For the most part it was an awful week. Even in the sports world, where a lot of us go to hide from the daily drumbeat of bad news, we had to deal with the likes of Michael Phelps and Alex Rodriquez, two of sport's more visible figures and bigger disappointments. ...more

February 13, 2009

Miami and Miami-Dade County commissioners are scheduled to cast their final votes Friday on a proposal for a retractable-roof, $515 million stadium in Miami's blighted Little Havana neighborhood. It will be the last step before groundbreaking for the stadium, which is projected to open in 2012. ...more

February 12, 2009

ESPN reports that Alex Rodriguez admits using performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-03. ...more

February 10, 2009

NEW YORK — Sports Illustrated has reported that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003. ...more

February 7, 2009

Prosecutors in Barry Bonds' trial intend to introduce notes seized from Greg Anderson's house and a clubhouse tape recording of the personal trainer discussing injections in an effort to get around his likely refusal to testify against the home-run king. ...more

February 5, 2009

With 19 National Signing Day ceremonies held at Hillsborough County high schools, Adam Adkins, Katherine Smith, Bill Ward and Nick Williams crisscrossed the area to recognize some of the top athletes in the area. ...more

February 5, 2009

Unlike other Super Bowl parties that paraded a revolving door of A-list and B-list celebrities down their red carpets, the Saturday Night Spectacular offered a considerably lighter lineup. More than 800 people crowded the T Pepin Hospitality Centre in east Tampa on Saturday. They drank for free, ate for free and kept a watchful eye over the roped-off VIP section on the left side of the room. ...more

February 1, 2009

Saturday Night Spectacular TAMPA - Unlike other Super Bowl parties that paraded a revolving door of A-list and B-list celebrities down their red carpets, the Saturday Night Spectacular offered a considerably lighter lineup. ...more

February 1, 2009

1. Which former "American Idol" contestant is not from the Bay area? ...more

January 31, 2009

Authorities today said that counterfeit Super Bowl merchandise with a retail value of $500,000 was being sold from a city flea market. ...more

January 28, 2009