The Chicago Bulls potentially have a franchise-altering decision ahead in Thursday's NBA draft. Who's the No. 1 pick? By all accounts, it's either Kansas State forward Michael Beasley or Memphis point guard Derrick Rose, who each played one season of college basketball. ...more

June 25, 2008

Stop Sexual Harassment The emerging statistics are startling: 90 percent of adolescent girls between the ages 12 and 18 report experiencing sexual harassment. This disturbing information comes from a recent study by Campbell Leaper, professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, that was published in the May/June issue of Child Development Journal. ...more

June 16, 2008

Time flies when you're having fun writing a food column - even one year later. ...more

June 4, 2008

Time flies when you're having fun writing a food column - even a year later. ...more

June 4, 2008

Reid Brignac's numbers were down across the board last season, but the news wasn't all bad. ...more

February 25, 2008

John Susor was a certified colorful character. He looked like Ernest Hemingway; he married nine times; and he was known for carrying a gun in Mahuffer's, the ramshackle Gulf Boulevard bar that was his business and home for 35 years. ...more

January 16, 2008

BARTOW - A Lakeland man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl is competent enough to choose to refuse jailhouse medical treatment, a Polk County circuit judge ruled Wednesday afternoon. ...more

December 6, 2007

BARTOW - A Lakeland man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl is competent enough to choose to refuse jailhouse medical treatment, a Polk County circuit judge ruled this afternoon. ...more

December 5, 2007

After a first half that had one touchdown, six punts and two interceptions, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees raised his game and let the inconsistent Saints hold onto playoff hopes. ...more

November 26, 2007

He has switched over his driver's license and sent Blue Cross a change of address, so Englewood newcomer Dave Smith is ready to formally kick off his new life in Florida this week by being shot out of a cannon across 160 linear feet of parked cars. ...more

November 26, 2007