STATING A CASE Edgerrin James isn't shocked that so many NFL players emerge from the state of Florida. A product of Immokalee High and the University of Miami, the Cardinals tailback believes he gained a competitive edge growing up in Florida. ...more

January 28, 2009

For three days, being on the ice was Vinny Lecavalier's only escape from his cell phone. Once the rumors of a pending trade to Montreal hit cyberspace, there was no dousing the flames. ...more

January 24, 2009

It was 18 years ago that I last saw then-Cmdr. Kevin Cosgriff. I was climbing (actually hanging on for dear life) down a rope ladder over the side of the USS Robert G. Bradley into a pilot boat that would haul me back to Egmont Key as the guided missile frigate moved slowly in the dawn light just beyond the Sunshine Skyway. ...more

October 22, 2008

If there is any solace to be gained from the Meltdown at Fenway ... well, OK, there isn't much. You can say the Rays blew the game, or you can say the Red Sox took it from them. However you want to spin it, losing a seven-run lead in the late innings when they could have clinched the pennant ... not good. ...more

October 18, 2008

Earlier this This month, Americans marked the anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Some visited the site of the World Trade Center in New York; others gathered in a Pennsylvania field; and many attended ceremonies at the Pentagon. ...more

September 24, 2008

Earlier this This month, Americans marked the anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Some visited the site of the World Trade Center in New York; others gathered in a Pennsylvania field; and many attended ceremonies at the Pentagon. ...more

September 24, 2008

A few weeks ago Frances Earl, Hernando County's curmudgeon-in-chief, used the entire first half of her column trying to convince everyone how intelligent she was. I guess she thought that was necessary because she must have gotten a handle on the majority of the readership's real opinion. ...more

September 6, 2008

Into The Cauldron Arthur Hayhoe's letter May 26 ("10 Years Later") regarding a gun ban blithely ignores the Constitution and experiences of a number of countries that confiscated guns from the general public. ...more

June 4, 2008

Like many court cases, the decision was a tough one. On one side, attorneys painted a picture of a concerned "B.B. Wolf," short for Big Bear Wolf, who feared that his friend, the little pig, may have fallen and hurt himself. Since the pig did not have a medical alert necklace and was not answering the door, he decided to check on him by climbing down the chimney, where he burned his rear end by falling into a cauldron of boiling water. ...more

May 8, 2008

Like many court cases, the decision was a tough one. ...more

May 7, 2008