If a recent trend continues, the Lightning have an excellent opportunity to add a dynamic player with the second overall pick in Friday night's NHL draft. ...more

June 25, 2009

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING "I certainly look forward to partnering with him on various community projects in Tampa. He certainly meant a lot to me as a role model; displaying high character, great integrity and consistency as a man. We cannot ask for a better ambassador for the game of football than Coach Dungy as he has always lived his life by faith, family and football, in that order." ...more

January 13, 2009

EDITOR'S NOTE: Plenty of big stories broke between the lines and on the playing fields, courts and tracks of the Heartland in 2008. Wins and losses aside, certain moments transcended the games themselves and stuck out as the top stories of the year. This is Highlands Today's annual year-end run of the stories we covered that had a major impact on the local sports scene. The ranking was determined by the sports department: Sports editor Brian Gjurgevich, senior sports writer Mark Pinson and sports reporter Chris Hoffman. ...more

December 31, 2008

In a game absent of many impact players from both sidelines, Dunedin (5-2, 1-1) flexed its defensive muscles just enough more than host Tarpon Springs to grab a non-district victory Friday night, 17-11. ...more

October 18, 2008

It's easy to be a general manager in the NFL. Isn't it? It's one thing to be a fantasy league GM, but quite another to deal with flesh-and-blood issues that impact players and coaches. That's what Tom Callahan reveals with such clarity in his latest book, 'The GM: The Inside Story of a Dream Job and the Nightmares That Go With It' (Crown Publishing Group, $25.95). ...more

October 10, 2007

Each arrived on campus with so much promise. Jae Thaxton, Emmanuel Dunbar and Mister Alexander had the complete package that recruiters travel the country hoping to find: speed, size, athleticism, toughness and the special swagger of an elite player. ...more

October 10, 2007

Chris Simms stood in front of his locker early last week, shaking is head in disbelief. The irony of the situation was just too great to comprehend. ...more

October 6, 2007