TAMPA Ken Eriksen, who guided the University of South Florida to the first Big East regular-season title in any sport in school history, was named Big East Softball Coach of the Year and freshman pitcher Capri Catalano was named the league's rookie of the year. ...more

May 8, 2008

Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 100-77 on Thursday night to win the series 4-2. ...more

May 2, 2008

Seldom is the re-signing of a veteran running back who averaged five touches per game the previous season significant. ...more

February 16, 2008

The two news items came across the wire during a three-day span last spring, their significance amounting to perhaps a sentence each among all but the most ardent baseball fans. ...more

February 3, 2008

TAMPA Quarterback Brett Dietz, Arena Football's co-rookie of the year with Tampa Bay last season, signed a three-year deal with the Storm. Dietz, a 6-foot-4, 220-pounder, made his AFL debut in Week 9. His 119.43 passer rating tied the second highest by a rookie quarterback in the AFL and his 65.9 completion percentage is the highest ever by a rookie, as well as the highest by any quarterback in franchise history. Wie Will Debut In LPGA Event ...more

January 29, 2008

SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY — Race teams in search of any advantage they can get in preparations for the upcoming American Le Mans Series season are trickling in to the Sebring International Raceway to put cars, tires and teams through the paces. On Thursday, Team Cadillac was joined by Dyson Racing, Penske and the Flying Lizard at the historic track to signal the beginning of the '08 testing season. ...more

January 11, 2008

Adrian Peterson is impressed. Not so much by his achievements as he ran away with The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year voting the same way he surged past opposing tacklers this season. What has gotten the attention of the Minnesota Vikings running back is the company he keeps. ...more

January 3, 2008

Wearing a brace on his right knee and playing for the first time in three weeks, Adrian Peterson was a bit hesitant on the first few plays of the game. ...more

December 3, 2007

Tampa's Dave Steele won the second annual Florida 400 for non-winged sprint cars at DeSoto Super Speedway on Saturday night, taking the $12,000 first prize. ...more

December 2, 2007

NASCAR driver Aaron Fike understands where he was headed when he was arrested while using heroin in an amusement park parking lot this summer. ...more

November 29, 2007