As late as Friday, the New York Yankees were trying to downplay the inevitable Alex Rodriguez question-and-answer session with the media about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. They definitely had no intention of using the large tent that Andy Pettitte used just outside the field last year. The idea was that A-Rod would say basically that he had already 'fessed up to ESPN and that there was no sense in repeating himself. Well, that's all changed. ...more

February 17, 2009

Surfing the boob tube one afternoon a few days ago, I stumbled across a local station televising a Hernando County Commission workshop. ...more

December 7, 2008

Jim Gaffigan is the first to admit that his current "Sexy Tour" is just a ruse to get people in the door. ...more

August 14, 2008

"Love trumps journalism every time," golf writer Jack Brannon insists. "Anybody with sense knows that." ...more

July 23, 2008

After writing a book about the inner workings of competitive Scrabble, what does an author do for an encore? ...more

July 9, 2008

It was 1975. Gas was cheap, I was dating the Frau, the Bucs were on the horizon and soccer was coming to town. You just never know how your life is going to change, do you? ...more

June 23, 2008

Before University of South Florida pitcher Randy Fontanez took the mound for Friday's critical baseball game against Notre Dame, Coach Lelo Prado offered some heartfelt words of encouragement. ...more

May 20, 2008

This happened about 10 minutes ago and I'm still wondering if that is the nature of things or maybe just bad luck. ...more

May 12, 2008

Urban Meyer missed a golden opportunity this past weekend. ...more

October 9, 2007

I can only imagine how puffed up my husband must have been the night a sportswriter sitting next to him at a pro fight leaned over and asked if he was a former boxer. "Why, yes," Rick replied, sitting a little straighter in his chair. "How did you know?" He figured his fellow scribe had seen him in action back in the '70s, when he was a pretty good junior welterweight fighting out of Minneapolis. ...more

September 27, 2007