Newsome and King, the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in the Class 5A-District 8 boys basketball tournament, clinched playoff berths and will meet in the district championship tonight at 7 at Bloomingdale after advancing in dramatic fashion Friday. ...more

February 14, 2009

General Motors Corp. said Friday it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America and make sweeping cuts to its vehicle production as it tries to adjust to dramatically weaker automobile demand. ...more

December 12, 2008

With one virtuoso defensive play, Bucs S Tanard Jackson turned momentum on its head Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. ...more

November 3, 2008

B.J. Upton's shallow sacrifice fly down the right-field line in the 11th inning scored Fernando Perez from third, giving the Rays a 9-8 triumph ...more

October 12, 2008

Call it a breakup. After 40 years in the press box, a relationship finally ended. The Boston Red Sox were pushed out of the heart, replaced by the Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

October 10, 2008

If it isn't about representing your country, why do they play the national anthem when you win? It is time, once and for all, to end the hypocrisy over who competes for whom in the Olympics. Athletes switching countries as if ripping off one sweaty T-shirt and pulling on another has made a sham of the whole process. ...more

August 21, 2008

Once again, American shooter Matt Emmons chose to be philosophical. ...more

August 18, 2008

Sebring AAU coach George Townsend says his team is the type of group that doesn't know the meaning of the word "quit." ...more

August 2, 2008

Before Tuesday night, Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg last saw his team play in person about 21/2 weeks ago at Tropicana Field. ...more

July 9, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE BASEBALL AAA MINORS Spring Hill American bounces back from Monday night's seventh-inning loss in game one behind a near flawless defense and a stout pitching effort in the nightcap by Dante Hamilton and Josh Penney to capture the District 6 title (again), 9-1. ...more

June 25, 2008