A white-bearded 55-year-old Texan has won the 2009 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in this island city. ...more

July 27, 2009

Ronde Barber hated to see Monte Kiffin go. The Bucs Pro Bowl cornerback has a feeling, though, that Kiffin's departure will prove to be a good thing for Tampa Bay's defense. ...more

January 31, 2009

Brad Richards' last moment inside the St. Pete Times Forum saw him pushing a large wheeled cart that carried the weight of his equipment bag along with the stockpile of his hockey sticks. ...more

January 19, 2009

"Salvation in Death," by J.D. Robb (G.P. Putnam, $25.95) ...more

December 28, 2008

I should say up front that I am a huge fan of the yuletide season. I confess this knowing my fondness for all that is Christmas means I shall never achieve the much-coveted ninth-degree black belt in curmudgeonliness. ...more

December 26, 2008

Elliott Forbes-Robinson showed that age and experience can be all the edge a driver needs at a famed raceway. ...more

December 7, 2008

When they need vibrant bloomers with a demonstrated fondness for Florida, many landscapers and amusement park owners shop at a 20-year-old wholesale nursery in Wimauma. ...more

November 2, 2008

Paul Newman, that pure and concentrated essence of classic movie stardom, reinvented himself a couple of times in the span of his long career, until he ended up playing the kind of guy he might have become had he never left his native Shaker Heights, Ohio: an ultra-conservative cold-fish Midwestern lawyer, married for decades to the same woman (see his performance in "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge," from 1990). ...more

September 28, 2008

Early rising television fans gathered at the University of Tampa this morning to watch NBC's Today show hosts Matt Lauer and Al Roker broadcast live from the picturesque campus near downtown Tampa. ...more

September 23, 2008

As farewells go, the one bestowed at Tuesday's City Council meeting could prove hard to top. Fire and Emergency Services Chief Daniel Azzariti was the man in the spotlight. ...more

September 20, 2008