Nick Calathes, Florida's dynamic sophomore point guard, won't back down. "I throw myself into things," he said. Calathes has fresh cuts and old scars from crashing around basketball games. He was asked about the almost-famous bridge of his nose. ...more

March 11, 2009

Before this season, no boys basketball team at King High had won a playoff game. In 49 years, the program has made only three postseason appearances. ...more

February 28, 2009

Class 6A Sarasota Riverview (25-5) at Sickles (23-4): Sickles, the fifth-ranked team in the latest 6A state poll, is led by 6-foot-10 center John Henson, who is averaging 17.7 points, 12.3 rebounds and 6.1 blocks per game. Junior point guard Jordan Davis leads Hillsborough County with 7.4 assists per game. ...more

February 19, 2009

The Florida Gators stopped the bleeding. Nick Calathes scored 22 points, Alex Tyus added 16 and Erving Walker 13 Wednesday night as the Gators ended a two-game losing streak and won for the second time in five games, holding off Alabama 83-74. ...more

February 19, 2009

Stetson University's 6-foot-2 signee Janelle Mills pours in 23 points and four Wildcats finish in double figures to sweep Central. BURNS, MORRIS COMBINE FOR 31 POINTS FOR CHS ...more

February 6, 2009

After a so-so 10-15 inaugural season last year, the Wiregrass Ranch girls basketball team now has the full attention of all Pasco County programs after its Friday night 45-43 win over Class 4A-District 8 foe Gulf High. ...more

December 5, 2008

On a busy weekend for Saint Leo athletics, sophomore swimmer Julie Carusone stood out with three individual wins as the men's and women's swim teams finished third at the Sunshine State Collegiate Championships last weekend in Orlando. ...more

February 20, 2008

Quentin Cullop might be the one player whose season epitomizes the struggles, the uncertainty and the unsettled nature of Saint Leo's men's basketball team this season. ...more

January 26, 2008

TAMPA During the holiday break last season, the Blake boys basketball team ended Sickles' seven-game winning streak in the opening round of the Chamberlain Christmas Tournament. ...more

January 23, 2008

The last time the University of South Florida faced Bob Huggins, the Bulls upset No. 21-ranked Cincinnati in the 2005 Conference USA Tournament. ...more

January 20, 2008