La Toya Jackson says her brother Michael looked "absolutely fabulous" when he was laid to rest last week. ...more

September 10, 2009

SARASOTA - Police say arsonists started a fire at a home on 24th Street in an attempt to kill a man who they suspected of shooting an aspiring boxer and his girlfriend over the weekend. Related Links: ...more

March 12, 2009

No pads, no helmets needed. Some familiar faces traded in the pigskin for a round ball Friday night. Buccaneer Cato June hosted the Celebrity Superslam Basketball Game. Teammate Aqib Talib and former Buc Simeon Rice joined him on the court. Proceeds from the charity event are to benefit the June Family Foundation. ...more

February 1, 2009

A deputy shot an aggressive dog today after authorities say it was part of a pair of canines that bit two people in Brandon this afternoon. ...more

December 9, 2008

11:45 a.m.: As voters flow into the Fair Oaks Recreation Center, Precinct 325, all morning, 19-year-old Marquis Davis has a different mission. ...more

November 4, 2008

Unbeaten middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has finalized a deal to fight longtime titlist Bernard Hopkins on Oct. 18 in Atlantic City, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday. ...more

July 24, 2008

NEW YORK - The bulldog has charmed its way into the Top 10 most popular breeds in the nation after an absence of more than 70 years, according to the American Kennel Club. ...more

January 17, 2008

You know this Bucs season has a fighting chance when the meat wagon makes its weekly trip to the field and Jeff Garcia doesn't limp aboard. ...more

October 15, 2007

I can only imagine how puffed up my husband must have been the night a sportswriter sitting next to him at a pro fight leaned over and asked if he was a former boxer. "Why, yes," Rick replied, sitting a little straighter in his chair. "How did you know?" He figured his fellow scribe had seen him in action back in the '70s, when he was a pretty good junior welterweight fighting out of Minneapolis. ...more

September 27, 2007