Again, kudos to Mike Bates (The Lone Ranger) and Hernando Today. ...more

February 6, 2008

Impressionable players are studying him hard, looking for the slightest hint of panic. ...more

December 25, 2007

Alex Rodriguez set another record for baseball's highest contract, finalizing his $275 million, 10-year agreement with the New York Yankees on Thursday. ...more

December 14, 2007

Recently there appeared several articles about the privately owned sewage plant off Thunderbird Road, serving a small subdivision in this area. Let me share facts and thoughts about this debacle. The present owner appears to be David Plank, who inherited this facility from his now deceased father, Seth Plank, about six years ago. The elder Mr. Plank subdivided and platted this area mostly consisting of Sunbird Circle, about 50 to 60 lots zoned for mobile home single- and double-wide units. Understand, as a developer a business was created to make a profit on the sale of lots. Part of the plan was to provide a treatment plant to serve this development. A cheap, substandard plant was built with a planned obsolesces to be 20-25 years. ...more

December 6, 2007

College football fans are among the most passionate and ardent supporters the sports world has to offer. Stadiums the size of small cities are routinely filled every Saturday, and yearly clashes between rivals can make or break careers, turning 18-year old men into legends and providing fans memories that last a lifetime. Feasting upon every snap is the college football fan, who, through their alliances, rarely agree on anything. ...more

December 5, 2007

Reports about the announced retirement of Jerry Maxwell as general manager of Tampa Bay Water have focused on the regional drinking water supplier's high-profile failures: The desalination plant that is years behind schedule, cracks that have turned up in the embankment of the 15-billion gallon reservoir, the utility's conflicts with local governments. ...more

September 29, 2007

POWER RANKINGS 1. RED SOX: If there's one major concern heading into the postseason, it's Manny Ramirez's health. ...more

September 16, 2007