Play to win, but have fun doing it. That's how Rex "Scooter" Ballenger Jr., East Bay High's 5-foot-9-inch quarterback, lived life on the field and off, said his coach, teammates and father. Each spoke today at the school about how they are leaning on each other and trying to find something positive in the young man's death. ...more

May 20, 2008

SEBRING — It wasn't an injury that kept T.J. Williams out of the Sebring football team's first two games. His knees were fine — his back, shoulders and ankles all in working order. Instead, the problem that kept Williams on the sideline for what should've been the first two games of his senior season was found under his helmet. "It was my attitude," said Williams, who was suspended for the first two games of the season by Blue Streak coach Jared Hamlin after skipping practice and not buying in to what the team was doing. "I wanted to be out there. I just asked God to humble me." When he stepped onto the field for his first game of the season against Okeechobee in week three, Williams was admittedly "antsy," but according to Hamlin, the rest of the team was feeling something far different. ...more

January 19, 2008

While thousands streamed from Raymond James Stadium in the waning moments of Tampa Bay's 24-14 playoff loss to the New York Giants Sunday, tailgaters Herb Jacobs and Glen Hatchett relaxed under a makeshift tent in a nearby parking lot. ...more

January 7, 2008

TAMPA - While thousands streamed from Raymond James Stadium in the waning moments of Tampa Bay's 24-14 playoff loss to the New York Giants today, Buccaneers tailgaters Herb Jacobs and Glen Hatchett relaxed under a makeshift tent in a nearby parking lot. ...more

January 6, 2008

It's time to roll out the red carpet and dispense awards for the 2007 NFL season, even if Joan Rivers is sitting this one out. ...more

December 29, 2007

With Terrell Owens watching the second half from the locker room, the Dallas Cowboys had to depend on their running game and their defense to avoid a second straight upset loss. ...more

December 23, 2007

The Plant City High football awards banquet drew a big crowd and really big laughs, too. ...more

December 8, 2007

TAMPA - University of South Florida defensive end George Selvie was named the Big East's Defensive Player of the Year by the league's coaches Wednesday and joined linebacker Ben Moffitt and cornerback Mike Jenkins on the coaches' All-Big East first team. ...more

December 5, 2007

Every time Tyler Hansbrough caught the ball in the post, Kentucky's players swarmed around him, swatting at the ball. ...more

December 2, 2007

Tampa Catholic running back Drew Zink received good news Tuesday, as an MRI revealed no ligament tears in his injured right knee. ...more

November 27, 2007