Jamie Heward walked down the hallway outside the Lightning locker room Friday afternoon looking for a shower and a clean shirt. ...more

January 3, 2009

Before everyone conked out on a long, late flight home from Boston that kept many of the Rays from walking through their front doors until 7 a.m. on Friday, Joe Maddon saw what he wanted to see. ...more

October 18, 2008

They are a team made up, at least in part, of second-chancers. Certainly Antonio Bryant fits into that category. So does Jerramy Stevens. Even Brian Griese qualifies. ...more

September 22, 2008

The mood in the Rays' clubhouse before Wednesday's game was decidedly mellow, with a string of Bob Marley tunes wafting from the speakers in place of the usual hip-hop selections. ...more

July 31, 2008

Jason Rew turned his deceased father's dream into an ecofriendly business that will let people lay loved ones to rest at sea. ...more

February 20, 2008

Bill Stewart didn't need an actual job interview. His performance in the 2 1/2 weeks since Rich Rodriguez resigned, punctuated by West Virginia's resounding victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, was enough. ...more

January 4, 2008

I remember sitting in my grandmother's living room and licking S&H Green Stamps and pasting them in prize booklets in hopes of getting something for free. ...more

November 11, 2007

You got the impression that if the team's charter plane hadn't been waiting on Florida State for the long flight home, offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher would have called a spur-of-the-moment practice for his unit. Meanwhile, as he tormented the offense, Fisher would have invited the defensive players to watch as they feasted on a postgame meal of filet mignon and lobster. ...more

September 17, 2007

Florida State offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher scripted more than a dozen plays at the beginning of his long-awaited debut Monday night at Clemson. As you probably know by now, Fisher's first game at FSU didn't exactly follow the script he had in mind. ...more

September 5, 2007