A 35-year-old Tampa man was charged Monday with trying to submit a false urine test to his probation officer. ...more

November 3, 2009

Yes, it seems strange that the team that came from nowhere last season has left home to take up new digs in, well, the middle of nowhere (like St. Pete is the City of Light). In truth, Port Charlotte isn't in the middle of nowhere, but it's in the same school district. It's a friendly place, especially when the county fair is just across the road from the ball yard. ...more

February 14, 2009

Michael Strahan had what he wanted - a Super Bowl championship to add to a resume featuring seven Pro Bowls and two sack records. Now it was time to leave football and leave the New York Giants after 15 years in the NFL. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA -- Out of the 120 students at Tampa Catholic High School randomly screened for drugs this past school year, not a single one tested positive, school administrators said today. The testing program, the only one of its kind among Hillsborough County's public or private schools, will continue next year, even though Principal Pat Landry, is retiring. ...more

May 29, 2008

What does this report mean? Former Sen. George Mitchell's investigation concluded that baseball had experienced a "collective failure" to deal with the problem of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. The report named 86 players, including All-Stars Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Miguel Tejada, as connected to the use or possession of steroids or other performance enhancers. The list also included eight players (Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield among them) whose names were linked to the BALCO investigation. Several other players were alluded to but not named within the report. Mitchell recommended that Major League Baseball employ an independent party to conduct future drug testing, that the program should be transparent and the scope should expand to year-round testing. ...more

December 14, 2007