The Tampa/St. Petersburg area ranks 14th among domestic destinations for 2009 travel bookings, a survey of 547 Travel Leaders travel agencies reports. ...more

January 6, 2009

The Tampa/St. Petersburg area ranks 14th among domestic destinations for 2009 travel bookings, a survey of 547 Travel Leaders travel agencies reports. ...more

January 5, 2009

Right around the time Ryan Malone puts his hotel key into the door to his room, his thoughts might drift. About the time Adam Hall finishes his pregame meal, he might try to find a TV. ...more

January 1, 2009

How many times last week did you hear something along the lines of, "It's only politics as usual in Chicago"? ...more

December 14, 2008

My mind drifted back to the patriotic naturalization ceremony of a close friend. ...more

December 5, 2008

Born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1972, Cliff Floyd personifies the City of the Big Shoulders. The Rays' mountain of a designated hitter is back in his hometown this weekend, hoping to help Tampa Bay end the season of the team he rooted for as a kid. ...more

October 5, 2008

What wind there was in Chicago on Sunday generated by Brian Griese, which threw a near-record 67 NFL passes. More important to Griese and the Bucs, of course, is that they came from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to win in overtime, 27-24. ...more

September 21, 2008

Don't let Jeff Garcia board that plane back to Tampa. ...more

September 21, 2008

I will likely vote for John McCain, but certainly not because of the column you published by Mr. Stover. He makes it sound like Senator Obama has secretive close ties with a terrorist fugitive named Bill Ayers. This is utter nonsense. Billy Ayers was one of many thousands of militants who railed at American government in the 1960s. Yes, he was prominent in the Weathermen, and yes, he set off a bomb under a statue, but that was over 40 years ago when Obama was perhaps in third grade, and he has apparently mellowed a bit like almost all radicals of his generation. The Bill Ayers with whom Obama has had only limited contact is now a "Distinguished Professor" at the University of Chicago. It is the Bill Ayers picked by Chicago's Mayor Daly to set up an educational reform program in the Windy City, funded by a $50 million grand from the prestigious Annenberg Foundation. ...more

September 15, 2008

Barrels and barricades on U.S. 301 at Gibsonton Drive give motorists a taste of what hitting the highway will be like for the next three years, as state officials prepare to launch a long-awaited widening project. ...more

September 10, 2007