We all know Suncoast home prices have tumbled, but this hurts: The area lost $35.6 billion in home value in 2008, according a report released this morning from Seattle-based Zillow.com. ...more

February 6, 2009

Though the final quarter of 2008 brought the sound of fewer hammers, a low not heard of in at least 23 years, they haven't fallen silent. ...more

February 5, 2009

While many Tampa Bay area home builders have put down their hammers, some continue to start construction on new homes – just not very many of them. Area builders started construction on 932 single-family homes in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to Houston-based Metrostudy, which tracks new home construction, That's a 32.9 percent decrease from last year and the first time in at least 23 years that housing starts fell below 1,000 in a quarter. Why are builders building any homes in this economy? If they want to stay in business, they say they have to keep building at least some homes. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Lake Placid boys basketball team appears to be coming together at the right time. ...more

February 4, 2009

It has been a tremendous season for Durant High in boys basketball, but until last week, the Cougars had not recorded a landmark victory. ...more

February 4, 2009

Beonca Godfrey scored a game-high 10 points to lead Avon Park to a 58-26 rout of Palmetto in the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament on Tuesday. ...more

February 3, 2009

We all know Bay area home prices have tumbled, but this hurts: The Tampa-St. Petersburg area lost $35.6 billion in home value in 2008, according a report released this morning from Seattle-based Zillow.com. ...more

February 3, 2009

Larry Fitzgerald Sr. said he wasn't going to cheer, and he wasn't lying. Granted, there wasn't much for the Arizona receiver's dad to cheer about in the first half of Super Bowl XLIII. ...more

February 2, 2009

In-game Super Bowl XLIII analysis by Tampa Tribune NFL writers Anwar Richardson and Roy Cummings: ...more

February 1, 2009