Suddenly, Steven Stamkos is shining. The highly touted - and some would say overhyped - No. 1 pick has jumped back into the conversation as one of the NHL's top rookies with a late-season surge. ...more

March 22, 2009

New Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels and Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler talked this week for the first time since their rift became public. The Denver Post reported on its Web site Tuesday night that the call only muddied the waters between McDaniels and Cutler, who left the conversation feeling he would be traded by draft day if the Broncos could find the right deal. A team official with knowledge of the discussions, however, told The Associated Press that despite what other sources may be saying, the two sides did not grow farther apart in this conversation. ...more

March 11, 2009

As is usually the case when the Tampa Bay Rays play the Boston Red Sox, even in spring training, there's a lot of red in the stands at Charlotte Sports Park today, and hearty cheers greeted Boston's hitters as they stepped to the plate in the top of the first inning. Red Sox stalwarts Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Kevin Youkilis each got a nice hand from a good chunk of the assembled masses. But when the fourth man in Boston's lineup, Rocco Baldelli, stepped to the plate, everyone cheered. ...more

February 27, 2009

A number of problems beset Jason Strunk in his first year as Plant City Raider football coach, some simply a function of his late arrival on the scene. ...more

February 18, 2009

Playing their first game without No. 1 draft pick Steven Stamkos, the Lightning showed their future star how much conditioning plays a part in having success late in games. ...more

January 11, 2009

The wound is eight months old, but the pain of losing to the Sarasota Booker Tornadoes twice in less than a week that ended the season for the Sebring girl's basketball team is still as fresh as it was then. ...more

November 11, 2008

Hudson High freshman Jamal Branco hasn't officially played a minute of basketball at the varsity or junior varsity level, but the Branco name is well known in Pasco County. ...more

August 17, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The jokes flew beneath the sweltering sun Monday afternoon at the Land O' Lakes practice field. ...more

August 13, 2008

During his freshman year at Riverview High School, Rafael Rivera participated in a conditioning program for the upcoming season. ...more

January 30, 2008

Koby Dail can barely remember a time in his life when he did not play baseball. ...more

December 10, 2007