ESPN the Magazine offered a lavish opening to the Super Bowl weekend on Friday night, welcoming more than 1,000 VIP invite-only celebrities and guests to its annual NEXT party inside a 22,000-square-foot tent at the corner of Morgan and Bell streets in downtown Tampa. ...more

January 31, 2009

SUPER BOWL BREAKFAST: features Tony Dungy, Derrick Brooks and other NFL greats, and includes presentation of the Bart Starr Award; 8 a.m. Saturday; $20; Sun Dome, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa; (813) 287-8844 ...more

January 31, 2009

When the Super Bowl festivities roll into Tampa late next month, the party blitz and corporate spending that surround the big day may take a hit because of the economic crisis. ...more

December 5, 2008

On the first day of preparations for NASCAR's version of the playoffs, a topic more commonly associated with other sports dominated conversation Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. ...more

September 13, 2008

Saint Leo's first bid in the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Tournament ended quickly at the hands of one of the nation's top teams. ...more

May 10, 2008

Getting knocked down isn't what matters. What you do when you're sprawled on the floor does. And if anyone could write a book on that, it's Kim Ruoff. ...more

May 9, 2008

For a long time, the drug-abuse problems that tarnished the images of other professional sports rarely touched NASCAR. ...more

April 19, 2008

Coaching success in college football is more than X's and O's or innovative game plans. Many times, a team's fate in a particular season - and a coach's future - was decided several years earlier. ...more

December 5, 2007