Ira Kaufman, NFL writer for The Tampa Tribune, looks at the sudden decline of the Dallas Cowboys, who started the season 3-0 and whose fans were talking up the prospects of an undefeated season. Now the Cowboys host the Bucs losers of two out of three and without starting quarterback Tony Romo, not to mention extensive injuries to their defense. There is big trouble brewing in Big D. ...more

October 23, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist has approved a $1 million grant to conduct site planning and a market study for prospects to expand the 500-acre Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park just south of Ocala. The park the Legislature created in 1996 serves multiple uses in the heart of the Ocala area's horse farm country, including the official training facility for the U.S. Equestrian team. ...more

October 14, 2008

Call it a breakup. After 40 years in the press box, a relationship finally ended. The Boston Red Sox were pushed out of the heart, replaced by the Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

October 10, 2008

Let the race for the ace begin. But don't think a truck full of money will be the top factor in where CC Sabathia decides to sign. ...more

October 6, 2008

I am wondering what planet the heads of the county are on? There are banks that are ready to fold, people are without jobs, food is sky high and going up every day, gasoline is out of this world, eight to 10 foreclosures in the paper every day. There are people who don't have a loaf of bread on the table and have no where to turn; and they, the county, needs enhancement? ...more

September 25, 2008

Tribune sports columnist Martin Fennelly talks with Tribune college football expert Joey Johnson about the upcoming weekend, including USF's batlle with FIU and Florida traveling to Knoxville to take on Tennessee. ...more

September 19, 2008

Tribune sports columnist Martin Fennelly returns with his new Podcast, "The Martin Chronicles." Martin's guest this time is Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat writer Roy Cummings. They discuss the scientific breakthroughs used when dealing with an injury to receiver Joey Galloway. ...more

September 18, 2008

The top pick from the NHL Entry Draft, 18-year-old Steven Stamkos, took to the ice in his first professional training camp on Tuesday as the new-look Lightning reported to town. ...more

September 17, 2008

Tribune sports columnist Martin Fennelly returns with his new Podcast, "The Martin Chronicles." Martin's guest this time is Tampa Bay Rays beat writer Marc Lancaster, fresh off covering the Rays' series win against the Red Sox in Boston. They discuss the improbable ways this baseball team has managed to win games and build a lead in the AL East. ...more

September 11, 2008

Tribune sports columnist Martin Fennelly returns with his new Podcast, "The Martin Chronicles." Today, Martin talks with Brett McMurphy, University of South Florida beat writer for The Tampa Tribune. Martin and Brett discuss the end of the USF-UCF football series, Friday night's game against nationally ranked Kansas, and the state of college football in Florida and in general. ...more

September 9, 2008