It was raining and it was dark when we rolled by Bushnell on Interstate 75 this week. ...more

July 18, 2008

I never believed in a "generation gap," even though I was brought up in the '60s when all the teens were pot-smoking flower children compared to their parents who fought the Hun and made the world safe for everyone. ...more

July 15, 2008

'A Cautionary Tale' Regarding "A Life Shattered" by Geoff Fox, June 29: How many times have you guys been with a female companion, and a strange male made some remark about her? Usually it's a guy with a group of guys. ...more

July 13, 2008

Despite sizzling heat, the threat of rain and overpriced refreshments, an army of punk rockers flocked to Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg for the 14th annual Van's Warped Tour. ...more

July 12, 2008

In a year of firsts for rookie Evan Longoria, the Rays third baseman will make his first trip to the Major League All-Star game. ...more

July 10, 2008

The Tampa Bay Storm hosted a Big Brothers Big Sisters Night during its June 21 game against the Los Angeles Avengers. ...more

July 5, 2008

NEW YORK - The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on "Brokeback Mountain," the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for a 2005 movie that won three Academy Awards. ...more

June 9, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring Golf Course will now offer nine-hole play to appease disabled veterans and senior citizens who say that's all they can play. Robert Burdick, a disabled veteran, spearheaded the effort; he played regularly at Sebring Golf Course, previously known as the Sebring Municipal Golf Course, and was recently told he could no longer pay a nine-hole rate. ...more

May 8, 2008

Patrick Oliver has never missed the PODS Championship, the PGA Tour's annual Tampa Bay stop at Innisbrook Resort. ...more

February 25, 2008

Rick Kouwe has been close buddies with Jim Boeheim since they were kids back in the day. They played high school basketball against each other and used to hang out in each other's houses when they were growing up around Syracuse, N.Y. They even played hoops in the summer behind the funeral home run by Boeheim's dad. ...more

February 13, 2008