02 10 2008 - TAMPA - Runners cross the Platt Street bridge before sunrise during the Gasparilla Marathon and Half-Marathon on Sunday. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
02 09 2008 - TAMPA - Runners line up along Bayshore Boulevard for the start of the 5K race on Saturday. BRIAN CASSELLA
02 05 2008 - TAMPA - Wharton's Matt Montgomery (23 right) begins to celebrate his game-winning goal with Joe Layton (7). Wharton defeated 1-0 in the second overtime period. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
02 05 2008 - TAMPA - Wharton's Ryan Asare-Bediako (3) battles Freedom's Jimmy Wolff (13). Wharton defeated 1-0 in the second overtime period. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
02 04 2008 - TAMPA - A threesome plays at the Terrace Hill Golf Course in Temple Terrace, a par-3 course that is lit at night. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
02 04 2008 - TAMPA - 20-year-old Ronnie Dickson, who is taking classes at USF and HCC, struggled with a growth-plate disorder called Trevor's disease while growing up and opted to have his left leg amputated just above his knee in the summer of 2005. Now, after teaching himself to run, Ronnie will run the 5K at the Gasparilla Distance Classic. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
01 28 2008 - SPRING HILL - Tyler Bergantino (left) and his Challenger Middle School teammates prepare to take the court. Bergantino, 14, is already 6'6, 248-pounds and still growing. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
01 28 2008 - SPRING HILL - Tyler Bergantino attempts a free throw. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
01 28 2008 - SPRING HILL - Tyler Bergantino has a few inches on his defender, John D. Floyd's Cody Truman (5). BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
01 28 2008 - SPRING HILL - Tyler Bergantino (31) shoos through the John D. Floyd defense in the second half. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
01 28 2008 - SPRING HILL - Tyler Bergantino cheers on his teammates from the bench in the fourth quarter. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
01 24 2008 - TAMPA - Mike Steinberg (left) and Herb Berkowitz are Tampa lawyers who are trying to get elected as delegates to the Democratic National Convention, like they did in 2004. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times photos
01 21 2008 - TAMPA - IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves laughs after rehearsal while his Dancing with the Stars partner Julianne Hough plays with her yorkie poo, Jackson, on stage at the St. Pete Times Forum. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times
01 28 2008 - TAMPA - Alexander Elementary School students react as hairdresser Diane Burchardt cuts off assistant principal Kristina Alvarez's hair during an outdoor event on Monday. Alvarez challenged her students to improve their attendance this year after seeing it fall off. About 350 students, including 180 with perfect attendance, were invited to see Alvarez get 10 inches taken off and donated to Locks of Love. BRIAN CASSELLA | Times