University of Georgia head football coach Mark Richt was once asked why he supported the Bowl Championship Series instead of a playoff. "I think college football has the most exciting regular season of any sport because there is not a playoff system," he answered. "The whole season is a playoff system." ...more

January 7, 2010

U.S. consumers and businesses are filing for bankruptcy at a pace that made 2009 the seventh-worst year on record, with more than 1.4 million petitions submitted, according to an Associated Press tally. ...more

January 5, 2010

LOS ANGELES - The Fox television network and Time Warner Cable have announced an agreement in principle on a television programming deal that will allow signals to continue for millions of cable subscribers. ...more

January 1, 2010

The city's firefighters head to the polls beginning today to vote on a proposed contract with the city that includes no pay raises this fiscal year. ...more

December 28, 2009

The city's firefighters head to the polls beginning today to vote on a proposed contract with the city that includes no pay raises this fiscal year. ...more

December 27, 2009

Outfielder Milton Bradley has been traded to the Seattle Mariners from the Chicago Cubs for expensive and underperforming pitcher Carlos Silva, ending rumors of a proposed swap for Tampa Bay's Pat Burrell. ...more

December 18, 2009

Anyone know Christopher J. Vecchione of Tampa or Stephanie A. Mckee in Westchase? If so, you can tell them the government has something for them. ...more

November 15, 2009

Members of Tampa's largest union overwhelmingly approved a proposed one-year contract with the city that includes no pay raises and no reduction in benefits. ...more

November 11, 2009

The city's largest union goes to the polls today to vote on a proposed one-year contract for city workers that includes no pay raises and no reduction in benefits. ...more

November 10, 2009

Productivity rises as jobless claims fall Productivity rose at an annual rate of 9.5 percent in the July-September quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was much better than the 6.4 percent gain economists had expected. Unit labor costs fell at a 5.2 percent rate. ...more

November 6, 2009