Kyle Busch has had plenty of highlights in his short NASCAR career: setting a record as the youngest winner in series history, giving Toyota its first victory and returning Joe Gibbs Racing's flagship car to prominence. ...more

March 2, 2009

Miramar's Ronnie Holassie braved strong winds and, late in the race, rain, to capture his second Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Marathon on Sunday in Tampa. ...more

March 1, 2009

There was a time when Ryan Hall would have had plenty of company running on Bayshore Boulevard in the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic 15-kilometer race. That was "back in the day," as many of the area's old-time runners like to say, when the world's best distance runners regularly made this event their first stop of the season. ...more

March 1, 2009

The fastest of the fast in Saturday's 15k were the elite athletes in the wheelchair division, several of whom smoked the course with sub-35 minute times in a chase for a prize purse going nine places deep in the open division and offering $1,500 for the first-place male and female. ...more

March 1, 2009

He didn't break the record, but Olympic runner Ryan Hall recorded the fastest time for the Gasparilla 15-kilometer run since it stopped awarding prize money in 1998. ...more

February 28, 2009

Cars and runners don't mix, which is why Bayshore Boulevard and several other downtown streets will be barricaded this morning for the Gasparilla Distance Classic. Sunday won't be any better, with the Gasparilla Marathon winding through downtown. ...more

February 28, 2009

Cars and runners don't mix, which is why Bayshore Boulevard and several other downtown streets will be barricaded Saturday morning for the Gasparilla Distance Classic. Sunday won't be any better, with the Gasparilla Marathon also winding through downtown. ...more

February 27, 2009

A grant helps Ronnie Dickson and other physically challenged athletes fulfill their drive to compete. ...more

February 25, 2009

The torch was lit, the games had begun and Charles Leach was ready to shine Tuesday in the 10-meter assisted walk at the Pasco County Special Olympics. ...more

February 25, 2009

Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth made it two victories in a row Sunday, holding off a late challenge from Jeff Gordon to win the Auto Club 500. ...more

February 23, 2009