USF head coach Stan Heath believes the Bulls are on the verge of showing significant improvement. ...more

October 27, 2009

Hernando High senior sprinter Ryane Ledington signs with Brevard College in North Carolina, finding the perfect combination of athletic and academic opportunity. ...more

March 29, 2009

A refreshing and simple salad. ...more

March 25, 2009

The shots that were falling during their 21-game win streak continuously fell short, and the suffocating defense that once intimated opposing teams was too easily dismantled. ...more

March 5, 2009

It has been 27 years since a Hillsborough County public school boys basketball team won a state title. In 1982, King will attempt to end that drought this week but must first go through Gainesville in the Class 5A semifinals at 7 tonight at The Lakeland Center. Clearwater, which will face Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer at 4 p.m. today in the other 5A semifinal, is making its first state tournament appearance since 2005. ...more

March 4, 2009

King High senior power forward Toarlyn Fitzpatrick doesn't have to be the leading scorer in every game for his team to win. ...more

March 2, 2009

Before this season, no boys basketball team at King High had won a playoff game. In 49 years, the program has made only three postseason appearances. ...more

February 28, 2009

Class 6A Sarasota Riverview (25-5) at Sickles (23-4): Sickles, the fifth-ranked team in the latest 6A state poll, is led by 6-foot-10 center John Henson, who is averaging 17.7 points, 12.3 rebounds and 6.1 blocks per game. Junior point guard Jordan Davis leads Hillsborough County with 7.4 assists per game. ...more

February 19, 2009

Newsome and King, the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in the Class 5A-District 8 boys basketball tournament, clinched playoff berths and will meet in the district championship tonight at 7 at Bloomingdale after advancing in dramatic fashion Friday. ...more

February 14, 2009

With 19 National Signing Day ceremonies held at Hillsborough County high schools, Adam Adkins, Katherine Smith, Bill Ward and Nick Williams crisscrossed the area to recognize some of the top athletes in the area. ...more

February 5, 2009