A pup that almost starved to death is doing well these days, thanks to the staff at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Suncoast chapter. ...more

November 7, 2008

It started toward the middle of last season, right around the time the national media began to discover the University of South Florida's sack machine known as defensive end George Selvie. ...more

August 29, 2008

When University of South Florida DE George Selvie was selected to the Playboy All-America team, some of his teammates asked if got to meet any playmates during the team's photo shoot in May. ...more

August 15, 2008

Even infants can tell the difference between naughty and nice playmates, and know which to choose, a new study finds. ...more

November 22, 2007

Lisa Hawk patiently tries to corral son Aiden, 5, back to business, drawing clowns from geometric shapes at his home-school worktable. But there are people in the house — big, big excitement. His bare feet skitter across hardwood floors as he runs room to room, showing off his prized dominoes and Thomas the Tank Engine trains. Then he throws himself across the front door and pleads with grown-up visitors to stay and play. His mother knows he gets bored and lonely at home, even though she brings in playmates as often as she can. It breaks her heart to watch the carefree children at her St. Petersburg neighborhood school, knowing Aiden will never join them. "I would love for him to be able to go to school and play with the other kids," Hawk says. "But for someone with allergies, a peanut in the classroom is like a loaded gun." ...more

October 28, 2007