What better team for Hernando High to face for its homecoming than its oldest rival? After all, no match-up can conjure up more memories than the Brooksville bunch versus the crew from Dade City. ...more

November 14, 2008

FOOTBALL Hernando and Pasco face for the 60th time as Leopards celebrate homecoming in season finale. ...more

November 13, 2008

Cypress Gardens will close starting Nov. 17 and reopen in March with an expanded water park - but without its rides or animal attractions. ...more

November 10, 2008

TREASURE ISLAND Until about 10 a.m., you wouldn't have known there was a Spanish mackerel within 100 miles of captain Sam Maisano's big Donzi. We were catching plenty of bottom fish, to be sure, but the mackerel that had been everywhere a few weeks earlier seemed to have been washed away with the chilly rain of the night before. ...more

November 9, 2008

FOOTBALL Lights go out and melee ensues in Groveland, as Sharks defeat South Lake, 40-24. ...more

November 8, 2008

clocks are set back one hour - which means the sunrise occurs at 6:38 a.m. and sets at 5:45 p.m. ...more

November 2, 2008

The Rays know they can't expect the Phillies to continue scuffling like they have when presented with scoring chances. ...more

October 25, 2008

This is the time of year when we see skeletons in neighbors' yards hanging from trees or plastered against doors. So it seems appropriate to revisit Ezekiel 37, a scene that would blend in well with Halloween imaginings. ...more

October 22, 2008

Daily Fishing Report ...more

October 20, 2008

The invitation was for lunch at one of those private downtown clubs. I'm not much for those, if only because I don't like the 40-story ride up in the elevator to eat in a place where the prices fit the elevator ride. ...more

October 19, 2008