The Lightning executed to near perfection Saturday night, looking to end a three-game road trip in perfect shape. The end result, however, was an imperfect conclusion. ...more

February 10, 2008

They are not neighborhood rivals, but the intense competition between Sickles High and St. Petersburg High continued Saturday night. For the third year in a row, the Gryphons defeated their Pinellas County foes in the championship game of the Class 6A-District 7 boys basketball tournament. Sickles won this round, 55-49. The teams had split two earlier games this season. ...more

February 10, 2008

It seems only fitting that on Springstead High Senior Night, Eagle senior Nehemiah Mason hit on a game-high 28 points to lead Springstead to a 65-54 win over Central last Friday night. ...more

February 10, 2008

Florida's Chandler Parsons worked so hard to regain his shooting stroke that he thinks he actually made himself sick. ...more

February 10, 2008

Maybe Tampa Bay really is alive in a five-horse race, after all. "We've been beating a dead horse with most of you guys all year about how we are still in it," Lightning center Brad Richards said. "We are. There's a lot of hockey left." ...more

February 9, 2008

DAYTONA BEACH His ESPN2 documentary, the first part, premiered Friday. His new line of adidas track wear is nearly ready. Out in Junior Land, his legions have traded in red for green, one of his new colors. Hey, how hard is it, really, to get another tattoo? ...more

February 9, 2008

HAINES CITY — After being upset in last Saturday's district finals, the Sebring girls basketball team made sure that didn't happen again, as Whitney Lee scored a team-high 14 points to lead the Blue Streaks to a 55-48 upset victory over District 9 champion Haines City in Thursday night's Class 4A regional quarterfinals. Senior forward Whitney Wells added eight points — all in the second half — to go along with eight rebounds, as Sebring moves on to Tuesday's regional semifinal at district rival Booker. "This is such a sweet win," Wells said. "Our team wanted this win so bad. We were all jumping around and screaming in the locker room because we were so happy. "We felt so bad after losing to Booker in the district finals that we were determined not to let our season end tonight." ...more

February 9, 2008

Tampa Catholic's season came to an end Friday night as the third-seeded Crusaders couldn't quite overcome an early double-digit deficit and fell to second-seeded St. Petersburg Catholic 70-60 in a Class 3A-District 11 semifinal. ...more

February 9, 2008

The Bayshore Christian-Seffner Christian rivalry will add another chapter in tonight's district final after both teams easily advanced in the Class 1A-District 10 boys basketball semifinals Friday. The teams split their regular-season matchups, each winning on its home floor. ...more

February 9, 2008

The offensive struggles Tampa Bay Tech experienced against Freedom in last week's Class 5A-District 8 final appeared again. This time, they made the Titans disappear from the regional quarterfinals. ...more

February 8, 2008