The Tampa Catholic softball team experienced elation and disappointment in the same afternoon. ...more

March 10, 2010

A Tampa online minister was arrested this afternoon and charged with 66 counts of possessing child pornography and two counts of possessing photographs depicting sexual conduct by a child. Eric Spandorf, 43, is being held at a county jail with bail set at $525,000, jail records show. Spandorf, of 1302 E. Columbus Drive, told investigators that he was selling the discs with videos of child pornography to make money, said Laura McElroy, a Tampa police spokeswoman. ...more

March 1, 2010

By their standards and those who follow them, the Tampa Bay Rays were a disappointment last season. They won 13 fewer games than in 2008, which was bad. Worse was the fact they could only watch as the American League playoffs resumed their normal shape with the Yankees and Boston. ...more

February 19, 2010

Aric Almirola climbed out of his No. 09 Phoenix Racing Chevy, turned away and stewed for a few seconds. ...more

February 12, 2010

The Sickles girls basketball team is nearly a year removed from its playoff loss to Sarasota. ...more

February 10, 2010

Most coaches and teams would look at suffering their first loss in the final week of the regular season as a disappointment. ...more

January 27, 2010

A year ago, on an Inauguration Day like no other, Barack Obama placed his hand upon the Lincoln Bible and then assured a weary nation that, with hope and virtue, we could "brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come." ...more

January 17, 2010

Our Dirt blogger says the gardening show has regrettably gotten away from its roots. ...more

January 14, 2010

Lack of confidence in the economic recovery led employers to shed a more-than-expected 85,000 net jobs in December even as the unemployment rate held at 10 percent. The rate would have been higher if more people had been looking for work instead of leaving the labor force because they can't find jobs. ...more

January 9, 2010

Back in August, who could have anticipated this? When Florida walks off the field tonight, Tim Tebow will walk away as the fifth-place finisher in the Heisman race who many feel shouldn't have even been invited to New York, Brandon Spikes was a second-team All-SEC pick in one of the votes and will be remembered more for sticking his fingers in a Georgia player's helmet than great play. ...more

December 31, 2009