Without a full-time Nationwide Series ride for the first time in three years, Zephyrhills' David Reutimann has picked up four races with Braun Racing for this season. ...more

January 17, 2009

The level of competition that a team plays is almost as important as wins and losses. ...more

January 7, 2009

Way, way back in the pre-MTV days, Blondie's Chris Stein predicted music videos would become so popular that they would eliminate the need for a band to tour. ...more

December 19, 2008

"Rebuilding" is the most convenient label to give a Lake Placid boys basketball starting lineup that boasts a senior, three sophomores and a freshman, but first-year coach David Veley doesn't agree with the label. ...more

December 12, 2008

The security game plan for Super Bowl XLIII involves screening the backgrounds of more than 30,000 vendors and volunteers and restricting flights around Raymond James Stadium, officials said today. ...more

December 10, 2008

TBO Extra review of "Gears of War 2" video game ...more

November 24, 2008

and throughout the nation - will participate in a unique mentoring effort. ...more

October 21, 2008

Tampa still has the bug! Several hundred Volkswagen enthusiasts gathered Oct. 4 at a parking lot on 19th Street, just off Hillsborough Avenue, for the Bugblast Volkswagen show. ...more

October 15, 2008

It was just the sort of party Bette Lou Corcoran would have loved. Glasses tinkling, voices buzzing, the occasional eruption of laughter. Although weather forecasters delivered ominous warnings about a possible hurricane named Fay, the panoramic sunset view of Tampa Bay from the 38th-floor University Club was positively sublime. ...more

August 24, 2008

STEPPING UP TO MIKE Chef Michael Symon first appeared on my radar sometime last year after he was featured in an episode of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" show on the Travel Channel. ...more

August 20, 2008