Ray Rouse owns what are quite possibly the ugliest pants in the world. ...more

March 5, 2009

It's a rare occasion when a tournament's No. 1 seed is considered the underdog, but that was the case in Friday night's Class 5A, District 9 championship game at Palm Harbor University High when the Hurricanes hosted rival and nationally-acclaimed East Lake. ...more

January 30, 2009

Joey Galloway was deactivated for the big loss to the Falcons on Sunday. ...more

December 16, 2008

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are splitting my skull wide open. ...more

September 19, 2008

Monkey outbreak in Tokyo. As a responsible media organization, we owe it to the public to provide up-to-the-minute monkey news. You're the city editor, so tell me, who do we have to put on this story?" ...more

August 24, 2008

The great fishing conditions of the last three days now moves off into the nighttime –– literally –– as the daytime majority feeding migration becomes the nighttime majority feeding migration. To replace it is the start of a new daytime feeding migration, which happens at every first-quarter moon event. That will occur tonight at 3:33 a.m. The daytime fishing and angling will suffer somewhat for the next three days. The best period of the day is on the tail end of the remnant of the last feeding migration – 4 to 7 p.m. The morning bite will be weak at best, although the largest fish of each kind are known to ignore what the masses follow as a rule, so there is a remote chance of catching a larger-than-normal fish. ...more

February 13, 2008

Regarding 'Bracing For Boom, Bridges On Alafia' (Metro, Oct. 8): There is a push by the 'growth machine' to add two bridges over the Alafia River and build a bypass road from north Manatee County to Brandon, among other things, to cope with what Ned Baier, manager of Hillsborough's Transportation and Land Development Review Division, says is the 'fastest growing area of the county.' ...more

October 12, 2007

Regarding 'Defibrillators In Schools May Not Be Worth Expense' (Nation/World, Aug. 31): ...more

September 10, 2007