Lightning forward Evgeny Artyukhin possesses a rare combination of size (6-foot-5) paired with blazing speed and raw talent that tantalizes coaches. ...more

March 17, 2009

Love him or hate him, Springstead's Dante Valentine provides the fire that ignites the 29-0 Eagles. ...more

February 28, 2009

Taxpayers will foot the bill for providing extra police and fire coverage at Super Bowl XLIII to make sure it goes off without any hitches. ...more

February 1, 2009

All season long, Lake Placid girls soccer coach John Merlo thought his team was a few minutes away from playing at its highest level for a complete game. ...more

January 31, 2009

Sickles used a hustling defense to shut down Middleton, 51-16, in a girls basketball game Monday night. ...more

January 27, 2009

Being a head coach is so much more than just strategies and filling out paper work. ...more

January 21, 2009

Derby Lane • Where: On Gandy Boulevard, just west of the Gandy Bridge and east of Fourth Street, St. Petersburg. ...more

January 20, 2009

Vicente Ramos stood still awaiting the referee's whistle that would set the upcoming game-changing sequence into motion. ...more

January 14, 2009

A law firm representing a former city police officer is threatening to sue the city for more than $200,000 because officials have not rehired or reinstated him. ...more

December 24, 2008

A law firm representing a former city police officer is threatening to sue the city for more than $200,000 because officials have not rehired or reinstated him. Kenneth Fong, whose allegations of payroll discrepancies ignited a scandal that led to the resignation of former police Chief Russell Barnes in August, is seeking lost pay and compensatory damages from the city, according to a letter sent to City Manager Steve Spina. Tampa attorney Steven G. Wenzel also asserts in the letter that Fong was not reinstated or rehired by the department as retaliation for whistle-blowing activities that led to Barnes' resignation, the reassignment of a city detective and embarrassment to city officials. By Wenzel's calculations, the city should pay "well in excess of $200,000," even if Fong is reinstated as a police officer ...more

December 22, 2008