Singing Is No Big Deal Regarding "Maybe Our Champions Are Humming" (Our Opinion, Aug. 16): ...more

August 22, 2008

If it isn't about representing your country, why do they play the national anthem when you win? It is time, once and for all, to end the hypocrisy over who competes for whom in the Olympics. Athletes switching countries as if ripping off one sweaty T-shirt and pulling on another has made a sham of the whole process. ...more

August 21, 2008

Shawn Johnson had dark circles under her brown eyes and a headache, but when she jumped onto the balance beam Tuesday night, she switched on her smile and defiantly pounded out a gold-medal routine. ...more

August 20, 2008

Aug. 22 Master of Ceremony: Gary Filip 9:45 - Welcome ...more

August 17, 2008

On the eve of the Olympic all-around final in women's gymnastics, teammates Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson sat together in their room at the athletes' village, looking at the calendars they had at their bedside. ...more

August 16, 2008

The Avon Park Wal-Mart Supercenter is scheduled to open today. After months of delays, the doors to Highlands County's second Supercenter - and fourth Wal-Mart in the county's history - will open at 8 a.m. after a 7:30 grand opening ceremony. ...more

August 13, 2008

Can the Seminoles be too strong? That seemed the case this week as Florida State's top football players showed up for strength tests. Paul Griffin said he and Budd Thacker were told by their coaches to not risk injury by trying to improve upon their previous bests in the bench press. Practice begins on Thursday. ...more

August 6, 2008

TAMPA — It's always Hammer time somewhere. Saturday, St. Petersburg is the place. ...more

July 16, 2008

Becky Shultz, daughter of Roy and Nancy Shultz of Brandon, hit the big leagues when she became coordinator of special events for Major League Baseball in New York City last summer. It was "about five weeks before the San Francisco All-Star Game - talk about being thrown into the fire!" she said. ...more

July 12, 2008

The All-Stars of music are coming to Yankee Stadium, too. Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow will sing the national anthem before baseball's All-Star Game on Tuesday night, and classical pop star Josh Groban will sing "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch. ...more

July 10, 2008