LAKE PLACID –– For the first time in many a moon, Lake Placid head coach Dan Coomes has a smile on his face when talking about his baseball squad. "I'm really excited to see how this team is going to perform," said the LP head coach. "We've got a good mixture of youth and experience and for the first time we have depth at every position. We haven't had this kind of depth in a long while." You would think that by the Green Dragons showing in last week's Bill Jarrett Early Bird Tournament — losing 9-2 to Lake Region and 16-0 to cross-county rival Sebring — that they've regressed somehow, but Coomes has a definite method to his madness. "You only get better by playing the high-caliber teams," Coomes said. "We have to learn to close out games and not let our mistakes cost us the game. You can't make mistakes against teams like that because that's all they need to beat you. ...more

February 25, 2008

Barry Bonds had his black leather recliner. Troy Percival has a water cooler. ...more

February 16, 2008

Joe Gibbs Racing is lobbying NASCAR to keep the minimum age for the Sprint Cup Series at 18 so the team can promote 17-year-old prodigy Joey Logano as soon as next year, team president J.D. Gibbs said late Tuesday. ...more

January 24, 2008

One and done. Just like in 2005. It's better than none and done. Still, it's not what the Bucs were hoping for. Neither is the pattern that seems to be developing here. ...more

January 8, 2008

Although the Bucs have clinched a playoff berth and seemingly have little to play for in the next two weeks, Bucs coach Jon Gruden said he won't make any wholesale lineup changes in order to rest his starters. ...more

December 17, 2007

It's usually hard for a freshman to crack the lineup, but for the Plant City High wrestling team, they're everywhere. ...more

December 15, 2007

"We went an hour and 15 minutes. We didn't go very long because it's finals week," Leavitt said. "We're working the young guys so hard. I mean, how much can you rep them? We did a lot of hitting Tuesday." ...more

December 12, 2007

Bucs Jon Gruden quotes. ...more

December 3, 2007

Bucs coach Jon Gruden discusses Sunday's win at New Orleans and other topics. ...more

December 3, 2007

Quotes from Coach Jon Gruden ...more

November 30, 2007