Hello out there!  What happened to the thousands of fans who said they don't go to Rays games because the team wasn't worth the price of admission.     Have you checked these guys out this season.  What more...

I like this kind of baseball. The Rays have powered their way to big wins the last two nights behind the late-inning heroics of Dioner Navarro and Evan Longoria homers. First, on Thursday night, Navvy grand-slammed the Rays to an extra-inning...

    There continues to be grumblings from FSU fans about the firing of P.T. Willis from the Noles football broadcast booth.  Since Bobby Bowden's statement at a recent FSU booster club gathering saying, " (A FSU analyst) should be...

     Tennessee Vols basketball fans thought that their stud player, Chris Lofton was out of commission because of a knee injury.  It turned out he had testicular cancer.  Lofton didn't want anyone to know about it. ...

Today, Nick Bollea was sentenced to eight months in jail and five years of probabtion. Do you think this punishment fits the crime?There is no need to register, so feel free to leave your comments.You can read more about this story here....

Enough with the rumors that the Lightning will fire John Tortorella after the ownership change. The NHL changes coaches faster than the wind.  The Lightning has bucked the trend by staying the course with Tortorella.  Remember, Jay Feaster...

By Brendan McLaughlin Some have derided  Hillary Clinton as an unkillable droid who will stop at nothing on the road to the nomination. Fair enough. But how can you help but admire a person who smiles at a slaughter, chuckles at destruction...

   UPDATE:  Eight Belles trainer Larry Jones has ordered drug testing to prove his fallen Kentucky Derby filly was not on performance-enhancing drugs.  Why is this test being done?  Two reasons.  One to prove the...

The promised revitalization of downtown Tampa is progressing nicely with the arrival of a new Vietnamese/Asian fusion style restaurant on Tampa Street near Twiggs.  I ducked in to Bamboozle Cafe today and was impressed with the stylish...

   Job One for the Buccaneers heading into the off-season was to give Jeff Garcia more weapons.    After free agency, after the draft, are those weapons here?    I'm still having night sweats remembering how the Giants...

This morning on Flashpoint. The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission is supposed to rise above partisan politics to craft long term solutions to the State's thorniest problems. Hopes were especially high that the 25 member appointed...

Tickets are still available for the Florida Aquarium's premier food and wine event  "Sea Grapes" is Saturday night at 7:00. Tickets ain't cheap, but it's a crucial source of revenue for our world class aquarium and you will get your money's...

On the heels of some crazy opening round games to March Madness at the Forum, April still left a lasting impression on the Bay Area's sports scene. Check it out... April 6th: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg brings the IRL to town. A 19-year...

By Brendan McLaughlin After penning the blog below, it was interesting to see how I wasn't the only one to see past Hillary Clinton's decision to line up with John McCain on the summer gas tax holiday plan.  She couldn't possibly have believed...

By Brendan McLaughlin The "gas tax holiday" promoted by both John McCain and Hillary Clinton is a bad idea on so many levels, it's hard to know where to start.  New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman calls it "so ridiculous, so unworthy of...

Hey, you on the couch.... PASS THE BROOM. The Rays swept the Blue Jays in Disney. They followed that up with a dusting of the defending World Series champs at home in "The Pit", as Maddon calls it. Well done, Rays. A few weeks back I wrote...

O.K... maybe it's just the party of the year, but if you love the Florida Aquarium like I do and your wife is the special events director at the Aquarium like mine is, then you would not miss this event Saturday, May 3rd at 7:00 pm. Seagrapes...

Miley Cyrus recently took part in a photo shoot for Vanity Fair that she claims was intended to be artistic. Now the semi-nude photos of the 15-year-old are causing an uproar. Do you think photos went too far? There is no need to register,...

     First, the Bucs went from three picks to five on the second day, drafting down on two occasions....      Here's their Sunday selection:      RD 3-- Jeremy Zuttah  OG  Rutgers...

Filmaker Manny Mendoza talks about his new documentary on the lamentable state of the daily fishwrap. Whatcha think?  Website for the film is here.  ...

    Not a bad first day of the NFL draft.  Not bad at all.  I like the Talib pick 20th overall.   He is the most talented cornerback in the draft.  What downgraded him out of the top 10 was a self-admitted positive...

Will Hillary Clinton make an independent run for the White House? Joe Rothstein of USPoliticstoday.com offers this possibility: Hillary Clinton claims that the decision to exclude the Florida and Michigan delegations has distorted the nominating...

By Brendan McLaughlin   Remember during the housing boom, how every conversation started and ended with how much your house appreciated and how much your neighbor got for that crappy stucco rambler? We were obsessed.  But now that prices have...

Can you believe this? The Rays of '08 pick up right where the Devil Rays  of '07 left off last year in Orlando. Last year the Devil Rays picked up a surprising 3-game sweep of the Texas Rangers. Thursday night, the Rays completed a very...

The passengers of Oceanic Air flight 815 are back to complete their fourth season and there are more questions than ever. Our Lost expert is here to answer all of the questions you've been asking about ABC series. Just post your question into the...