Tuesday night marked the third time in about five weeks a Rays trainer has come to the mound to check on closer Troy Percival in the middle of a save situation. ...more

June 26, 2008

The Fourth of July is by far our favorite summertime holiday. We may not be wearing red, white and blue bobby socks on a daily basis, or even flying the American flag from our porch, but we are very patriotic. ...more

June 24, 2008

SEBRING –– Championships have become a habit for Sebring's Chuck Detore. As member of the Florida Storm, Detore won his sixth International Senior Softball Association (ISSA) world championship in seven years recently and is going for yet another world championship later this summer. "It's really good to get a chance to play with and against the best players in the country," Detore said. "The competition is what we're all out there for. We want to play against the best. "To win, you have to compete against teams from all over the country. The tournaments are really intense and we don't hold anything back. We're all there for one thing in mind and that's to win." The Storm were the tops out of 40 teams at the championships and they recently won another world qualifier in the Amateur Softball Association (ASA). They'll compete for the world championship in the 55-over division in Burlington, NC beginning Aug. 29. ...more

June 23, 2008

Contrary to popular belief, American ingenuity is alive and well, especially in the technology industry and specifically in rehabilitation technology. I am fortunate to see it on a daily basis. ...more

June 22, 2008

There's an old saying about rumors: even one without a leg to stand on will still make its way all over town. That was when misinformation was spread by word of mouth and most times died out before causing much harm. That was before the Internet and e-mail. ...more

June 22, 2008

Add "The Middleman" to my summer guilty pleasures. This cheerfully goofy and intentionally spoofy (if I can use that as a word) sci-fi action series debuted last week on ABC Family, a network I almost never watch. ...more

June 20, 2008

When consulting firm Tindale-Oliver and Associates asked employees recently what they wanted from the company, one request kept coming up: more support for alternative commuting. ...more

June 20, 2008

The county commission has approved Little Harbor's request to convert 158 condominiums to daily rentals in a 4-3 vote. ...more

June 18, 2008

The American Amateur Press Association held its annual convention last week here in Tampa. ...more

June 18, 2008

DUNEDIN - Rabbit owners have their own social networking Web site, BunSpace, to tout hare raising experiences and humans have MySpace or Facebook over which to interact. Two local computer savvy women have created a social networking Web site for people who just can't leave their pooch home alone. It is called the Dog Travel Network. ...more

June 14, 2008