Josh Chapin knew the kid playing high school basketball for him was something special. ...more

October 28, 2009

Theo Smalling, a Hampton University basketball player who attended Bloomingdale High School, died Monday night after being accidentally shot over the weekend in Virginia. Prosecutors in Hampton will have to determine whether to file manslaughter charges in the accidental shooting, the Daily Press in Newport News, Va., reported. ...more

October 27, 2009

The University of Tampa will hold a memorial service Sept. 13 for Ryan McCall, a student athlete shot to death last month during an off-campus robbery. ...more

September 4, 2009

The University of South Florida's football program has the nation's worst Academic Progress Report (APR) among BCS conference schools. ...more

May 7, 2009

Kirstin Austin, a King High senior and member of the girl's softball team, was presented a first-time award this year for demonstrating excellence on the softball field and in the classroom. ...more

April 15, 2009

A pair of former baseball teammates and a past tennis star were enshrined in Saint Leo University's Athletics Hall of Fame in a ceremony Thursday night at the campus community center. ...more

March 28, 2009

Hillsborough County is the center of the softball universe. Literally. Plant City is home of the International Softball Federation, the worldwide governing body of softball including the Olympics, and it is the future site of the Softball Hall Of Fame. ...more

March 19, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Good news tends to do this to people. Last week, Gulf wrestling coach Travis DeWalt couldn't help but reflect on his days as a Gulf High student. Days after a lengthy interview, DeWalt, a 1990 graduate and the school's first state wrestling champion, was named the new athletic director, replacing Paul Girardi. ...more

March 13, 2009

Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell will hold a news conference Tuesday to address sanctions handed down by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for academic-misconduct violations involving 61 student-athletes and three former FSU employees. Wetherell and the university took issue with one particular sanction in which FSU has been told to vacate records in 10 sports in which ineligible student-athletes participated. ...more

March 12, 2009

Florida State received four years' probation from the NCAA on Friday and will lose scholarships in football and forfeit games because of an academic cheating scandal. ...more

March 6, 2009