Rarely does a battle for 12th place ever get this interesting. Clint Bowyer, upstart David Ragan and Kasey Kahne are in a scramble for it in the Sprint Cup standings. The driver ranked ahead of the other two after today's rescheduled regular-season finale at Richmond probably will land the last berth in NASCAR's playoffs. ...more

September 7, 2008

The youngsters that compete on the Sertoma Junior Golf Tour have worked hard on their games and overcoming their nerves over the course of the summer. ...more

August 18, 2008

The most politically potent emotion of the past 18 months has been Obamamania. This condition allowed a neophyte senator from Illinois to seize his party's nomination from the jaws of the formidable Clinton machine. The big question now hanging over American politics is whether Obamamania is giving way to Obama fatigue. ...more

August 17, 2008

The summer has flown by and the Sertoma Junior Golf Tour wraps up its 14th year this weekend with its two-day Tour Championship tournament at Sun 'N Lake Country Club. ...more

August 16, 2008

The moment Wesley Chapel saw the whole game against Land O' Lakes change came with 41 seconds left in the first half of Tuesday's Class 5A-Region 2 semifinal. ...more

February 13, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama would narrowly defeat Republican John McCain if they were matched today in the presidential election, while McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton are running about even, according to new general-election sentiment since the Super Tuesday contests. ...more

February 12, 2008

4A-8 GIRLS BASKETBALL Lady Leopards notch first postseason victory in four years, pull within a win of regional berth. ...more

February 4, 2008

The last time the Hernando High Lady Leopards reached regionals, they advanced all the way to the regional final. ...more

February 4, 2008

AVON PARK — For one of the few times this season, the Avon Park girls basketball team got off to a good start in Friday night's Class 4A-District 10 game against DeSoto. That spelled trouble for the visiting Bulldogs, as freshman point guard Markida Hawthorne scored a team-high 17 points to lead the Red Devils to a 63-47 win. ...more

January 20, 2008

GIRLS BASKETBALL Nature Coast finds itself on the wrong end of a running clock against St. Pete Catholic, 61-28. ...more

January 7, 2008