After several turned ankles, a torn meniscus, a torn quadriceps and a concussion - all of which hit Clearwater in the first three weeks of the season - the Tornadoes finally appear strong, if not at full strength. ...more

December 27, 2009

University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt is not planning on having WR Carlton Mitchell (ankle) available for the Bulls' big ESPN Thursday night game at Rutgers. ...more

November 9, 2009

It was supposed to be a tight battle between one of New York's best high school baseball programs, Xaverian, and one of Tampa's top schools, Jesuit. ...more

April 16, 2009

Sitting at the bottom row of the stands inside the Poinciana High gym, Brandon coach Russ Cozart watched the heavyweight finals match with his left elbow planted against his leg and his left hand braced against his face. ...more

February 15, 2009

For the second consecutive year, the Largo High football team made it to the Class 5A state semifinals. And for the second straight year, it was St. Thomas Aquinas that ended the Packers' season. ...more

December 13, 2008

For Barack Obama, the way to victory may be simply to stay on course and avoid game-changing mistakes. It doesn't hurt that the political landscape favors Democrats or that the Illinois senator has a huge cash advantage over John McCain. ...more

November 3, 2008

Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday, with millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a record-shattering $1 billion campaign. ...more

November 3, 2008

The presidential election confounds me. Exhibit A: North Carolina, which twice handed George W. Bush double-digit victories and last voted Democratic for president in 1976. Is it really a presidential toss up, as the polls say? ...more

October 19, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama's transition team recently held a large organizational meeting as part of an accelerated effort to plan for a possible new administration, Democratic officials said Friday, as the nominee embarked on a late-campaign tour of traditional Republican states with a fresh attack on Sen. John McCain. ...more

October 18, 2008

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, acknowledging that he's an underdog in the race for president, hopes to put together a more aggressive campaign in the final 22 days to make a comeback nationally and in Florida. ...more

October 14, 2008