Alex Rodriguez waited all game for this hit. Heck, he waited his whole career. ...more

November 2, 2009

Powered by Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth and all those other big bats, the Philadelphia Phillies are headed back to the World Series. ...more

October 22, 2009

When the bright lights come on, Jimmy Rollins turns into J-Roll. He is the resident diva on the Phillies roster. He loves the cameras but prefers talking after he's finished showering and primping. He's got a big smile, plenty of charisma and a lot of swagger. ...more

October 21, 2009

As Clearwater High School graduate Nicole Passonno Stott took a spacewalk Tuesday, her friends and family watched intently from Capogna's Dugout Italian Restaurant and Sports Bar. Television sets normally tuned to the Rays or Bucs in the Clearwater establishment were fixed on the NASA channel as Stott removed an ammonia tank from the International Space Station. The flight engineer is one of seven astronauts who blasted off Friday aboard space shuttle Discovery. They hooked up Sunday with the space station, where Stott will spend the next three months. ...more

September 2, 2009

The Sebring baseball team held on with the tying run at the plate on Tuesday night to escape Bartow with a 7-4 victory and a third straight trip to the Class 4A regional semifinals. The Streaks, District 10 runners-up, will hit the road once again to face Lake Wales at 7 p.m. on Friday. The Highlanders knocked off D10 champion Braden River 1-0 on Tuesday night. ...more

May 5, 2009

Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run Friday night to become the 25th player in major-league history to reach the milestone, belting a drive to left off Milwaukee's Mitch Stetter leading off the seventh inning. ...more

April 18, 2009

Opening Day is on hold until Tuesday. With heavy rain in the forecast this afternoon, today's Rays-Red Sox game at Fenway Park has been postponed until Tuesday at 4:05 p.m. ...more

April 6, 2009

Logan Smith is looking forward to his next trip to the mall. "It's always nice to beat someone from the county," said Smith after he went 2-for-2 with a double, sacrifice fly and two RBI to lead the LP baseball team to a 6-3 victory over Avon Park on the second day of the Bill Jarrett Spring Break Tournament at Scarborough Field. "It gives us more confidence going into districts, and when we go to the mall and you see someone from Avon Park you can hold your head up." ...more

April 2, 2009

Shannon Cataldo's two-out, RBI single plates Amanda Drawe to cap a wild four-run seventh inning rally as Springstead edges HCA, 5-4. ...more

March 30, 2009

River Ridge sophomores Lakyn Shull and Ana Alberti have stepped into their leading roles this year without a hitch. ...more

March 28, 2009