LAKE PLACID — The Schooni's Family Restaurant team rallied from seven runs down and then held off the Michelle Yates Insurance team for a 15-14 victory in Lake Placid senior softball league play on Wednesday at the Lake June Ball fields. The tying run was on third base and the winning run was on second when the final out was recorded. Manager Jim Guild had a bases-loaded triple to lead the rally for Schooni's. Cliff Bluml and Howard Carney each contributed three hits and several others had two hits for the winners. ...more

February 21, 2008

SEBRING — The longest game this season for the Sebring senior softball league took place on Tuesday between the Reflections and Discount Aluminum Teams. The merry-go-round slugfest, which went 10 innings was won 25-24 by Reflections. Gary Vanthournout led Reflections at the plate, going 4 for 6 and getting on base in the 10th inning. Joe Hynzy then slammed a double to drive Gary home for the winning run. Hynzy finished 5 for 7 with two doubles, while Bill Yeager was 4 for 6 with a home run, Wayne Hill was 5 for 6, and Kyle Saunders, Ron Lewis, Cal Bready, Ed Lindberg each went 4 for 6. For Discount Aluminum, James Gilbert was 5 for 5 with two homers, Leslie Smith was 4 for 5 with a home run and Rudy Pibble and Ken Crandall were each 4 for 5. ...more

February 18, 2008

BOYS BASKETBALL Seniors Silvestri, Terry combine for 49 points, 14 rebounds and six steals in win. ...more

February 6, 2008

For the past three seasons, Springstead High has stood alone atop the county. The Eagles remain in that spot, but they finally have company. ...more

February 6, 2008

Playing without their senior leader and top scorer, Gulf High proved Thursday night that they were still fully capable of standing up to top-level Class 4A, District 8 competition by edging out Hernando, 38-36. ...more

January 18, 2008

Jassen Cullimore's goal 1:37 into overtime gave the Panthers a 4-3 victory over the Islanders, snapping a three-game losing streak. Cullimore ripped a slap shot from the left circle into the top right corner of the net for his first goal of the season. The win gave Florida coach Jacques Martin his 498th NHL coaching victory, putting him in sole possession of 10th place on the all-time win list for head coaches. He surpassed Glen Sather. PENGUINS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Evgeni Malkin had his first NHL three-goal game as Pittsburgh put the game away with three goals in 48 seconds early in the third period for a season-best five game winning streak. BRUINS 2, CAPITALS 0: Tim Thomas stopped 31 shots for his first shutout this season and Marc Savard broke a scoreless tie in the second period for Boston. PREDATORS 5, OILERS 2: Alexander Radulov scored two goals and Dan Ellis stopped a penalty shot, leading Nashville in a matchup of last-place teams. WILD 6, STARS 3: Marian Gaborik scored twice, Pierre-Marc Bouchard added a goal and two assists and Brent Burns had three assists to lead Minnesota. AVALANCHE: Forward Ryan Smyth has a broken right ankle and will miss up to eight weeks. ...more

January 4, 2008

It had been a while since the San Diego Chargers looked this good. After a stretch in which they'd faced questions about everything from Philip Rivers' shaky passing to Coach Norv Turner's leadership abilities, the Chargers raced past the floundering Baltimore Ravens 32-14 on Sunday. ...more

November 26, 2007

Pat White ran No. 21 Cincinnati right out of the Big East race. West Virginia's dashing, dual-threat quarterback ran for a pair of second-quarter touchdowns Saturday night, leading the fifth-ranked Mountaineers to a 28-23 victory that left only two teams in the conference title chase. ...more

November 18, 2007

Peyton Manning was poised to turn one of his worst games into one of his most memorable. ...more

November 12, 2007

Kevin Smith carried 41 times for 320 yards and four touchdowns to lead Central Florida (7-3, 5-3 Conference USA) to a 45-31 victory against UAB (2-8, 1-5) on Saturday night. ...more

November 11, 2007