As Black Friday ticks ever closer, you'd think a once-in-a-lifetime sale will be taking place at Best Buy when it opens its doors at 5 o'clock on the morning after Thanksgiving. Four nylon tents line the sidewalk just east of the front door. Sleepy-eyed squatters peer out from half-open flaps. ...more

November 26, 2008

Detectives are searching for a suspect from an armed robbery at a Palm Harbor bank on Sunday afternoon. ...more

November 9, 2008

Apparently the University of South Florida thought its off week also included the first half against Syracuse. ...more

October 19, 2008

These days, unless a family member or close friend is serving in the armed forces, the 6 o'clock news is the only reminder to Americans that they are at war. Very few feel any repercussions from the conflict. ...more

October 19, 2008

Zachary Sharples, the 12-year-old suspended from a Palmetto middle school for his Rayhawk hairdo, may have moved to St. Petersburg, but he can't dodge the spotlight. ...more

October 15, 2008

The call from ESPN came after a wild week that began with the suspension and ended with Zachary meeting Rays players and coaches on Tropicana Field before Saturday's game. ...more

October 14, 2008

Just when the Red Sox depart the Trop this weekend, another sports team rolls into town to renew hostilities with a Tampa Bay area rival. ...more

October 9, 2008

Born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1972, Cliff Floyd personifies the City of the Big Shoulders. The Rays' mountain of a designated hitter is back in his hometown this weekend, hoping to help Tampa Bay end the season of the team he rooted for as a kid. ...more

October 5, 2008

To drum up fan support, one Tampa barber is offering free Rayhawks for the remainder of the Rays' playoff run, featuring shaved sides with a strip of locks left on top from front to back. ...more

September 27, 2008

To drum up fan support, one Tampa barber is offering free Rayhawks, featuring shaved sides with a strip of locks left on top from front to back, for the remainder of the Rays' playoff run. ...more

September 26, 2008