LAND O' LAKES - The Academy at the Lakes athletic program will have a new leader in addition to a new boys basketball coach when Tom Haslam takes over July 1. ...more

April 1, 2009

For the first 20 minutes of Sunday's game, Tampa Bay's proud defense looked lost in Middle America. ...more

November 3, 2008

New Plant City High Raider football leader Jason Strunk is loving his assistant coaching staff, but Gardner Box has a special place in his heart. ...more

August 20, 2008

There's no idea how long Bobby Bowden will remain at Florida State, but the Seminoles' coach said he thinks a game with the University of South Florida "eventually could happen." ...more

July 19, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- When the final whistle blows after a high school football player's last snap under the Friday night lights, it typically sounds an abrupt end to the competitive road. Barring the prospect of college ball, full-contact football is not nearly as conducive to adult-league play in comparison to other sports like baseball, softball or basketball. ...more

July 7, 2008

PORT - RICHEY - When the final whistle blows after a high school football player's last snap under the Friday night lights, it typically sounds an abrupt end to the competitive road. ...more

July 5, 2008

About the same time Barry Melrose was introduced as the Tampa Bay Lightning's new head coach late Tuesday morning, folks in Melrose's hometown of Kelvington, Saskatchewan, nearly 2,500 miles from Tampa in central Canada, were starting to prepare for another sleepy day in the rural farming community. ...more

June 25, 2008

At the end of the 10th workout of the spring Sunday, the Rays put away the bats and drew out the clubs. ...more

February 24, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Not often do young baseball players get a chance to learn at the feet of a former major-league player or coach. But on an idyllic December Saturday in Florida, area youngsters who may someday be the next George Brett, Ozzie Smith or Roger Clemens were learning baseball secrets from three former major-leaguers and a longtime minor-league instructor at the Land O' Lakes Recreation Complex. ...more

December 9, 2007