Sunday night, as the Boston Red Sox celebrated on the field at Dodger Stadium following their World Series clinching victory in Game 5, the cameras and microphones flocked around an unlikely member of the star-studded Red Sox: Steve Pearce. “Baseball’s a funny game,”...
Lakeland is a curious place. It’s not a small town, but it’s also not a big city. Most people probably think of it as only an exit they pass on I-4 on their way to Tampa or Orlando. At best, someone might know Lakeland as the home of Publix or where the Detroit Tigers...
In February, my wife and I were in Tampa with friends when I got a text from my dad that read, “Call me.” I stepped outside and called him. He told me he had bad news: My high school baseball coach had tragically passed away. The news was devastating. I hadn’t talked...
On Sunday night, as the primetime matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens got underway, the players in each starting lineup appeared along the lower-third of the screen and introduced themselves. Typically the prerecorded introductions include...
A behind-the-scenes look into the work of local tattoo artist Cory Craft as he sits down for an exclusive session with contributor, Joe Hepler Outside, Black Swan Tattoo looks like a normal brown building on a typical gray street. It’s located on South Florida Avenue,...
