Imagine having just two U.S. women in figure skating at the Winter Olympics. That would have meant no Sarah Hughes in Salt Lake City. And no Olympic gold for Hughes in 2002. ...more

March 22, 2009

It was a familiar scenario: The run was blue, the sky bluer still, and I was cruising down 8,765-foot Mount Whitehorn in Banff National Park in Canada. Packed powder was flying up from the edges of my snowboard into the just-below-freezing air. I was grinning beneath my ski mask. ...more

January 11, 2009

European Union leaders seeking to punish Russia for invading Georgia face limited options and are likely to choose diplomatic pressure to isolate Moscow at their summit today. ...more

September 1, 2008

Ordinarily, Oldsmar BMX track operator John Sawyer is accustomed to seeing 50 or less BMX riders practice every Tuesday at the track. ...more

August 19, 2008

As I kept one eye on the Olympics from Beijing the past couple of days, and another on the approaching tropical storm-hurricane, I couldn't help but recall the titanic 2001 effort by a group led by former Hillsborough Commissioner Ed Turanchik to win the 2012 Olympics for Central Florida. ...more

August 19, 2008

Is it just my imagination, or has this election season been going on since the Winter Olympics? ...more

August 17, 2008

Can The U.S. Win The Total Medal Count?

August 5, 2008

COURIER CITY/OSCAWANA - Nick Awad said he can take any challenge and make it work. ...more

July 23, 2008

Mitt Romney's recent victory in Nevada and victories in Michigan and Wyoming have given him the lead over all other Republican candidate. Combined with solid silver victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt has secured the most total votes cast for any of the Republican candidates and the most delegate counts. ...more

January 28, 2008

Mitt Romney's recent victory in Nevada and victories in Michigan and Wyoming have given him the lead over all other Republican candidates. Combined with solid silver victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt has secured the most total votes cast for any of the Republican candidates and the most delegate counts. These results are the direct effect of Mitt's long being the best and most qualified Republican candidate on the ballot. As governor, he transformed a nearly $3 billion debt into a $1 billion surplus; turned around the economy and helped create approximately 60,000 jobs; provided market-driven health insurance coverage without a government takeover and without raising taxes; created a scholarship program rewarding the highest performing high school seniors with four-year, full-tuition scholarships to any in-state public university or college. ...more

January 26, 2008