The pistol-shot start to the NFL's free-agency signing period is just around the corner. Before it gets here Feb. 27, the entire league will take a detour to Indianapolis, site of the annual scouting combine. ...more

February 15, 2009

The NFL combine begins Thursday and with so many players involved it can be a little overwhelming. With that in mind, the Bucs Beat looks at five players the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should be targeting with their first-round selection. ...more

February 13, 2009

Usain Bolt kept driving for the finish line, knowing the race was won but there was something even bigger out there. ...more

August 21, 2008

A Wesley Chapel woman was taken to a Tampa hospital with serious injuries after a two-car crash this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 11, 2008

Michael Phelps, Swimming After winning six gold medals in the 2004 Athens Games and seven at last year's World Championships in Australia, there's talk of Phelps taking home eight golds from Beijing. If Phelps can pull that that off with his 6-foot-7 wingspan and size 14 feet, he could overshadow any athlete and any story line from these games. With two previous Olympics under his belt and a space-age Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit covering his body, Phelps has a chance. But he'll have to swim at least 17 races (four more races than Mark Spitz's seven-gold-medal showing in 1972) and that schedule could be his undoing. ...more

August 5, 2008

The International Olympic Committee stripped gold medals Saturday from the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team that competed at the 2000 Olympics in the aftermath of Antonio Pettigrew's admission that he was doping at the time. ...more

August 3, 2008

TAMPA - First-grader Tatum Johnson loved to frolic with friends on the school playground. The 7-year-old enjoyed playing with classmates and came home every day with tales of her school adventures. Though Tatum can no longer run with her friends though the Mort Elementary fields, her memory has become a permanent part of the school campus. ...more

May 9, 2008

Tatum Johnson, a 7-year-old Mort Elementary School first-grader who died after she was struck by a car over the weekend, loved Valentine's Day. ...more

February 13, 2008

TAMPA - Tatum Johnson, a 7-year-old Mort Elementary School first-grader killed when she was struck by a car over the weekend, loved Valentine's Day. ...more

February 12, 2008

TAMPA - At a vigil for his 7-year-old daughter Saturday night, Michael Johnson said the girl was a social butterfly who loved animals. ...more

February 10, 2008