LAKE PLACID — His head coach calls him the best player he's had, and an opposing coach says he'd take him if he could cherry-pick any of Highlands County's standout baseball players. Still, Carlos Sosa said he was surprised on Tuesday when told he'd been named the 2008 Highlands Today All-Heartland Baseball Player of the Year. ...more

May 30, 2008

To showcase and reward an especially talented player, once every few years Florida State veteran baseball coach Mike Martin will allow a player to line up at every position in a game. ...more

May 12, 2008

The Detroit Red Wings kept rolling without their hottest player. Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg scored first-period goals to help make up for the loss of Johan Franzen, and Detroit held on for a 2-1 win Saturday night against the Dallas Stars and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. ...more

May 11, 2008

You might as well call it "the Fifth-and-15/16 Major." This year's Players Championship, a tournament long promoted as the next best thing to a Grand Slam event, is getting no respect. ...more

May 8, 2008

There may be no crying in baseball, as the manager portrayed by Tom Hanks declared in the movie "A League of Their Own," but there is certainly still room for the girls. Tarpon Springs High softball standout Jen Hunter has proved throughout most of her young life that whether the ball is soft or hard, she is up to the task. ...more

February 25, 2008

1. STARS: They might only be at the top for a week, but Detroit looks awfully vulnerable all of a sudden. ...more

February 24, 2008

The best player on the Plant City High softball team, Kendall Dawson, is no longer a secret. That's what a free ride to play for the University of Alabama can do. ...more

February 13, 2008

Lady Sharks miss out on fourth trip to Sweet 16 in five seasons and another shot at Bishop Moore. ...more

February 12, 2008

NEWS AND NOTES Plant Receiver Winter Commits To Auburn One of the top receivers in the state the past two seasons is taking his game to the SEC. Plant wideout Derek Winter verbally committed to Auburn University on Monday. ...more

February 5, 2008

With top-seeded Plant surprisingly trailing Hillsborough by five and being decimated by the hot shooting of guard Shalisia Hall, Panthers coach Carrie Mahon posed one question in the halftime locker room: ...more

February 2, 2008