Get ready for dazzling ball-handling tricks and high-flying slam dunks. ...more

February 11, 2009

The Highlands County School Board is thinking about the possibility of terminating high school sports and extra curricular activities in local high schools. As a 15-year-old at Lake Placid High, I am very active in my schools athletic and extra curricular activities. I am in the marching season Color Guard, band during concert season, student government association and on the girl's basketball and softball teams. I know that the purpose of doing away with sports is only because of budget cuts, but having sports and extra curricular activities in our high schools is a good thing. Most of the kids in Lake Placid don't only play sports because we love it, but because of the support and help we get from our teammates and coaches. You see, we get more out of sports in schools than we do in any other activity in Highlands County. ...more

January 30, 2009

think you got game? If so, the Women's Resource Center of Tampa Bay would like to borrow it for a night. ...more

January 28, 2009

It's hard to feel sympathy for a coach and his team that is undefeated but it's easy to see that Wesley Chapel coach Karim Nohra and his Wildcats have overcome a lot and will have to dodge yet another obstacle in the coming weeks to remain undefeated. ...more

December 19, 2008

Lightning rookie Steven Stamkos bounced around the locker room Wednesday morning, showing off his basketball skills while bouncing a soccer ball between his legs. ...more

December 11, 2008

When Andrew Rushing was looking for a name for his basketball team, he only needed to look at them playing together before something came to mind. ...more

July 19, 2008

Denise Brooks-Clauser needn't look further than her own backyard in Belmar, N.J., to get a glimpse of her future. ...more

January 26, 2008

TAMPA In Waukesha, Wis. during the late 1970s, an adolescent Joe Fenlon would plug his stereo into the street lamp and listen to music as he dribbled a basketball up and down his street. ...more

January 14, 2008

The annual St. Petersburg Healthy Start event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, 3050 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg. Available free services will include HIV testing and counseling; pregnancy, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar testing; and height and weight measurements. There will also be a talent showcase, door prizes and a holiday tree giveaway. Call (727) 767-6782. ...more

December 14, 2007

CANCER NETWORK: The Tampa Bay Affiliate of PanCAN (the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Tampa Unity Church, 3302 W. Horatio St., Tampa. For information, call Sandi Martin at (813) 654-0977. ...more

December 7, 2007