Over the better part of the last decade, winning has become a formality of sorts for the Ridgewood High baseball program. Four district titles, seven playoff victories and a trip to the 2002 state championship game are a few boastful achievements earned since 2001. That's what makes last year's 12-15 campaign stand out to those familiar with baseball in the North Suncoast. The Rams had qualified for postseason play in seven consecutive tries until the bugs of youth and inexperience finally bit. ...more

February 21, 2009

The Super Bowl trophies and rings, numerous as they are, don't tell the real story of the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are outward signs of something you have to look a little closer to see, to a state of mind at a time when the stakes couldn't be greater. ...more

February 2, 2009

The University of South Florida's stratospheric rise in the nation's college football rankings over the weekend will test a commonly held theory: that gridiron success will yield academic benefits. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - The University of South Florida's stratospheric rise in the nation's college football rankings over the weekend will test a commonly held theory: that gridiron success will yield academic benefits. ...more

October 1, 2007