The mother of Joshua Lee Altersberger described to jurors a family history of abuse and drugs, as the defense presented testimony in day two of the defendant's penalty trial. Altersberger pleaded guilty March 13 to shooting and killing Florida Highway Patrol trooper Nicholas Sottile during a Jan. 12, 2007 traffic stop in Highlands County. A jury was selected last week to hear testimony to help them make a sentencing recommendation. ...more

March 31, 2009

Call it a breakup. After 40 years in the press box, a relationship finally ended. The Boston Red Sox were pushed out of the heart, replaced by the Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

October 10, 2008

"Exit Music," by Ian Rankin. (Little, Brown and Co., $24.99) ...more

October 5, 2008

Tim Donaghy is an admitted felon who disgraced himself and the game he supposedly loves. No doubt about any of that. It still doesn't mean he was lying when he told the feds he wasn't the only crooked official in the National Basketball Association. ...more

June 13, 2008