I've just lived through one of the most frustrating weeks of my life. It felt like I spent the entire seven days doing just one thing – waiting. I hate waiting. I waited for phone calls that never came, for mail that didn't arrive, and for a repairman who never showed. I waited in the doctor's office and the post office and the coffee shop. I waited in a checkout line so long I finally had to give up and go back to work without my0 lunch. On the job, it seemed every assignment I tackled could not be completed without waiting for someone else to do his part first, which, of course, he (or she) never did. I sent polite e-mail reminders, and waited some more. I made phone calls and was put on hold. Several times I waited till the phone grew permanently attached to my ear, only to be told he'd call me back. But he didn't. ...more

February 15, 2009

In a game crying out for a moment of brilliance, Durant's Freeman Bass and Billy Fanning provided one. ...more

February 11, 2009

Entering Saturday's duel between Florida and Miami, the prevailing logic was that Hurricanes redshirt freshman quarterback Robert Marve and freshman QB Jacory Harris would wilt under the bright lights of Florida Field. ...more

September 7, 2008

There is brilliance in the simplicity of the par-3 third hole at Tampa's Westchase Golf Club. ...more

June 5, 2008

As revelations go, this probably qualifies as a poor man's epiphany-lite meets "I coulda had a V-8!" moment. ...more

January 31, 2008

How Tampa Bay Ended Up Last In The East At The Break 1. The plight of Dan Boyle this season just about sums up how things have gone for Tampa Bay in the first half. From the moment an errant skate fell off its hook above Boyle's locker in September and severed three tendons in his wrist, the team must have felt like it has had a black cloud following it around. Boyle's absence was absorbed for the first quarter of the season, but as the season wore on, Tampa Bay's young core of defensemen wore down. ...more

January 26, 2008

A storybook regular season resplendent with storybook heroes officially comes to an end for the Bucs today. ...more

December 29, 2007

Shane O'Brien's NHL education with the Lightning is progressing. There have been some good-to-great moments for the 24-year-old defenseman from Port Hope, Ontario. ...more

December 17, 2007

One of the first things Peyton Manning did Monday was to place a congratulatory phone call to the new king of quarterbacks, Brett Favre. That's one time you'd love to have a bug in that phone, just to listen in as two of the best to ever play the position chatted it up. ...more

October 4, 2007