it's a home game. Nobody goes into Wembley Stadium and beats the Bucs. ...more

October 22, 2009

Thus far in the 2008-2009 service year for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Pasco County, 24,708 of those with RSVP have put in 363,578 hours of volunteer service. ...more

March 11, 2009

Fifty years ago, a bearded guerrilla marched triumphantly into Havana and declared victory over a departing dictator. Then he became a despot himself. ...more

January 1, 2009

Is part-timer Mark Martin a favorite to kiss the bricks after Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard? In his own mind, he is. ...more

July 23, 2008

It has been a while since my last article but I cannot stand by in silence as the city council will assess a fee on all homeowners. Brace yourselves and get ready to feel the wrath of the crown jewels. The crown paid $32,000 to come up with this fee and let's face it, it is a way to circumvent the reduction in taxes that was voted on and overwhelmingly passed by us the Florida taxpayers. ...more

June 8, 2008

The day starts at the Brickyard, at the most historic track in motorsports, with 33 open-wheel drivers looking to dash their way into racing immortality. ...more

May 19, 2008

The berry-colored buds looked ready to burst. Bob Fuchs tried peeling open the petals, but the hybrid orchid refused to be coaxed into bloom. ...more

January 22, 2008

It's a bit of a secret, one held closely among equestrians wrung out of rangeland by the concrete squeeze of urbanization. ...more

November 29, 2007

It's a bit of a secret, one held closely among equestrians wrung out of rangeland by the concrete squeeze of urbanization. Secreted in the midst of three of northeastern Hillsborough County's most occluded asphalt arteries, this 1,500-acre expanse of live oak canopies and primordial scenery has preserved for the mounted a sugar-sweet bit of unspoiled Florida. ...more

November 24, 2007

Seventeen years ago, the Humane Society named Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, with its caged animals and sparse grounds, one of the 10 worst zoos in the country. ...more

November 6, 2007