Alex Ovechkin sure created a stir last week when he celebrated his 50th goal of the season by dropping his stick to the ice and acting as if it was too hot to handle. ...more

March 22, 2009

Raheem Morris' fast track just got a little faster. A week after Morris was named Monte Kiffin's successor as defensive coordinator of the Bucs, the Broncos have set up an interview with Tampa Bay's 32-year-old former secondary coach as a potential replacement for Coach Mike Shanahan. ...more

January 2, 2009

"Credit, the disposition of one man to trust another, is singularly varying," Walter Bagehot, the financial journalist, wrote 135 years ago. "In England, after a great calamity, everybody is suspicious of everybody; as soon as that calamity is forgotten, everybody again confides in everybody." ...more

January 1, 2009

That abrupt, cool breeze that gently caressed Pasco County recently, wafting west to east and improbably back again, is the relief in some politically charged quarters that official Republican Party business will no longer reside on Bill Bunting's daily to-do list. ...more

December 21, 2008

My daughter is a puppy. A spotted puppy. It's an important distinction. Her breed may be a mystery, but her markings have been mapped with a surveyor's precision. She has a black ring around her right eye, three spots on her rump, a spot on her left rear "paw" and a black-tipped tail. ...more

October 26, 2008

Oh, how history could have changed. But the NCAA did not have an excessive-celebration penalty on the books when flamboyant Deion Sanders roamed Doak Campbell Stadium for the Florida State Seminoles in the late 1980s. ...more

September 11, 2008

In their comeback season, the Celtics saved the biggest one of all for the NBA Finals. ...more

June 13, 2008

AVON PARK — Ron Zimmer talked with the exuberance of a teenager going to his first baseball game when asked about his decision to bring the Tampa Bay Rays to WFHT 1390 AM. ...more

June 7, 2008

SEBRING – Senior second baseman Sami Lower and pitcher Melissa Luke smiled and exchanged hi-fives with the sort of exuberance that carried across the field. "I love coming out to the field every day," Lower said. "There is a bond on this team that I believe gives us an edge over a lot of teams. We're always there to lift the other teammate up and give them that boost when they need it." ...more

February 6, 2008

One worked in the Home Shopping Network showroom in Clearwater; one was a stay-at-home dad from Newberry. There was an electrician from Princeton, W.Va., and students from the University of Tampa and, of course, the University of South Florida. ...more

October 4, 2007