Sometimes, it's difficult to grasp the magnitude of a winning streak until it's over. And so it is when considering the Brandon High School wrestling team, whose incredible record of 459 straight victories ended Saturday with a loss to Homestead South Dade. ...more

January 8, 2008

Mercury Morris played online football Saturday night, calling plays for the New England Patriots and New York Giants while trying not to think about the stakes. ...more

December 30, 2007

In December 1973 I was living in a halfway house for alcoholics and I was complaining that we should have a Christmas tree. So two Al-Anon ladies brought us a little three-foot artificial tree that we could set on the mantle and all the men seemed to enjoy it. After the holidays someone took it down and put it in a shed out back of the house. ...more

December 25, 2007

SEBRING – It has been a long time – 35 years to be exact – since Ruby Tuesday has had a makeover. The casual dining restaurant chain is in the midst of transforming more than 600 company-owned restaurants in the United States. The Sebring store, located on Sebring Parkway near U.S. 27, has been remodeled. Mike Roder, vice president of operations for Ruby Tuesday, said the remodeling program "kind of evolved" following the introduction over the last 18 months of new menu choices emphasizing fresh and high-quality food. ...more

December 16, 2007

Plans for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium on the downtown waterfront could score an economic home run, the team says, pumping $1 billion into the city's economy, creating 2,500 permanent jobs and attracting a million square feet of new retail, office and residential development, including 900 homes. ...more

November 17, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Plans for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium on the downtown waterfront could score an economic home run, the team says, pumping $1 billion into the city's economy, creating 2,500 permanent jobs and attracting a million square feet of new retail, office and residential development, including 900 homes. ...more

November 16, 2007

All Colleen Barrett wanted when she sought a job in Texas four decades ago was to become the best legal secretary she could be. ...more

October 26, 2007