These are not the world champion Cleveland Browns, but the year was 1951. This photograph of our eighth-grade football team was taken on Thanksgiving Day in the Bronx, N.Y. We look happy enough, although we'd just lost our game, 12-6. ...more

November 29, 2009

World champion diver and cancer survivor Bill Brown of Orlando performs a double somersault with a half twist dive during a high dive performance Tuesday in Texas at the Space Center Houston. The High Dive Spectacular at Space Center Houston includes Brown's signature dive off an 85-foot high dive platform, twisting and turning at 55 miles per hour before splashing down into only 91/2 feet of water. ...more

March 18, 2009

Andrew "Test" Martin, a former world champion wrestler, was found dead in his Harbour Place apartment last night, according to Tampa Police. ...more

March 14, 2009

Part of the free entertainment at the Florida Strawberry Festival includes the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show, headed by three tough lumberjacks and a spunky lumber-Jack Russell terrier. ...more

March 4, 2009

Peyton Manning's first Pro Bowl experience came when he was 3 years old. ...more

February 8, 2009

The Cardinals' interest in signing Trever Miller is strong enough that the left-hander was invited to St. Louis to meet with the team's doctors and take a physical Thursday, but he apparently left town without finalizing a deal. ...more

November 21, 2008

Joe Maddon has won the American League Manager of the Year after guiding the Tampa Bay Rays from baseball's basement to the World Series. Lou Piniella of the Chicago Cubs is the National League winner. ...more

November 12, 2008

At 6:45 Saturday morning near Clearwater's Pier 60, more than 1,800 folks in skin-tight swimsuits and caps will pile up on the beach. ...more

November 5, 2008

Everyday I check out the editorials in the Highlands Today. I can't wait to read the letters submitted to the editor. Some of them make for interesting reading, while some of them are just meaningless ramblings. The letter from Bill Ross in Sunday's edition was one of those. Reading it over several times, it was hard to figure out the point he was trying to get across. He rambled on from George Bush to McCain and Palin. Then on to JFK and Cassius Clay. For the life of me I could not figure out why he had Clay included in that list of political powerhouses. What has he accomplished that rates him up there with those who have made a difference? ...more

November 1, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - So here we are. The Miracle needs a miracle. ...more

October 26, 2008