Members of the Let's Twirl baton-twirling troupe from Brandon expect to bring home their share of gold from the 2008 National Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in Detroit. ...more

July 30, 2008

A few weeks before the opening ceremony half a world away in Beijing, a small sample of the summer Olympics will come to South Shore. ...more

July 23, 2008

Three young women from Valrico have brought home the Gold, and they never stepped foot in China for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics to do it. ...more

July 16, 2008

For 18 days in 1960, Rome was the epicenter of the sports world. The Eternal City hosted the Summer Olympics that year, and it offered compelling stories, Cold War intrigue and foreshadowed the turbulent '60s. ...more

June 26, 2008

In yet another wave of generosity, the Community Foundation of Greater Sun City Center awarded just less than $65,000 in grants June 13. ...more

June 25, 2008

Getting to the final phase was one thing. Now, Chicago has some hard work ahead to overcome weaknesses in its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. ...more

June 5, 2008

With the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics now only 75 days off, the dreaded and not-so-unfamiliar B-word is once again being mentioned by a few invited nations looking to make a statement on one of the world's biggest stages. That word, of course, is boycott – the political tact used by nations wishing to show their displeasure with either the game's host, or just something they don't agree with in the world. ...more

May 24, 2008

Candace Parker, the Tennessee All-America forward who made dunking in women's basketball almost commonplace, ended all the speculation. ...more

February 22, 2008

When Lisa Vaill of Gainesville crossed the finish line along Bayshore Boulevard on Sunday, it seemed certain she would be bestowed the honor of top female runner for the Gasparilla Half Marathon. ...more

February 11, 2008

Tyler Heinrichs, 12, is getting used to winning. The northwest Hillsborough County youngster recently beat out hundreds of riders in his class at a national BMX racing competition in Columbus, Ohio. ...more

January 18, 2008