Richard J. Rios, the treasurer for the Sun City Center Chamber of Commerce, said most people use the New Year as an excuse to meet with their financial advisor for a yearly check-up. ...more

December 3, 2008

Time For Leavitt To Improve Coach Jim Leavitt was the perfect man to build the USF football program from scratch. Early on, he willed the Bulls to victory in some big games with his emotion and stubbornness. He even got an A-plus training facility built at a university with a skinflint budget for athletics. What a perfect choice to lay the foundation. He now needs to watch how some successful coaches manage winning programs. He should have the courage to hire great assistants and listen to their input. He also should save the antics and emotions for the biggest games. Those things are like a spice - great in small amounts, but they ruin a dish if overused. Now is the time to instill confidence, discipline and calmness in the players. Emotion cannot be sustained throughout a season, but confidence can. It's time for him to be humble and coachable. I love him, but he must improve. It's no more than he asks of 18-year-old players. ...more

November 30, 2008

Drew Brees threw for four scores, Deuce McAllister set a Saints record with his 54th career touchdown and New Orleans rolled to a 51-29 victory against the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. ...more

November 25, 2008

Plant coach Leanna Taylor was worried her players would be distracted going into Tuesday's Class 5A-Region 3 semifinal against Palm Harbor. ...more

November 12, 2008

Hours after Lightning general manager Brian Lawton questioned his team's work ethic on Thursday, the team responded. ...more

November 7, 2008

Palm Harbor University kept its improbable dream of a season running full-steam ahead Friday night, edging Class 5A-District 9 rival East Lake 14-10. ...more

November 1, 2008

You can't begin to catalogue all the big moments in this Rays season, but there was time to start while waiting out the rain Saturday night for Game 3 of the World Series. One of them, undeniably, was a loss. ...more

October 25, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays' improbable season continued Wednesday night on Major League Baseball's biggest stage with Game 1 of the World Series at Tropicana Field. ...more

October 23, 2008

They'll blow the whistle loud and long again tonight, and the A-Train will roll back into your life. As if he ever left. ...more

October 19, 2008

County attorney assures audience. ...more

October 15, 2008