Super Bowl organizers are asking Tampa Bay area residents to be helpful, courteous and welcoming to visitors in town for the big game Feb. 1. "The campaign is a reminder that everyone in the community is part of the Super Bowl effort," said Reid Sigmon, executive director of the Super Bowl Host Committee, which is kicking off a hospitality campaign. ...more

January 5, 2009

Florida cornerback Joe Haden arrived in Miami with a new haircut, a fitting style for the Bowl Championship Series title game. ...more

January 5, 2009

For the past 20 years, there has been one constant, holiday-time requirement Ridgewood High basketball players can count on over winter break - playing in the Ram Classic. ...more

January 3, 2009

Ridgewood High School's soccer and basketball holiday tournaments will be wrapping up Wednesday evening. ...more

January 2, 2009

BOYS BASKETBALL Springstead takes out host Indian Rocks Christian, 47-27, to advance to New Year's Eve final of IRCS Holiday Tournament versus county-rival Nature Coast. ...more

December 31, 2008

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner had 18 points and eight rebounds, Alli Smalley scored 16 points and No. 9 Auburn won its 14th straight with a 68-53 win over Miami on Tuesday night. ...more

December 30, 2008

Wharton battled back from a halftime deficit to knock off Durant, 59-47, in the championship game of the Alonso Holiday Classic on Tuesday. ...more

December 24, 2008

Last year, some of the nation's top players and teams converged in Tampa for the inaugural McDonald's Tampa Hoops Classic. One player in particular, Luke Babbitt from Galena High in Nevada, later was named a McDonald's All-American. ...more

December 23, 2008

The McDonald's Tampa Hoops Classic is bringing in some of the nation's top players for a 16-team, four-day event. ...more

December 22, 2008

Plant High backup quarterback and fill-in starter Phillip Ely heard the applause and was taken aback. ...more

December 22, 2008