease agreement for the St. Pete Times Forum and 5.5 acres of adjacent land. Although no price tag was part of the announcement, the deal is believed to be worth between $200 million and $210 million. The first purchase attempt by Absolute Hockey in August was believed to be worth $206 million. ...more

February 14, 2008

Melodious hymns spill from the back of the tidy Albany Avenue shop, where women and girls trust Sandra Thomas with their most glorious possessions: their hair and their souls. ...more

January 6, 2008