Leadoff hitters traditionally are expected to take some pitches and get on base. The Rays don't have anyone better at those endeavors than B.J. Upton, so it made sense for the center fielder to get the call with the team in temporary need of a leadoff man. ...more

June 29, 2008

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd will speak Monday at the National Retail Federation conference, detailing his agency's efforts in breaking up a multimillion-dollar retail crime ring in January. ...more

June 19, 2008

One by one, 120 times this school year, students were called into the principal's office without warning at Tampa Catholic High School. ...more

June 2, 2008

The citizens' panel reviewing Hillsborough County jails is showing the diligence and objectivity necessary to find the truth about an operation whose reputation was tarnished when a jail guard dumped a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair. ...more

May 19, 2008

Is it possible to will your weight off? Hundreds of people in the Tampa Bay area are giving the power of hypnosis a try and melting off the pounds. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA -- Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said a criminal investigation into the dumping of a disabled man at Orient Road Jail in January is focusing on the guard who tipped the inmate over and no one else in the room. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader Milly Figuereo got some national attention this morning with the publication of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. ...more

February 12, 2008

Two or three days a week, North Carolina State women's basketball coach Kay Yow visits the clinic where she receives treatment for stage IV breast cancer. ...more

February 7, 2008

In his final season in the NFL, Martin Mayhew remembers observing and learning from the way Bucs rookie coach Tony Dungy ran the team. ...more

January 30, 2008

Jeff Albanese leans over the starboard side of the Green Armada boat and scoops a large plastic bag from the Hillsborough River. He shakes his head while watching water drip off it and through his rubber net. ...more

January 7, 2008