Arron Sears has been reinstated by the Bucs and is eligible to practice and attend all team activities. ...more

November 18, 2009

New York Yankees first-baseman Mark Teixeira stepped to the plate with a stickball bat and rubber ball in hand. ...more

March 28, 2009

He's a grizzled baseball veteran, but the Yankees' first baseman was a stickball newbie. Turns out, that didn't matter much. ...more

March 27, 2009

I lay awake last night thinking of the wonderful achievements we have made during my lifetime. In my childhood some of us dreamed of some day falling heir to one million dollars. Why, if I had a million dollars I would never have to work. I could live in comfort all my life off the interest from that $1,000,000 and could be buried in luxury. There was no expectation of ever achieving such a goal but one could dream, couldn't one? One could also dream that the representatives we sent to D.C (aka District of Colombia) would be humble people whose goal would be to serve the people back home to the best of their ability. They did not deal in very large sums of money. ...more

March 10, 2009

Well done, Learning Gate Community School. Adults acting like adults. ...more

March 4, 2009

Well done, Learning Gate Community School. Adults acting like adults. ...more

March 4, 2009

Her hands looked like they were wrecked by a machine. Eyes wounded, hair yanked out. Face and scalp injuries so extensive, all the blood obscured whatever parts were left. ...more

February 19, 2009

Brett Favre has retired twice in the last 11 months, and he played a full season of football in between. ...more

February 12, 2009

When living in Highlands County it's easy to think that some of society's worst problems don't affect us too much. That's for metropolitan areas, some of us believe. Of course that's not true. The same ills that affect our big cities are found right here and they are every bit as serious. ...more

January 28, 2009

THE FIREMAN: ELECTRIC ARGUMENTS (ATO) *** Maybe it's having an alias, but on "Electric Arguments," Paul McCartney sounds as if he's managed to shake off the ex-Beatles yoke for the first time since his earliest solo albums. ...more

January 9, 2009