If the Rays could emerge from next week's winter meetings with one item on their wish list, it would be a big bat to slot into the middle of their lineup. ...more

December 5, 2008

With baseball's winter meetings set to begin Monday in Las Vegas, Tampa Bay Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman met with reporters today at Tropicana Field to offer up a preview of what we might see his team do in the coming weeks. ...more

December 4, 2008

In its purest, most raw form, speed is often said to be the one physical attribute that simply cannot be coached into an athlete. ...more

July 30, 2008

Exceptionalism, we citizens are frequently told, is no longer the credo of our country and its people. ...more

June 3, 2008

One physical attribute in sports that simply cannot be taught is speed. It can be refined, however, and developmental techniques and strategies can be coached, but speed in the raw is something an athlete either has, or does not. Madison McNary, as many throughout the area, state and beyond already know, has just that. ...more

May 24, 2008

For the better part of this season, the Pasco boys basketball team has not had an issue when it comes to posting points. ...more

February 11, 2008

FROSTPROOF — Speed has never been an attribute missing from the Frostproof boys soccer squad, but a strong defense was the difference in the Bulldogs' 1-0 victory over Sebring at Faris Brannen Stadium on Tuesday. "We'll live to fight another day," said SHS head coach Paul Brown, whose team had gone undefeated (8-0-2) in its previous 10 games. "[Frostproof] is deserving to win. They ran us off the ball. I'm a bit disappointed. We played very flat tonight and lost a bit of momentum we'd built up before the break. "We just need to come out and beat Avon Park on Thursday and get back on track." The Class 3A Bulldogs controlled the middle, stacking center field and keeping he ball out of Sebring's heavy hitters, which forced the Blue Streaks to the wings. ...more

January 10, 2008

With just eight days left to break a three-way deadlock in the Democratic race in Iowa, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York began delivering a closing argument Wednesday that centered around the experience she and her husband gained in the Oval Office. ...more

December 27, 2007

Helmet in hands, his No. 3 jersey untucked and now more brown and green than white thanks to another night of carrying the football more than 20 times, Ridgewood bruising senior running back Byronell Arline appeared ready to play another game right then - even if many of his teammates could only think of catching their breath. ...more

October 7, 2007