There is a phrase quarterback Greg Jenkins can't, and might never, get out of his head. ...more

July 12, 2008

People, myself included, are always ready to criticize those people who work in government offices. Seldom do we thank them for a job well done. I would like to thank the Supervisor of Elections, Joe Campbell, as well as Norma, Karen and the rest of his staff, for their great cooperation and quickness of providing information I have requested. If our national government were run as efficiently, we would be far better off. On behalf of Gayle Harrell, candidate for Congress, and myself, again I thank all of you. ...more

June 27, 2008

People, myself included, are always ready to criticize those people who work in government offices. Seldom do we thank them for a job well done. I would like to thank the Supervisor of Elections, Joe Campbell, as well as Norma, Karen and the rest of his staff, for their great cooperation and quickness of providing information I have requested. If our national government were run as efficiently, we would be far better off. On behalf of Gayle Harrell, candidate for Congress, and myself, again I thank all of you. ...more

June 26, 2008

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

To watch Ricky Thomas just before 9:30 Friday night, one would have thought the Wiregrass Ranch football coach had just read each of the six winning numbers of a lottery ticket - his own lottery ticket. ...more

May 26, 2008

Shawnta Snakovsky will forever remember her senior year at Sickles High School. ...more

May 20, 2008

LAKE PLACID — After taking over as head coach of the Lake Placid football program in May of 2007, Tim Grant didn't have a lot of time to make major changes. ...more

May 2, 2008

The root of much of the optimism around the Rays this spring is in the seemingly much-improved pitching staff. ...more

February 24, 2008

The Class 5A-District 7 semifinal game between Land O' Lakes and Wesley Chapel was reminiscent of an old west shootout. Two gunslingers came out shooting, but the Gators prevailed, winning 71-49. ...more

February 9, 2008

When the Hollywood writers union first went on strike, we hardly noticed because our favorite shows all had several weeks of episodes already "in the can," as they say in the entertainment industry. When those episodes ran out we watched reruns for a while, but that got old in a hurry. So, eventually, we shut the TV off after the evening news and made an amazing discovery … there is life without television. We read books, played cards, listened to classical music, and called our families out-of-state who were suddenly free to talk because now our calls were not interrupting new episodes of their favorite shows. It's not easy to admit it, but I realized I knew more about what was going on in the lives of characters on "House" and "Gray's Anatomy" than in the lives of my brother and niece. ...more

February 3, 2008