Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden believes the NCAA sanctions calling for the school to give up wins in 10 sports are too harsh. ...more

March 19, 2009

Slowly circling the track at the University of South Florida, athletes from Hillsborough and Polk counties brought the cheering crowd to its feet during the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics 2009 Area 8 regional games. ...more

March 14, 2009

The NCAA Committee on Infractions' decision to make FSU vacate its records for the fall of 2006, spring of 2007 and fall of 2007 dominated a Q&A with Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Commission Dennis Thomas, the acting committee chair for the FSU case. ...more

March 6, 2009

GIRLS BASKETBALL Lady Sharks head to Groveland for Florida Citrus Shootout, starting today with ultra-tough Leesburg. ...more

December 26, 2008

Senior night is always a bittersweet moment in any athlete's playing career, and the emotions ran high as the Lake Placid volleyball team honored six of their seniors before taking the court against cross-county rival Avon Park on Thursday. ...more

October 25, 2008

The Rays' dream season will end on baseball's grandest stage. Facing elimination for the first time in their first trip to the playoffs, the maturing-by-the-day Rays came through like grizzled veterans Sunday night. ...more

October 20, 2008

Karen Florin, 51, Tarpon Springs Goals: Feel normal again after Mom's sickness and divorce. Conquer food issues. Build more muscle tone and kick-start fitness program. Seize opportunity to work out with daughter Logan, 16 ...more

August 23, 2008

Michael Phelps, Swimming After winning six gold medals in the 2004 Athens Games and seven at last year's World Championships in Australia, there's talk of Phelps taking home eight golds from Beijing. If Phelps can pull that that off with his 6-foot-7 wingspan and size 14 feet, he could overshadow any athlete and any story line from these games. With two previous Olympics under his belt and a space-age Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit covering his body, Phelps has a chance. But he'll have to swim at least 17 races (four more races than Mark Spitz's seven-gold-medal showing in 1972) and that schedule could be his undoing. ...more

August 5, 2008

A summer scene of youngsters sweating it out on a hot baseball diamond or football gridiron is as common as afternoon showers in Florida. ...more

July 27, 2008

It didn't occur to Lisa Marie Gritzinger that she might be cut out to be an athlete. ...more

February 9, 2008