The Gasparilla Distance Classic Association and the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA distributed hundreds of pairs of free Nike running shoes to young people participating in the 2009 Let Me Play Kids Running Program. Included in the distributions were the children at Rampello Downtown Partnership who received their shoes Feb. 13. ...more

March 4, 2009

There was a turn of the tables Thursday night inside Wildcat Stadium. ...more

October 18, 2008

Christine Phillips Kiefer has strong opinions when it comes to children's health. ...more

June 14, 2008

SEBRING — With the whole school assembled at the bus loop at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, something special had to be in store for the Woodlawn Elementary students and teachers. Cheers and applause erupted when they spotted a horse-drawn carriage with three special passengers – retiring teachers Carol Todd and Freda Hoffman and Assistant Principal Laura Waldon, who is departing to be principal of Fred Wild Elementary School. "Isn't this exciting," Woodlawn Elementary Principal Kaye Bowers said as the retirees and Waldon prepared for the carriage ride around the school. ...more

June 4, 2008

One teacher espouses the benefits of sports and exercise. The other has instilled in her students an appreciation for music and art. Both have received statewide recognition for their commitment to education. ...more

December 26, 2007

Some 30 men and women in casual garb and sunglasses gathered on a large swath of manicured lawn in Sun City Center one recent morning. The daily rounds of lawn bowling were about to begin. ...more

December 5, 2007

When it came to encouraging fitness, few did more to get Americans off the couch than John F. Kennedy. ...more

November 23, 2007

Not long ago, former pro-baseball hopeful Aaron McClain Jr. insisted he would not involve himself in a sport he could not play at the highest level. ...more

November 14, 2007

What has changed this school year with physical education? Students in K-5 public schools are required to take 150 minutes of physical education every week. There is not a requirement for middle school students, but schools are encouraged to provide 225 minutes of physical education per week. High school physical education has been reduced from 2.5 semesters - including one semester of health - to two semesters of physical education, with health integrated. ...more

September 23, 2007