0 Times Crawford has been caught in 17 stolen base attempts this season 9 Steals by Crawford against five Boston pitchers in four-game weekend series ...more

May 4, 2009

Glazer Family Foundation presented grants totaling more than $15,000 to four nonprofit organizations during a March 9 luncheon and grant presentation at One Buccaneer Place. Representatives from Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf, Dawn Center, Hemophilia Foundation of Greater Florida and Sydney's Angels for Autism attended the private luncheon and accepted checks presented by Darcie Glazer Kassewitz on behalf of the Glazer Family Foundation. ...more

April 1, 2009

Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman has fired a nonprofit group of nurses that helped care for her children, accusing the group of spying on her and reporting her to child welfare officials, her spokesman said Monday. ...more

March 23, 2009

Ben Zobrist backs up for the Rays at almost every position on the field. But who backs up the back up? ...more

March 7, 2009

In collecting his thoughts about the hottest topic in baseball these days, Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used performance enhancing drugs over a three-year period while playing for Texas, Rays manager Joe Maddon summed up the state of the game rather succinctly. ...more

February 11, 2009

SOUTH TAMPA It was a memorable night of music performed by young artists at the second annual Christmas concert to benefit Foster Angels of Hillsborough County, held Dec. 10 at The Grand Beauty Spa on Kennedy Boulevard. ...more

December 24, 2008

When is a begonia a dragon wing begonia and when is it an angel wing begonia? ...more

December 18, 2008

Christmas isn't just for young children. It's also for teens, including the hundreds in foster care throughout Hillsborough County - some of whom arrived at their temporary homes with nothing more than the clothes they were wearing when they left abusive or neglectful homes. ...more

November 30, 2008

Being a caregiver is mostly a thankless, lonely job particularly if you yourself are not in good health. You lose touch with many friends, you don't get to go out except for business and any spare time is spent writing, reading, talking to friends on the phone or resting (I get very little sleep at night.) On Oct. 10, something happened with was a nightmare come true; I won't get into details. I thought, this can't be happening, it can't be true. I'll never forget it. Thanks to angels like Deputy D. Wilson, social services, S. Richards, friends Red and Tom Travison, Clare Schuler, Dr. E. Palosky and staff, who tried to bring closure to this event. Our son Jerry spent his days off from work making numerous phone calls to help me. Our son John and wife Donna called long distance. God bless you all. I hope no one ever goes through what I did. ...more

October 26, 2008

Joe Maddon was pleased to discover nothing has changed in the Rays clubhouse prior to tonight's opening game of the World Series. That's just how he wants it. ...more

October 22, 2008