Call it Floruary: Florida in February. Temps well into the 70s. A hint of a breeze. Cold beer. Hot dogs in their quintessential element. Lots of dads and sons. Plenty of guy sports talk. An absence of cell phoneys and blue teeth. Eclectically fun, up-tempo music - from "Hava Nagila" to "Runaround Sue." ...more

March 11, 2009

Call it Floruary: Florida in February. Temps well into the 70s. A hint of a breeze. Cold beer. Hot dogs in their quintessential element. Lots of dads and sons. Plenty of guy sports talk. An absence of cell phoneys and blue teeth. Eclectically fun, up-tempo music - from "Hava Nagila" to "Runaround Sue." ...more

March 11, 2009

New York Yankees infielder Alex Rodriguez began his press conference in Tampa 25 minutes late, but finally answered questions that were long overdue. ...more

February 17, 2009

Adam Goldstein grew up on the other side of the pond, where football is played with a round ball, but after watching the Bears win Super Bowl XX on the "tele," he was hooked on the American game. ...more

February 2, 2009

Starting tonight's Game 2 of the World Series seems somewhat surreal to Philadelphia right-hander Brett Myers. ...more

October 23, 2008

As early voting begins in Florida, some of the biggest names in Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign will barnstorm Florida for three days, starting with Obama's appearance at a rally here today. ...more

October 20, 2008

Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama will kick off Florida's early voting period on Monday with a rally in Tampa. ...more

October 18, 2008

Forget the Alamo. Remember Elliot Johnson. We know there's a body of water in Minnesota named Lake Itasca and that it's the source of the mighty Mississippi. But where, oh, where did this amazing Rays season begin? ...more

September 30, 2008

The calendar tells us spring doesn't begin until March 20, but it really arrived last week when baseballs began hitting wooden bats and pounding leather gloves - the real sounds of the season. ...more

February 25, 2008

Alex Rodriguez categorically stated he had never used steroids or human growth hormone. He categorically stated that if he had a daughter (he does) he'd want her to marry Andy Pettitte. He seemed categorically unworried about steroids claims by former Ku Klux Kloser John Rocker, or that Jose Canseco, who covers the waterfront, is apparently going to make Rodriguez allegations in a new Jose book to be published as soon as the crayon dries. ...more

February 21, 2008