It has been a long time since I received a speeding ticket. Knock on wood that I didn't just jinx myself. ...more

October 28, 2009

It has been a long time since I received a speeding ticket. Knock on wood that I didn't just jinx myself. ...more

October 28, 2009

The Blue Streaks want another crack at Haines City. Whether they'll ever get that chance remains to be seen. ...more

October 26, 2009

For months, the gourmet cooking team at Riverview High worked to perfect three recipes they would use to compete in a statewide culinary contest. ...more

February 25, 2009

For months, the gourmet cooking team at Riverview High worked to perfect three recipes they would use to compete in a statewide culinary contest. ...more

February 25, 2009

Publix is selling a baseball emblazoned with the Rays logo on one side and the World Series logo on the other. ...more

October 16, 2008

For the better part of the Major League Baseball season, Tampa Bay Rays executives have bemoaned, albeit diplomatically, attendance at Tropicana Field. They campaigned to build more public support for the team, whose first winning season has led to its first playoff berth. ...more

September 25, 2008

What Parrotheads are to Jimmy Buffett, Plaidheads are to The Plaids - the fictional guy group from the off-Broadway hit "Forever Plaid." ...more

July 14, 2008

They always said it would be like this. There would be crazy fans wearing funny hats and people waiting in line to buy tickets. Tropicana Field would be a lively place, not the drab mausoleum with catwalks it is so often depicted to be. There would be noise. There would be victories for the home team. ...more

June 21, 2008

Although I was invited to see Sen. Barack Obama last week at his campaign rally in Tampa, I decided not to go because I didn't want to jinx him. ...more

May 25, 2008