If Manatee High (13-1) defeats Plant High (12-1) in tonight's Class 5A state football championship game in Orlando, Hurricanes senior wide receiver Ace Sanders will continue a family tradition. In 1983, his father, Tracy Sanders, was quarterback on Manatee's first state championship team, a 14-0 squad that defeated Miami Southridge for the title. ...more

December 18, 2009

Arena football is coming back to Tampa Bay as the Tampa Bay Storm will join the newly created Arena Football 1. ...more

December 10, 2009

The only way out is to build through the draft, and columnist Joe Henderson offers a rare bit of good news. ...more

October 21, 2009

Bucs players went into this offseason believing they could build off their disappointing finish and regroup this year. ...more

January 17, 2009

The Arena Football League announced Monday it was suspending operations for the 2009 season. A statement from the league confirmed the AFL's board of directors met via conference call Sunday evening and voted in favor of suspension. The statement said the decision is "subject to agreement and cooperation with the Arena Football League Players Association while the league works on developing a long-term plan to improve its economic model." ...more

December 16, 2008

The news Tampa Bay Storm officials were dreading for the past few weeks officially came to fruition Monday when the Arena Football League announced the 2009 season would be suspended. ...more

December 16, 2008

The Arena Football League has decided to suspend operations for the 2009 season, the league announced Monday. ...more

December 15, 2008

The future of the Arena Football League was being discussed well into Sunday night. ...more

December 15, 2008

The fate of the 2009 Arena Football League season could be decided today. ...more

December 14, 2008

It was the best news Tim Marcum heard all week, and it brought with it a sense of relief. ...more

December 11, 2008