In the realm of competitive roller figure skating, the stage gets no bigger and no brighter than it does during the annual world championships, which will be held this year in Freiburg, Germany. ...more

October 30, 2009

A local contingent will travel to this year's World Dragon Boat Racing Championship in Prague on Saturday to promote Tampa as the site of the world championships in August 2011. ...more

August 20, 2009

Kim Yu-na practically sprinted through the short program and away from a strong field Friday at the World Figure Skating Championships. ...more

March 28, 2009

VAL D'ISERE, France - Manfred Pranger of Austria won the men's slalom on a desperately difficult course at the World Championships on Sunday after a succession of challengers failed to finish. ...more

February 16, 2009

Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross rider, died of head injuries Tuesday after crashing while trying to land a backflip in competition. He was 24. ...more

February 10, 2009

Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe. ...more

February 5, 2009

With power, nothing else matters. Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker won their second straight pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, overcoming two big errors with their considerable speed and strength. They finished with a score of 178.76, edging newcomers Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett - who train in Ellenton - by about 2 1/2 points. ...more

January 25, 2009

As he jumps over the boards tonight for his first shift, Jeff Halpern said he is not sure what is going to go through his mind. ...more

December 18, 2008

If it seems like it took the Lightning a while to rehire Mike Sullivan as associate coach, that's because it did. ...more

November 26, 2008

Former Tampa Bay Lightning Associate Coach Mike Sullivan has returned to the team and will serve as associate coach to interim head coach Rick Tocchet, general manager Brian Lawton announced today. ...more

November 25, 2008