Sometime during his team's Class 5A District 8 basketball game against Plant City on Dec. 16, Durant first-year coach Trent Tice looked across the court and asked his senior point guard Jeffrey Thomas for some advice. ...more

December 23, 2009

ABOUT THE TEAM: The Tribune's All-Hillsborough County volleyball team was selected by staff writer Nick Williams. The team was selected based on regular-season and postseason performances. The various all-conference teams selected by the county's head coaches were strongly considered. The Tribune's player and coach of the year will be announced at the annual Parade of Athletes banquet in May. ...more

December 20, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneer players won't be surprised if head coach Raheem Morris remains in charge of the defense beyond this season. ...more

December 10, 2009

You could have been walking into the Bucs' locker room. There was Michael Pittman over here, and Matt Bryant over there, and Dexter Jackson, and Paris Warren, and Frank Murphy, and Anthony Davis and ... ...more

October 30, 2009

Since joining the Big East in 2005, the University of South Florida's coaches and athletic department staff members have been among the lowest paid of the six Bowl Championship Series conferences. ...more

April 1, 2009

Since joining the Big East in 2005, the University of South Florida's coaches and athletic department staff members have been among the lowest paid of the six Bowl Championship Series conferences. That is, with one notable exception: athletic director Doug Woolard. Woolard's annual salary of $421,950 makes him the nation's second-highest-paid AD in the BCS based on the percentage of his salary compared with the school's athletic department budget. ...more

March 31, 2009

John Madden is walking around a luxury resort here, searching for ghosts. ...more

March 25, 2009

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be undersized defensive tackles. ...more

March 8, 2009

In the past month, we witnessed the inauguration of our first African-American president and also saw Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers become the second African-American head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl win. The fact that there was very little talk of Tomlin's race in the week leading up to the game suggests just how much progress has been made in terms of black men in leadership positions in the NFL. ...more

February 22, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is one of Bucs coach Raheem Morris' closest friends. Earlier this week, though, the two were talking about the possibility of becoming the biggest of rivals. ...more

February 20, 2009