Injuries, illness, trades and retirement possibilities left the new-look Lightning taking on the likeness of a shipwrecked vessel in shallow seas heading into Friday's game. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers desperately need to break their trend of having only one good receiver a year. ...more

February 26, 2009

He won 14 games for the Rays during the regular season, but he was squeezed off the roster for the first playoff round. But Edwin Jackson will be active as the Rays open ALCS play as Tampa Bay bumps up to 11 pitchers for the longer best-of-seven series. ...more

October 10, 2008

The days of "Safe is Death" have reached their demise for Lightning defense. ...more

September 23, 2008

The purge of players continued at One Buc Place on Friday. It is not likely to end any time soon. ...more

June 21, 2008

Bruce Gradkowski got from the Bucs on Friday what Chris Simms wanted - a ticket out of town. ...more

May 31, 2008

Quarterbacks Luke McCown and Bruce Gradkowski once were competing for the opportunity to back up Jeff Garcia. ...more

May 30, 2008

ORLANDO — The lights dimmed on Liz Sottile's reign as the Lake Placid girls soccer team on a misty Thursday night, as a highly talented squad from Lake Highland Prep shut out the Green Dragons 5-0 in the Class 3A regional quarterfinals at CNL Stadium. The fifth-year head coach was all smiles after the game, congratulating her girls on a job well done, sending her out with some hardware of her own. "It would have been nice to get the win, but it's been a great ride," Sottile said. "I've loved my five years at Lake Placid, and to make regionals in my final year and win a trophy was a great way to go out." ...more

January 25, 2008

SEBRING – The Avon Park boys soccer team didn't walk off the field making excuses or blaming their season on anything but inexperience of soccer players who are finally learning to play as a team. "We played hard out there, especially in the second half," said Avon Park senior Sergio Durand. "This team was finally starting to gel and come together toward the end of the season. "If only we had a few more games to play." Those games – and the season – are over for the Red Devils after they fell to a more experienced Braden River squad 8-0 during Monday's Class 4A-District 10 tournament at Fireman's Field. ...more

January 23, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Scoring chances in soccer are hard to come by, and when opportunity comes knocking, you have to be there to answer the door. The Lake Placid Green Dragons girls soccer team let a gift-wrapped opportunity slip away in a 0-0 tie with the Class 3A-District 8 foe McKeel Academy of Lakeland at Roger Scarborough Stadium on Tuesday. Christmas came early for the Green Dragons at the 60 minute mark of the match, when a hand ball inside the box penalty by McKeel Academy set up a penalty kick for the Lake Placid. ...more

December 6, 2007