Tiger Woods raised a clenched fist as a jet engine-like roar built all around him on the 18th green. A 25-foot putt for his second eagle of Saturday's third-round back nine of the U.S. Open had just fallen. Despite limping, grimacing and seemingly spraying tee shots into every nook and cranny at Torrey Pines, he had just shot 70 to go 3 under and take a one-shot lead over Lee Westwood. ...more

June 15, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Just call Sunlake football coach Bill Browning "Dad." Like any parent, Browning is hoping to see some type of progression. Babies turn their babbles to words and eventually go from crawling to walking. ...more

May 20, 2008

On a night when the Gators hit 11 treys, it was a pair of free throws that finally iced the game. ...more

February 21, 2008

So here it is Sunday morning in Florida and time has run out. A presidential primary isn't the beginning or end of the world, but in Florida it's at least a warning, like the signs of a tropical disturbance out in the Atlantic of storms just beyond the horizon. ...more

January 27, 2008

For the past few years, banks that issue credit cards have aggressively wooed affluent customers with lavish perks and fat credit lines. Now, that high-end strategy is coming back to bite the banks: There are growing signs some of those consumers are having a hard time paying their bills. ...more

January 15, 2008

The Tampa Bay area's once red-hot real estate market continued to cool this year, even exceeding some economists' gloomiest predictions. During the housing boom, Bay area home prices skyrocketed nearly 140 percent, with the average home price peaking at $237,800 in August 2006. They held steady during most of 2006, when prices were falling in other parts of the country. ...more

December 30, 2007

Task Forces To Nowhere Regarding "Pipeline Of Seniors To Florida Slows" (front page, Dec. 20): ...more

December 29, 2007

Sallie Mae's planned $2.5 billion stock sale doesn't answer all of Wall Street's questions about the struggling student lender's future. ...more

December 28, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to make "the religion speech" Thursday, but don't count on him giving a soliloquy on Mormon beliefs and practices. ...more

December 5, 2007

Howard Stern finds himself listening to something different these days: "The Howard Stern Show" on satellite radio. ...more

November 27, 2007