Viviana Cao loves to create arts and crafts at home in Cory Lake Isles. Her brother, Christopher, enjoys playing chess and working on improving his tennis game. ...more

July 27, 2009

Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana. ...more

February 2, 2009

TAMPA Tampa's Plant High School has much to brag about, but it's a school in Polk County that made U.S. News & World Report's list of the top 100 high schools in the United States. The International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High School is rated No. 7 in the nation. The top high school in the country is Thomas Jefferson High School for Sciences and Technology in Alexandria, Va., according to the report. ...more

December 5, 2008

Tyson Gay reached back to grab the baton "and there was nothing." He's not the only American track favorite who will leave Beijing empty-handed. ...more

August 22, 2008

Eleven athletes from the Brandon Tennis for Fun program at the Brandon Sports and Aquatic Center qualified for and participated in the 36th Annual Special Olympics Florida State Summer Games on May 16 and 17 at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando. ...more

July 5, 2008

Eleven athletes from the Tennis for Fun program at the Brandon Sports and Aquatic Center qualified for and participated in the 36th annual Special Olympics Florida State Summer Games May 16-17 at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. ...more

July 2, 2008

Rising fuel prices are affecting the price of just about everything from timber to tomatoes, so should we expect spikes in the cost of American wine? ...more

June 11, 2008

A few steps from the gymnasium at Turkey Creek Middle School, six teachers plot to transform adolescent couch potatoes into fitness-minded thinkers. ...more

May 21, 2008

This is as close as a rivalry can get. Evan Lysacek won his second straight title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday, despite finishing with the same score as Johnny Weir. The two - who have combined to win the last five U.S. crowns - both finished with 244.77 points. But Lysacek won the free skate, 162.72 to 161.37, and that's the tiebreaker. ...more

January 28, 2008

Johnny Weir won this round. And some praise from rival Evan Lysacek. ...more

January 26, 2008