"Big Game" James Shields wasn't big enough Saturday night against a Boston Red Sox team that looked nothing like it did earlier in the American League Championship Series. ...more

October 19, 2008

Officials are expecting downtown to be booming for today's 8:07 p.m. American League Championship Series game. ...more

October 18, 2008

Friday morning, Rays fans awoke to a new reality. "We ... lost?" said Mike Zalewski of Seminole. "Are you kidding? I couldn't stay up because I had to get up early for work. ...more

October 18, 2008

His now-famous sports bar won't open for another four hours, but Mark Ferguson is operating at full speed. ...more

October 18, 2008

In previous postseasons with the Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox, he pitched to a 1.73 ERA and held opponents to a .159 batting average and .209 on-base percentage - all three the best all-time among pitchers with at least 40 postseason innings. ...more

October 18, 2008

Ferg's Sports Bar and Grill, at 1320 Central Ave., is party central for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball games, played across the street at Tropicana Field. ...more

October 17, 2008

Up seven runs with seven outs to go, the Tampa Bay Rays blow their first chance at the big dance. Bad baseball, or was something else in play here? Baseball fans and players are notoriously superstitious. ...more

October 17, 2008

BOSTON - How to explain the Rays' bullpen - rock solid throughout the postseason - blowing a seven-run lead in Game 5 of the ALCS Thursday night at Fenway Park? ...more

October 17, 2008

FOOTBALL As Tampa Bay Rays nearly clinch a pennant, Springstead posts its first-ever shutout over archrival Hernando, 21-0. EAGLES COLLECT SIXTH STRAIGHT SERIES WIN ...more

October 17, 2008

Gershwin and Ellington got a little competition from Upton and Longoria during Tony Bennett's opening night set at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday on Thursday. ...more

October 17, 2008