Even during their best of times, the Lightning took a fair share of defeats at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs. ...more

March 13, 2009

March games between expansion cousins Tampa Bay and Ottawa often mean a march to the postseason for one or the other. ...more

March 12, 2009

As the 82-game hockey odyssey counts down to the end, the Lightning continue to limp toward the finish line. ...more

February 20, 2009

The King boys basketball team made history when the Lions defeated Land O' Lakes 51-44 in a Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinal game Thursday. ...more

February 20, 2009

Defenseman Paul Ranger, out the past four games with an undisclosed upper-body injury, may not return this season. ...more

February 18, 2009

Freeman and Connor Bass certainly are not the only stars on the Durant boys soccer team, but it's hard to imagine the Cougars without them. ...more

February 18, 2009

Lightning rookie and overall No. 1 draft pick Steven Stamkos recorded a natural hat trick in Tuesday's game against Chicago, scoring three consecutive goals. Stamkos, who celebrated his 19th birthday on Feb. 12, scored his first goal of the game at 12:58 of the first period when he jumped on puck that caromed off the end boards to the side of the net that he put past Cristobal Huet that tied the game 1-1. Then Stamkos went to work on the power play in the second period. With Craig Adams in the penalty box for a high sticking double-minor at 9:45, Stamkos gave Tampa Bay the lead at 10:28 when he took a down-low, cross-ice feed at the left point from Vinny Prospal and fired a wrist shot to the top of the neat post and over the right shoulder of Huet. Seventy seconds later, with Stamkos back on the left point on the second half of the power play, Stamkos one-timed a Steve Eminger feed past Huet that gave the Lightning a 3-1 lead 11:38 into the second period. Stamkos took to one knee and gave a Tiger Woods-esque fist pump as hats began to rain down from the stands in celebration of the rookie's first career hat trick performance, the first rookie hat trick in franchise history. It is Stamkos' second multi-goal game of the season. The overall No. 1 pick failed early on to live up to the lofty expectations placed on him when Tampa Bay selected him first at the draft in Ottawa back in June. He had four goals through the first 42 games of the season. But since the coaching staff put him onto a strength-training program, which saw him sit out three games as a healthy scratch, Stamkos has improved his play. In his past 13 games, including Tuesday, Stamkos has six goals and five assists. ...more

February 17, 2009

The Washington red light district is officially Green. Washington defenseman Mike Green established an NHL record in the Capitals' 5-1 victory against Tampa Bay on Saturday, scoring a goal in a league record eighth consecutive game. ...more

February 15, 2009

Despite missing more than a quarter of action because of foul trouble, Lake Placid freshman forward Jamacia Gayle scored a game-high 23 points and senior guard Kaneisha Hamilton added 18 to lead the Green Dragons to a 66-50 win over Frostproof in the semifinals of the Class 3A-District 10 tournament on Friday night. ...more

February 8, 2009

Like a caged lion, Avon Park senior wrestler Jace Grimmett lurked around the squared circle at Lake Wales High School prior to his finals match on Thursday with a well of intensity, ready to explode. ...more

February 7, 2009