The addition of free agent designated hitter Pat Burrell has Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon contemplating a lineup that would drop second baseman Akinori Iwamura out of the lead-off spot. ...more

February 26, 2009

The Plant City High softball team lost one of the best players in program history when Kendall Dawson graduated and headed to play for the University of Alabama. ...more

February 25, 2009

Florida State's Toney Douglas scored 22 points, including a tie-breaking runner with 6 seconds remaining, and then had to suffer through the game's final sequence. ...more

February 22, 2009

After what happened to his University of South Florida women's basketball team two years ago, Coach Jose Fernandez doesn't think getting a specific number of victories will guarantee the Bulls an NCAA Tournament berth. ...more

February 16, 2009

The Lightning's slumping offense needed a jolt. Enter Marty St. Louis. Tampa Bay's No. 1 spark plug led a four-goal, first-period outburst Thursday en route to a 6-4 victory against Toronto. St. Louis had a goal and three assists - all in the opening 20 minutes - to set a career high with four points in a period, which also ties the franchise mark done three other times. The three assists in the first period also tied a franchise record, a mark St. Louis has now reached three times. ...more

February 13, 2009

Ty Lawson helped Tyler Hansbrough make it four in a row at Cameron Indoor Stadium, while keeping himself perfect against North Carolina's most despised rival. ...more

February 12, 2009

Stamkos' controversial shot was one of 40 that failed to beat goaltender Kari Lehtonen in a 3-1 loss to Atlanta. ...more

February 11, 2009

As Taylor Owensby's last-second missed long, junior Corey Thomas rebounded the ball and put it back in permitting the eighth-seeded Hernando Leopards to edge always-tough Pasco, 65-64. THOMAS' 22 POINTS ALLOWS HHS TO MEET TOP SEEDED SPRINGSTEAD AT 7:30 P.M. TONIGHT ...more

February 9, 2009

In a semifinal that lived up to its billing, Nature Coast outlasted Gulf down the stretch to clinch it sixth straight regional berth and a chance at a district three-peat. ...more

February 6, 2009

As time passed during the 2008 NFL draft, Tim Hightower's heart felt all the more heavy. ...more

January 30, 2009