A serious wreck on Interstate 75 in Manatee County has shut down the northbound lanes as motorists take to the roads for the holiday weekend. ...more

May 23, 2008

Seffner Christian coach Jim Self has seen a few innings this season like the fifth inning he witnessed Friday in the Crusaders' Class 1A-Region 3 semifinal against Cambridge Christian. And when Self has seen those innings, a loss usually follows. ...more

May 3, 2008

About 3,000 patrons and food lovers braved the weather to attend Saturday's Fiesta Day in Ybor City before organizers closed down the event four hours early. ...more

February 24, 2008

It seems only fitting that on Springstead High Senior Night, Eagle senior Nehemiah Mason hit on a game-high 28 points to lead Springstead to a 65-54 win over Central last Friday night. ...more

February 10, 2008

Florida's Chandler Parsons worked so hard to regain his shooting stroke that he thinks he actually made himself sick. ...more

February 10, 2008

Josh Menendez's two goals, both coming in the first four minutes of the second half, lifted Jesuit to a 3-2 win over Bradenton Southeast (19-7) Friday in the Class 5A-Region 3 final. The win vaulted the Tigers into the state semifinals. ...more

February 9, 2008

Wesley Chapel's Ladarius Manora can hurt you from anywhere on the court, and as some teams have learned this season, when he gets hot, he can hurt you from everywhere. ...more

February 8, 2008

Here in the heart of the nation's capital, where political disciples warmed themselves footsteps away in bustling hubs to get the latest election results from network feeds, it's likely few were tuned in to Georgetown's 63-53 victory against reeling University of South Florida. ...more

February 6, 2008

Susan Toll couldn't believe it. She had been in well over a dozen Gasparilla Pirate Fest parades, as a member of the Krewe of Alegria and the Rough Riders, and had loved Gasparilla ever since she was a child in the 1950s, when the pirates threw blank bullets and candy. But this was something new and pretty cool. ...more

January 24, 2008

SEBRING — The Sebring girls basketball had to win Friday night to clinch the top seed in the upcoming Class 4A-District 10 tournament. Think they knew? The Blue Streaks held Braden River without a field goal for the first 10 minutes and got five 3-pointers from senior captain Whitney Lee en route to a 53-26 victory over the Pirates, a blowout win that clinched the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the district tourney, which tips off Jan. 28 at Booker High School in Sarasota. ...more

January 20, 2008