In his final basketball home game Wednesday night, Eddie Blackshear got a surprise: His coach at Dunedin High School sent him running out with the starters. Eddie, a senior whose mother is in prison on cocaine charges, is designated as mentally disabled but trainable and is something of a celebrity at Dunedin high. He learned to read in high school and has progressed enough to enter a career education program. ...more

January 31, 2008

Even though NBC didn't score a hit with a reality show that let viewers cast a revival of "Grease," MTV is going to try to find a new lead for "Legally Blonde: The Musical." ...more

January 28, 2008

Moments after Pasco's Ray Perez lost his 189-pound final match at the 24th annual Tony Ippolito Memorial Tournament at Brandon High, he marched past the scorer's table and into the stands, grabbed a video camera, went to the opposite side of the gym and sat in the front row to watch his match. ...more

January 24, 2008

Tarron Stewart is the 6-foot senior point guard for Brandon. He currently averages 16.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He has received interest from Air Force, Ball State, South Carolina Upstate and Lynn University. ...more

January 18, 2008

The day of his team's Class 5A-District 8 boys basketball game against Newsome, Armwood coach Jeff Pafunda showed his players an article in Newsome's school newspaper that said the Wolves were looking for redemption. Armwood had won the earlier meeting, 54-34. ...more

January 16, 2008

TRINITY – Mitchell High School girl's basketball coach Stephanie Koslin has an extra team member on board to watch over this season. ...more

January 16, 2008

SEBRING — Sebring coach Mike Lee said it best following the Blue Streak girls basketball team's not-so-pretty victory over Hardee. "It's a district win, so I guess I'm happy," Lee said. He had good reason to be on the fence. ...more

January 13, 2008

LeBron James could have kicked off his sneakers and relaxed with a soda and popcorn. For a change, the All-Star got to spend the fourth quarter watching like an ordinary fan. His workday ended earlier than usual. ...more

January 9, 2008

BOYS BASKETBALL Central falls to Orlando-Boone in holiday tournament, 46-43. BEARS FINISH 1-2 IN JIM CLARK TOURNEY ...more

January 5, 2008

In the end, Central High's inability to miss proved its undoing last Saturday afternoon. ...more

January 5, 2008