Many years ago — actually BBT (Before Boob Tubes) — a talented comedian recorded a tongue-in-cheek monologue about the growing popularity of football (baseball was then still the national sport). He explained, in his country-boy way, how he attended a game and was swept along by a rather frightening crowd making their way into a place where a bunch of seats surrounded a cow pasture marked with white lines. ...more

December 26, 2009

Whatever you do, don't compare Rory Lawrence to Tyler Perry. The emerging Tampa actor swears he means no disrespect to the entertainment mogul. Rather, he doesn't want the comparison because he's just not at Perry's level - yet. ...more

December 11, 2009

David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show" on Monday, joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice. ...more

December 8, 2009

Here's all you need to know about Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the Virginia couple who've been in the headlines since they crashed a White House state dinner last month: ...more

December 7, 2009

Thirty years later, the 1979 Bucs remain an incredible story. When the former players gather to be honored Sunday afternoon at Raymond James Stadium, part of the franchise's Throwback Game as the Bucs (0-7) meet the Green Bay Packers (4-3), the fuss might be difficult to understand for younger fans or transplanted Tampa Bay area residents. ...more

November 6, 2009

Since age 6, Chaz Mena has revered Jose Marti, the 19th-century Cuban patriot, poet, journalist and thinker. ...more

April 25, 2009

The surprising thing about NBC's plan to give up a third of its prime-time on weeknights to Jay Leno is that the Peacock gang didn't try this move a couple of years ago.. ...more

December 10, 2008

The winning quarterback celebrated by circling Jacksonville Municipal Stadium early Saturday evening, high-fiving anyone in the Nation reaching down from the stands. ...more

November 2, 2008

All that was missing was Stuart Sternberg rubbing his hands together in fiendish delight Friday night as he anticipated what was to come over the weekend at Yankee Stadium. ...more

September 14, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Butterfly, freestyle, relay - monologue? Michael Phelps is trading the pool for the "Saturday Night Live" stage. ...more

August 27, 2008