with the Packers trading QB Brett Favre to an AFC team. Even so, the Bucs spent the better part of camp flirting with Favre. Why? Well, he's Brett Favre. The worst part was that the Bucs carried on with little regard to the effect the Favre talk might have on QB Jeff Garcia. And it did have an effect. At one point, the speculation had Garcia so shaken he referred to himself as a "dead man walking." It's hard to blame him. After all, when the head coach refused to end the speculation because he felt it "wouldn't be fair to Brett Favre," it's not like he had Garcia's best interest in mind. ...more

August 15, 2008

In a roster teaming with All-Stars, most local fans would have a hard time pointing out the only player who has reached base in every game, in every at-bat so far. ...more

July 16, 2008

Tampa International Airport again has upgraded the system used to warn airlines and their workers when the risk of lightning strikes is elevated. ...more

July 14, 2008

MVP PROFILE This year's State Championship is half way over and leading candidate for MVP honors is little known Spring Hill American catcher Austin Treverton. ...more

July 14, 2008

He lives on Manatee Harbor Drive, with his house number emblazoned on a manatee-shaped plaque. ...more

July 5, 2008

The moniker seemed appropriate at the time. J.P. Howell had just done it again last week, pitching a couple of spotless innings in relief of Andy Sonnanstine to maintain a Rays lead before handing it off to the late-inning relievers, when his manager referred to him as a "bridge" in Tampa Bay's bullpen. ...more

June 24, 2008

It was a relatively short and not particularly bloody war, named after the year it started, for lack of a better moniker. ...more

June 21, 2008

It was a relatively short and not particularly bloody war, named after the year it started for lack of a better moniker. ...more

June 21, 2008

Wayne Jefferson recently performed an amazing racing feat. Jefferson, known to local racing fans as "The Rocketman," won all four Open-Wheel Modified races he entered in May. His streak began with a victory at USA Speedway in the final event of the FASCAR Extreme Series on May 3. ...more

June 19, 2008

ILLINOIS - A school bus driver and amateur artist from the Chicago suburb of Zion has legally changed his name to "In God We Trust." ...more

June 15, 2008