In the 1984 film "The Natural," Robert Redford played a gifted baseball player who approached the manager and asked for a chance to try out for the team. ...more

October 5, 2008

About five miles down the road while in his room at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ralph McCray talked his wife, Vanessa, through her labor with their fifth child at Tampa General. ...more

September 13, 2008

Perhaps we should all wear black arm bands or something to commemorate the impending end of the USF-UCF football series. We could hold a candlelight vigil maybe, or Bulls fans could lower those "Horns" flags that flap out of their car windows to half-staff for the ride Saturday to Orlando. ...more

September 5, 2008

Martha Bleakley's grandfather helped design the water purification system for the Apollo space missions. ...more

August 27, 2008

Martha Bleakley's grandfather helped design the water purification system for the Apollo space missions. ...more

August 27, 2008

Two-time Lake Placid Town Councilman Bill Brantley is calling it quits. ...more

August 22, 2008

The Greater Hudson Little League is gearing up for fall-ball season and looking for players and volunteer managers, coaches and umpires. ...more

August 21, 2008

For years, my son and his teammates at Tampa Bay Little League have faced the boys from Citrus Park, fully aware that there was something different about this team. Even at 9 years old, in Little League's youngest All-Star tournament, it became evident that Citrus Park was the team to beat. ...more

August 20, 2008

Before the first pitch was thrown, Plant City's Senior League all-stars knew they were in for a whole new experience at the state tournament for 15- and 16-year-olds. ...more

August 13, 2008

With all the pitches a Little League team's players throw during an All-Star season, sometimes just one can define a team. ...more

August 12, 2008