Playing highly at the next level. That's the dream most every competitive youth athlete aspires to realize after committing so much time and sweat and devotion to the sport at which they excel. For three seniors on the East Lake High School girls soccer teammates that long-held goal has come to fruition - and for each at the NCAA Division I level. ...more

January 17, 2009

North Pinellas endurance athletes seeking training assistance and a little like-minded camaraderie can now have a local answer to their needs with the recent emergence of the Palm Harbor Tri-Warriors triathlon club. Beginning informally last year, PHTW is now officially sanctioned by the Colorado Springs-based USA Triathlon sanctioning group. ...more

July 5, 2008

The Middle East has been a hot bed of activity since the beginning of civilization. The transition from hunter-gatherers to agriculture depended on an abundant supply of water, thus the land surrounding the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, called the "Fertile Crescent," made this Mesopotamia area (today's Iran and Iraq) not just a heavily populated, multiethnic area, but also a highly enviable area. The kings who ruled the cities were not just interested in trading and raiding, but also in establishing dominance over each other. The historians have been on the side of the leaders, not the people. ...more

June 13, 2008