Tampa Bay's 12-day excursion across the Midwest region of the U.S. got off to a positive start, just not as well as hoped. ...more

December 12, 2009

Still riding the low of an embarrassing loss the night before, the Utah Jazz stumbled back home to face the streaking Orlando Magic. The Jazz plodded through the first quarter, woke up a little in the second and then took over in the third period and beat Orlando 120-111 on Thursday night, ending the Magic's winning streak at six games. ...more

December 11, 2009

In the past two weeks the Lightning have slid down the standings, falling out of the playoff picture with losses in five out of the past six games. ...more

December 11, 2009

The fast start to the season for the Plant City High boys soccer team does not surprise its new head coach. ...more

December 9, 2009

One day after benching his top forwards in their loss to Washington, Lightning coach Rick Tocchet shook up his top line. ...more

December 8, 2009

For the better part of the first half of Monday's game, the Lightning skated hard, defended strong, battled along the walls and withstood the dynamic Washington attack. ...more

December 8, 2009

COLTS ...27 TITANS ...17 Indianapolis tied the NFL record for longest winning streak, beating Tennessee for its 21st consecutive regular-season victory. The only other team to win that many in a row: New England from 2006-08. The Colts can break the record next week at home against Denver. The victory also extended the Colts' league mark for most consecutive 12-win seasons to seven and ended the Titans' five-game winning streak. Peyton Manning threw one TD pass, Joseph Addai ran for two scores and the Colts spent the second half protecting the lead. It was the first time in six games Indy didn't need a fourth-quarter comeback to win. Tennessee's Chris Johnson ran 27 times for 113 yards, his seventh straight 100-yard game, but failed to become the first player in league history to top 125 yards rushing in seven straight. ...more

December 7, 2009

The University of South Florida was without its leading tackler during its regular-season finale Saturday night as LB Kion Wilson was scratched because of an ankle injury. ...more

December 6, 2009

Erving Walker scored 18 points, Kenny Boynton added 15 and No. 13 Florida used 12 3-pointers to beat Jacksonville 85-67 on Friday night. ...more

December 5, 2009

not to mention alumni and presidents - happy. ...more

December 3, 2009