The Tribune is counting down the top 10 football teams in Hillsborough County. The rankings were compiled in a vote by the Tribune's four staffers who cover high school football and News Channel 8's Dan Lucas. ...more

August 25, 2008

From the time of Homer's heroic, swift-footed Achilles, the best of the best have sought the immortality of fame and glory. Today, 3,000 years later, thanks to the internet, the rest of mankind can obtain a good dose of fame - if not glory - via some key stroking. A new-found dimension of celebrity has even become a presidential campaign issue, what with John McCain's recent ad about his rival and the unexpected Paris Hilton rejoinder. ...more

August 25, 2008

Brett Favre went on national television to try and explain something he couldn't quite explain. He's got plenty of company, because when it comes to retirement there aren't many athletes who can figure out when it's really over. ...more

July 17, 2008

After several weeks of viewing www.seenstamkos.com billboards and T-shirts around town, residents of Tampa Bay can finally say "yes." ...more

June 27, 2008

each is ominously low - this much must be said on behalf of Robert Sullivan, long-shot candidate for Pasco County sheriff: He has an instinct for insurgency. ...more

June 24, 2008

Steven Stamkos 'has yet to lace a skate in the National Hockey League, but that hasn't stopped the Lightning from making him the center of the next season's marketing campaign. ...more

June 21, 2008

Tiger Woods faced another pivotal putt on the 17th hole, this one from only 12 feet, the stakes much higher Saturday than his signature 35-foot eagle putt he made three days earlier in the Accenture Match Play Championship. ...more

February 24, 2008

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Dwight Howard - super slam dunk champion. ...more

February 17, 2008

There is no denying the NBA Slam Dunk Contest lacks the star power of its early years, when Julius Erving, Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins wowed the crowd with never-before-seen dunks. ...more

February 15, 2008

Mentor. It's a powerful word, conjuring an image of an experienced, wise and influential adviser with an eager young student soaking up knowledge. That image leaves out the most important parts of mentoring, though: friendship and sharing time on a personal level. ...more

January 24, 2008