After weeks of sitting in coaching limbo, Lightning coach John Tortorella was fired by the team Tuesday after a meeting with General Manager Jay Feaster, making official what had been reported over the weekend. ...more

June 4, 2008

TONIGHT'S GAME

May 31, 2008

John Tortorella's tenure as the Lightning's coach will end when Oren Koules is approved as the team's new owner next month, according to a source close to the Lightning. ...more

May 31, 2008

Tampa Prep senior Charles Tkatch became the program's all-time leader in wins Saturday at the 24th annual Tony Ippolito Memorial Tournament at Brandon, surpassing Nate Drummond's mark of 114 set in 2003. ...more

January 22, 2008

Tampa Prep battled its way through two tough opponents Saturday to win the Sarasota Holiday Classic tournament and remain undefeated at 17-0. ...more

December 23, 2007

TAMPA The Lightning have defeated Southeast Division-leading Carolina six times in a row dating to the second half of last season and are 12-5-1 against the Hurricanes since 2005-06. ...more

November 15, 2007

Stephen Nicholas started four years for the University of South Florida and finished as the school's all-time leader in sacks (20) and second in tackles (326). Last year he was a fourth-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons, where he is the back-up weakside linebacker and the team's seventh-leading tackler. Nicholas, who was 2-0 against UCF, talked about the USF-UCF series. ...more

October 12, 2007

Jeff Gordon's usual strategy at Talladega is to lead as many laps as he can and try to stay ahead of the inevitable wrecks. ...more

October 8, 2007

Helmet in hands, his No. 3 jersey untucked and now more brown and green than white thanks to another night of carrying the football more than 20 times, Ridgewood bruising senior running back Byronell Arline appeared ready to play another game right then - even if many of his teammates could only think of catching their breath. ...more

October 7, 2007

One of the first things Peyton Manning did Monday was to place a congratulatory phone call to the new king of quarterbacks, Brett Favre. That's one time you'd love to have a bug in that phone, just to listen in as two of the best to ever play the position chatted it up. ...more

October 4, 2007