The biggest disappointment at Rays camp may already have occurred. ...more

February 17, 2008

The Grizzlies put their perfect mark on the line this morning as the Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist Youth Basketball playoffs get rolling. The Grizzlies were the only undefeated team through regular season play in the Cadet League (8- and 9-year-olds) age group. ...more

February 16, 2008

A son shoved his father and then both scrapped with sheriff's deputies Tuesday night, disrupting the end of a hard-fought girls basketball playoff game, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

February 14, 2008

LAKELAND - A father and son fought each other and then sheriff's deputies Tuesday night, disrupting the end of a hard-fought girls basketball playoff game, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

February 13, 2008

When the clock runs out at the end of today's pro bowl game, football fans can officially bring out the sackcloth and ashes. ...more

February 10, 2008

Fifth-seeded Hudson upset top-seeded Springstead 48-44 and Pasco came up with late free throws to down No. 3 seed Brooksville Nature Coast 36-32 in the Class 4A-District 8 semifinals Friday night. ...more

February 9, 2008

PALMETTO — Sitting in the parking lot of Avon Park High School when they were supposed to be warming up for a first-round playoff game wasn't the best of starts for the Avon Park boys basketball team on Tuesday night. "We were waiting for the bus at 3:45 p.m. and we didn't leave until 5:30 p.m. — which is crazy," said AP head coach Luther Clemons about a bus mishap that almost cost the Red Devils the game before they took a shot. ...more

February 7, 2008

Somewhere over the skies of western New York, Tom Coughlin had to make an executive decision on a snowy Dec. 23 evening. ...more

February 5, 2008

Four more years. There was never a doubt Chucky and Bruce Allen would get new contracts. Tuesday's news of three-year extensions on top of the remaining year on their original deals had been anticipated since the Bucs' season ended. ...more

January 23, 2008