For better or worse, Josh Beckett is the man for Boston. Saturday night, Beckett was slightly better and definitely not as worse as his past stints on the mound. ...more

October 19, 2008

I was barbecuing a couple of pork shoulders for guests my wife and I had over for dinner a few weeks ago. I smoked the two chunks of pork over temperatures in the 200-degree range for almost 24 hours with plenty of sweet hardwood smoke. The shoulder blade slipped right out of the meat. ...more

July 29, 2008

Because even under the most favorable circumstances Steve O'Neill is as chatty as a clam, we don't know what was on the 47-year-old Port Richey city councilman's mind early on the morning of May 25 when he climbed behind the wheel of his 2001 Ford. ...more

June 1, 2008

A Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge granted former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra a travel permit for up to 45 days so she can get treatment in California, but he also scolded her and ordered her to clam up around the media. ...more

January 10, 2008