CORAL GABLES North Carolina coach Butch Davis left Miami eight years ago, prepared his Tar Heels so well that they beat the Hurricanes last season, and has only been on the sidelines at Dolphin Stadium once before. ...more

September 24, 2008

VOLLEYBALL Lady Sharks improve to 7-0 on the season with a three-game sweep of Hernando. ...more

September 16, 2008

The head of the House tax-writing committee admitted Wednesday that he owes about $5,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report income on his returns. ...more

September 11, 2008

About five years is how long the core of this year's Mitchell High volleyball squad have been on the court together. ...more

September 10, 2008

If they gave medals for anthem singing, U.S. athletes wouldn't get any. The Chinese would dominate because they all seem to know their national song cold. They sing the words with full-throated abandon, like so many robots with fresh batteries. ...more

August 16, 2008

What would the Olympics be without the flair of a little controversy? Biased judges, doping, athletes attacking their foes, all of these (and others) have been witnessed at some time or another, and the 2008 Beijing Games are no different. ...more

August 10, 2008

Some people were mingling well on unity day. Hillary's chic body woman Huma Abedin got along great with Obama's charming body man Reggie Love; the two, with their dates, shared a dinner the night before at a Georgetown hot spot. ...more

July 1, 2008

Violence in Afghanistan will continue to rise this year, as Taliban and al-Qaida fighters have proved resilient and aggressive foes against coalition forces, according to a new Pentagon report issued to Congress on Friday. ...more

June 28, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Just call Kayli Keough a problem. Her presence on the volleyball court, particularly at the net, forced numerous opponents to rotate their offense away from the 6-foot-2 senior and attempt to pinpoint return shots away from the middle hitter. ...more

May 28, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- "I have goose bumps," Holiday resident Cynthia Besio said Friday when she first heard the news Wal-Mart will abandon plans to build a store at S.R. 54 and Grand Boulevard. ...more

May 9, 2008