A group of investors sued Gov. Charlie Crist and state financial regulators today, claiming they didn't do enough to protect them from losing $44 million in a stock scam ran by boy band promoter Louis Pearlman. ...more

December 29, 2008

"Dump on the Other Team's City" is a dangerous game, especially when your city picks the Backstreet Boys to attempt the national anthem. ...more

October 26, 2008

TAMPA - For good or ill, your memories of the Tampa Bay Rays' first trip to the World Series will include The Backstreet Boys. ...more

October 21, 2008

Quarterbacks Brian Griese of Tampa Bay and Aaron Rodgers of Green Bay have one glaring thing in common as their teams meet today Raymond James Stadium. ...more

September 28, 2008

Time to start the countdown clock on MTV's countdown era: "Total Request Live" will soon leave the air after 10 years. ...more

September 15, 2008

Although he didn't win the opportunity to make his own music video as a contestant on "High School Musical: Get in the Picture Competition," Valrico native JohnWesley Honaker managed to win the hearts of teenage girls from around the country. And his YouTube video performance is still drawing attention. ...more

August 21, 2008

Lou Pearlman, the former boy band promoter and entrepreneur turned federal inmate, has taken another career turn: police informant. ...more

July 31, 2008

Lou Pearlman, the man made famous for creating the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for engineering a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of their life savings. ...more

May 22, 2008

The Super Bowl experience seemed to be greatly exaggerated for New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan and receiver Amani Toomer during the 2000 season when they advanced to play against Baltimore in Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa. ...more

February 3, 2008