LAND O' LAKES - The Academy at the Lakes athletic program will have a new leader in addition to a new boys basketball coach when Tom Haslam takes over July 1. ...more

April 1, 2009

TAMPA - University of South Florida freshman guard Gaby Belardo will transfer to another school, his AAU coach Art Alvarez said Wednesday. ...more

March 25, 2009

Last year, some of the nation's top players and teams converged in Tampa for the inaugural McDonald's Tampa Hoops Classic. One player in particular, Luke Babbitt from Galena High in Nevada, later was named a McDonald's All-American. ...more

December 23, 2008

The McDonald's Tampa Hoops Classic is bringing in some of the nation's top players for a 16-team, four-day event. ...more

December 22, 2008

Not so long ago, the high school coach was considered the authority figure in most sports, but that influence is giving way. With college recruiters focusing more on production in summer Amateur Athletic Union tournaments, these independent coaches have emerged as key figures in basketball. ...more

December 14, 2008

Sebring AAU coach George Townsend says his team is the type of group that doesn't know the meaning of the word "quit." ...more

August 2, 2008

As a child, Evan Ravenel dreamed about playing college basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference. ...more

October 13, 2007

TAMPA - Plant High senior Chris Breit has been at every football game, joining the other captains at midfield for the coin toss prior to kickoff. ...more

September 18, 2007