Last season ended for Plant with three corner kicks that led to East Lake goals in the final 20 minutes of the region quarterfinals. With a 2-0 lead at the second-half water break, things looked good for the Panthers, but all that changed when East Lake's Tatiana Perez put in three late goals and the Eagles ended Plant's season, 3-2. ...more

November 10, 2009

The topic du jour during Tampa Bay's first trip to the hockey media capital - other than the Leafs debut of Phil Kessel - was the play of Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier, who appeared in his 800th career game Tuesday. ...more

November 4, 2009

When the University of South Florida's football fortunes are going badly, senior defensive end George Selvie reverts to his instincts. ...more

October 27, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are investigating a structure at a Valrico church that the pastor calls a "makeshift lynching station." ...more

March 30, 2009

Greg Sausaman was on Dunkin' Donuts' fast track in management in 2003 when he was summoned from Tampa to a meeting in Orlando. ...more

March 1, 2009

Love him or hate him, Springstead's Dante Valentine provides the fire that ignites the 29-0 Eagles. ...more

February 28, 2009

The rivalry between the Lake Placid and Frostproof boys soccer teams has always been intense, but fairly one-sided the last few years in the Bulldogs' favor. ...more

December 7, 2008

"Just After Sunset," by Stephen King (Scribner, $28) ...more

November 30, 2008

With Florida State trainers attending to a woozy Drew Weatherford and a graduate assistant yelling at Christian Ponder to get ready, offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher wasn't sure what to expect from his untested redshirt freshman quarterback on a November night in 2007 in Blacksburg, Va. ...more

October 23, 2008

BRADENTON - An unidentified man asked to use a woman's phone Saturday night as she was waiting outside for a ride, but the woman grew suspicious. Apparently her instincts were dead-on. ...more

October 19, 2008