Whitney Casey knows what drives men wild, or at least how to get their attention. ...more

January 18, 2009

At the end of January, it will be a year since I moved from the sparkling metropolis of Sarasota to the rural community of Ruskin. I must admit, the decision was difficult for this mostly big-city gal. I assure you, the changes took some getting used to. ...more

January 14, 2009

that would be those who are not at this point staring into space, wondering why they were reading this eight seconds ago - may recall last week's column, Scott's Super Powerful Year in Preview 2009, Part I. ...more

January 4, 2009

Re: Kyle Martin's article, "Cruisin' With A VIPER," in the June 21 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

July 24, 2008

Hernando Today sports reporter Chris Bernhardt Jr. and news reporter Mike Bates were recently honored for their journalistic efforts during the annual Florida Society of Newspaper Editors convention in Orlando. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA – University of South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt vehemently disagreed with a quote from Alabama coach Nick Saban that claims USF's quick success is because the Bulls have lesser academic standards than other programs. "It's not right [what Saban said], we've done what we've done because we've worked extremely hard," Leavitt said to reporters after today's weekly news conference. In today's Birmingham News, Saban was quoted saying: "The distribution of players is not the same for everybody. There's a significant amount of players who don't qualify [at some schools] and they end up being pretty good players at some other schools. I think there are six guys starting on South Florida's defense who probably could have gone to Florida or Florida State but Florida and Florida State couldn't take them. And if you do a good job of recruiting that way ..." Leavitt disputed Saban's statement. "Of 110 players, we have two nonqualifiers, one starts, one doesn't," Leavitt said. "The Big East doesn't allow nonqualifiers. For a guy to make a mistake like that is not right. "I'm not down on [Saban]. Whoever gave him that information needs to correct it. Certainly this person [Birmingham News reporter Ray Melick], what right does he have to write an article without verifying all the facts. This is why I get disturbed sometimes, because now this article goes out. "It's an absolute wrong to do that." USF senior Mike Jenkins disagreed with Saban's statement, even noting Saban offered Jenkins a full scholarship to LSU when Jenkins was a senior at Bradenton Southeast High School. Ironically, USF freshman running backs Jamar Taylor and Mike Ford both initially signed with Alabama. Taylor enrolled at Alabama in January and was the Tide's leading rusher in the spring game, but transferred to USF over the summer to be closer to his family. ...more

October 2, 2007