The Rev. Roy L. Reynolds presided at so many services in almost a dozen Baptist churches in Florida that it almost seemed he was standing at the pulpit during his own funeral, participants at the memorial service said. ...more

October 28, 2009

Jason Taylor and Chris Horton never were Sean Taylor's teammates with the Washington Redskins. Never practiced alongside him. Never slapped him on the helmet after one of those jarring tackles he delivered. ...more

November 26, 2008

One way to measure John Cross' generosity is the length of the store receipt he took away after a recent spending spree: 8 feet. ...more

November 19, 2008

The Bucs ended practice in prayer Wednesday, with 60 players and more than two dozen coaches and staff members kneeling, heads bowed, for a family member who never got the chance to kick a football. ...more

September 25, 2008

Nick Barnett was devastated when he got the news one day last month that two friends had died in a traffic collision. ...more

September 3, 2008

Nick Barnett was devastated when he heard about the traffic deaths of two close friends this month. He left work to spend a few hours with their families. Then he went to the tattoo parlor. Barnett, an 18-year-old Bloomingdale High graduate, became part of a growing number of young people who are memorializing lost friends and family in permanent body ink. Teens and young adults mostly are the ones doing this, tattoo artists say. ...more

August 28, 2008

'He Was Our Hero' Thank you to all the residents of Dade City and Pasco County who participated in the recognition of our hero, Marcus Mathes. ...more

May 28, 2008