Media madness has closed its final chapter on Bush bashing. However, there now is Obama drama. The ship of state is in disrepair and is leaking in a sea of debt. The new captain and motley crew have set to sea. From a distance you can hear the captains chant "Bail, baby, bail, Row! Row! ...more

January 24, 2009

The Zaimaj family watched from their beach chairs as a loose circle of 20-plus strangers broke into loud laughter just a few yards away. ...more

July 13, 2008

Powerless to put Tiger Woods away and exhausted from this U.S. Open that would not end, Rocco Mediate plopped down above bunker on the 18th green, crisscrossed his legs and scribbled down his score. ...more

June 17, 2008

Donned in a crown and sash and carrying a bouquet of roses, Shari Beaubien looked more like a pageant queen than a school principal. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Donned in a crown and sash and carrying a bouquet of roses, Shari Beaubien looked more like a pageant queen than a school principal. The Chiles Elementary leader was treated to a surprise assembly Thursday so her students could wish her farewell. Beaubien, who has lead Chiles for the past seven years, is leaving to become the district's supervisor of elementary education. ...more

May 29, 2008

LSU coach Les Miles, poker-faced and humble, said all the right things after smashing Ohio State 38-24 to win Monday night's BCS Championship Game. ...more

January 9, 2008

Jon Gruden discusses Sunday's game at Houston and other topics. ...more

December 7, 2007

George Edmondson really did intend to retire from his second job in 1999. The Tampa resident, who made his primary living in the insurance game, spent 50 years worth of fall Saturdays clad in a yellow shirt and orange-and-blue tie leading thousands of fans in a cheer that hadn't grown old in five decades. ...more

November 23, 2007