Somewhere between his salad and dessert, Bucs coach Raheem Morris found himself surrounded by a line of autograph-seekers, about 15 deep, on Friday night. ...more

February 14, 2009

On the day East Bay High School seniors honored their peers, one student stood out. ...more

February 4, 2009

Plant City native Chevelle Hallback makes her MMA debut Friday at the Forum. ...more

December 4, 2008

Faith had stopped crying by the time she reached the training room. A talented young soccer player and part of the backbone of her team, she had spent the last year rehabilitating a tear of the major stabilizing ligament of the knee. Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) was torn in drills early in the season, a huge loss for us and for her. ...more

November 29, 2008

Just months before he had a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female athlete, then-cross country coach Lee Fictum was investigated by campus police for having an inappropriate relationship with the same girl, according to authorities. ...more

October 8, 2008

Dear President Bush, They say you can't always believe what you read in the papers. So, when I read that Marion Jones has applied to you for a pardon or commutation of her federal conviction for making false statements to investigators, I couldn't believe it. She lied to federal agents. She took steroids. She made false statements in a bank fraud investigation - not necessarily in that order. She admitted it. And now she apparently wants to be let off. ...more

July 24, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Nope. The party's not over. If you thought Stacy Bishop was going to hang up her cleats after earning All-America status and being a semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy (soccer's equivalent to the Heisman Trophy) to finally pursue a career outside the sport, you'd be wrong. ...more

June 25, 2008

Ashley Harkleroad, the 61st-ranked American from Wesley Chapel who lost to Serena Williams 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday in the first round of the French Open, said she posed for the August edition of Playboy magazine. ...more

May 27, 2008

Tom Brady arrives at Gillette Stadium before the sun comes up. As always, there is work to be done, and no time to waste. ...more

December 22, 2007

For years, Marion Jones angrily denied she was a drug cheat, swearing she was clean and daring anyone to prove otherwise. ...more

October 5, 2007