RUNNING Nov. 23 2008 X-Country Marathon, 30K, 1/2 Marathon & 5K ...more

November 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – The Rays will finish their preparations for the 2009 season on the same field that saw their historic 2008 campaign come to a disappointing end last month. ...more

November 14, 2008

Nearly 30 years after Richard Simmons burst onto America's pop culture consciousness, his high-energy, positive-thinking, eat-better mission shows no signs of slowing down. ...more

November 13, 2008

A number of years have passed since the Avon Park High School Marching Grenadier Band earned an invitation to the state band championships, but that wait is over. ...more

November 13, 2008

Last year was not a fluke for the Spirit of Sebring Marching Band. After earning a spot in the state band championships for the first time last year, the Sebring High band kicked it up a notch with a better score to return to the state competition this year. ...more

November 12, 2008

Tim Lincecum was a big winner on a woeful team, which fit him perfectly. Firing 97-mph fastballs from his miniature frame, the National League Cy Young Award recipient is an anomaly in almost every way. ...more

November 12, 2008

Evan Longoria's favorite video game is "Guitar Hero." He rocks out to Guns N' Roses and, according to selected witnesses, performs a stirring rendition of "Free Bird," despite its degree of difficulty. ...more

November 10, 2008

Dozens of people attended the free rally at Lykes Gaslight Square Park in downtown Tampa from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rays pitchers Dan Wheeler and Andy Sonnanstine and pitching coach Jim Hickey signed autographs while fans, some of them still sporting Rayhawks, signed a banner that will be presented to the team later. ...more

November 6, 2008

Everybody loves a parade, especially the people of Philadelphia who haven't had anything to cheer about in, oh, about a quarter century or so. ...more

November 3, 2008

This region owes a tip of the cap to Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg and his management team for fielding a storybook team that proved the viability of baseball in West Central Florida. ...more

November 2, 2008