Baseball looked more like America's national pastime Sunday night. Team USA avoided elimination from the World Baseball Classic, beating the Netherlands 9-3 to ease the sting of a drubbing endured against Puerto Rico the night before. ...more

March 16, 2009

GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mel Berman. ...more

February 20, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays have signed veteran outfielder Gabe Kapler to a one-year major-league contract that will pay him $1 million. ...more

January 12, 2009

Lindsey Lamar and Terrence Mitchell are cousins but they have the type of kinship that is more like the one shared by brothers. They hang out at one another's homes, attend Hillsborough High together and, of course, play on the same sports teams together. ...more

September 4, 2008

Hillsborough High might have a reputation for smash-mouth football but the Terriers used their speed and finesse to knock off Lakewood 30-18 in the preseason Kickoff Classic they hosted Friday at Chelo Huerta Field. ...more

August 30, 2008

Forget Debate Club, or possibly Girl Scouts or even student government, apparently a group of sophomore girls in Gloucester, Mass., decided to get pregnant for the fun of it. These are girls with too much free time, or families who taught them all the wrong things. We believe the latter. The 17 girls, according to an Associate Press story, frequented the school health clinic. They took pregnancy tests and passed out high-fives when they came back positive. They appeared gloomy when the tests were negative. ...more

June 22, 2008

In terms of preparation, James Shields did his best to make Tuesday just another start on his season-long docket. ...more

June 11, 2008

The three winningest pitchers in baseball since Aug. 15 are Arizona's Brandon Webb (15-2), Chien-Ming Wang (12-3) of the Yankees and ... Andy Sonnanstine? ...more

May 21, 2008

Travel and tourism is vital to Pasco County prosperity. During National Tourism Week, which is recognized nationwide May 10-18, we join hundreds of cities and states in an annual salute to the economic, social and cultural benefits of travel. ...more

May 12, 2008

Andy Roddick ran out of ways to vent his anger. He berated the chair umpire. He cracked his racket. He pulled out of a serve and yelled at the crowd to "shut up." He also reeled off a personal-best 42 aces - three in one game to save match points - but none of it unnerved Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Australian Open. ...more

January 19, 2008