The first day of practice, Hillsborough High boys basketball coach Andre Lewis told the county All-Star team to treat Friday's Hillsborough-Pinellas County Senior All-Star Game as if it was a regular-season game. ...more

March 21, 2009

Saturday's Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game hosted by Tampa Prep had everything anyone would expect from two teams made up of the county's top high-flying, 3-draining, ball-handling seniors. It had a slew of dunks - gloriously made and missed - 3-pointers, steals and alley-oops. ...more

March 15, 2009

DeJuan Blair scored 23 points and was dominating inside during a decisive 21-2 run after No. 3 Pittsburgh fell behind by nine points early in the second half, and the Panthers (23-7, 12-5) rallied to beat No. 13 Marquette (27-3, 14-3) 90-75 on Wednesday night. ...more

March 5, 2009

Rashad Johnson is the no-star All-American, the player overlooked by every scouting service in America, and most college coaches, too. ...more

February 3, 2009

DaJuan Summers scored 21 points and No. 13 Georgetown (12-3, 3-2 Big East) had its best 3-point shooing game of the season in an 88-74 victory against No. 8 Syracuse (16-2, 4-1) on Wednesday night. ...more

January 15, 2009

A massive manhunt is on for six inmates who escaped this evening from a state prison on DeSoto County. ...more

January 7, 2009

TAMPA Three teenagers are accused of robbing a Pizza Hut deliveryman at gunpoint, then ordering him to kneel in a closet while facing the wall, police said. Victor Maurice Tanner Jr., 19, Malcolm Rashad Hill, 19, and Frederick Wallace Reddick, 18, were held without bail today at the Orient Road Jail. Tampa police arrested them Wednesday on felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, records show. ...more

December 4, 2008

Sha'reff Rashad intercepted two passes to lead Central Florida to a 30-14 win vs. Marshall on Saturday. ...more

November 16, 2008

A 22-year-old used his 72-year-old grandfather as a shield when police tried to arrest him early Wednesday on charges that he choked his girlfriend, authorities said in an affidavit. ...more

November 6, 2008

A 22-year-old man used his 72-year-old grandfather as a shield when police tried to arrest him this morning for choking his girlfriend, an affidavit states. ...more

November 5, 2008