By the time you read this, there will be a new NCAA football national champion. And one of two great coaches will add another notch to his belt. It's fun and exciting to watch, but it appears as if some changes are happening in sports on the college and pro levels - with coaches and players - that are long overdue. ...more

January 9, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG – Rocco Baldelli is headed home to New England to continue his comeback. ...more

January 8, 2009

Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor-league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance. ...more

January 7, 2009

An updated diagnosis of the elusive malady that kept Rocco Baldelli off the field much of the last two seasons has the former Rays outfielder feeling better than he has in recent memory about his chances of resuming a productive baseball career. ...more

December 17, 2008

A fan favorite who has spent most of his career fighting for every chance he got is moving on. The Rays on Friday declined to tender a 2009 contract to Jonny Gomes, making him a free agent. ...more

December 13, 2008

Matt Joyce Sr. had been waiting all week for his son and namesake to be traded by the Detroit Tigers. First, there were rumors the 24-year-old Armwood High graduate might be headed to Pittsburgh. Then, Seattle. ...more

December 12, 2008

If the Rays end up completing what would be one of the most significant free-agent signings in their history sometime in the next two months, they likely will point to the winter meetings as the venue that got the ball rolling in that direction. ...more

December 11, 2008

The Rays remain in the market for an established slugger, but they made a preliminary move to shore up their offense Wednesday night. ...more

December 11, 2008

The fact that Milton Bradley was the first item on the Rays' agenda as the winter meetings officially began Monday doesn't necessarily mean he's first on Tampa Bay's offseason priority list. But it certainly sounds as if Bradley is near the top. ...more

December 9, 2008

Early Signing Day was four years in the making for Hillsborough High senior baseball players Marlon Mitchell and Jay Laurienzo. ...more

November 19, 2008