Carl Crawford doesn't need to look at a stat sheet to know how much better Tampa Bay's starting pitchers have been this season compared with past years. ...more

June 3, 2008

Minutes before facing No. 3 seed Notre Dame in its Big East Tournament opener, University of South Florida coach Lelo Prado said the key was how freshman pitcher Derrick Stultz performed in the early innings. ...more

May 21, 2008

Here's a sample of what Jorge Jaramillo crammed in his craw prior to his Pasco Pirates' 12-3 demolishing of Nature Coast in the Class 4A-Region 3 semifinals: "Two chocolate doughnuts and a sweet tea." ...more

May 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Marilyn Jones just shook her head, smiled and wondered aloud when she'd see her team play a complete game this season. "They hit the ball for one inning and then take the rest of the game off," said the LP head coach, who watched her Green Dragons fall 13-3 to All-Saints Academy in a six-inning mercy-rule game on Friday. Lake Placid has struggled all season with consistency at the plate and in the field, but they've managed to show glimpses of the potential that their coach knows they have. "We've got some talent out there," Jones said. "We just have a hard time pulling all that talent together, and we always seem to hang our heads once we dig ourselves into a hole." That hole came in the first inning, when a pair of errors in the infield turned into four runs, including a three-run bomb over the left-field fence by Ashton Brice that gave the Saints a 4-0 lead just moments into the game. ...more

February 23, 2008

For the past seven years, the Class 2A state wrestling tournament has seemed to be a formality. When the three-day event concluded, everyone knew Brandon wrestlers would be hoisting the state championship trophy. ...more

February 13, 2008

AVON PARK — Chaz Abeln was called on two days earlier than scheduled, but the Sebring graduate threw 5 2/3 strong innings on Thursday night to lead the South Florida Community College baseball team to its first victory of the season, an 11-8 win over Polk Community College. ...more

February 2, 2008

AVON PARK — The South Florida Community College baseball team continued its slow start on Wednesday, giving up five runs in the final two innings and falling 10-2 to Central Florida Community College at Panther Field. The Panthers (0-4) had the game within reach at 5-2 in the eighth, but the Patriots took advantage of late fielding errors to pull out the win. "We played a pretty decent ballgame for eight innings," said SFCC coach Rick Hitt. "We're still having trouble pitching out of our mistakes." ...more

February 1, 2008

Ridgewood's purpose behind playing in three holiday tournaments was to get away from blowout victories that don't offer much in the way of learning, and it has been mission accomplished through three games at the Tampa Hoops Classic at the University of South Florida. ...more

December 29, 2007

All you need to know about Florida State's 95-55 thumping of Maine on Saturday night is this: FSU junior walk-on Brian Hoff scored 15 consecutive points for the Seminoles late in the game. ...more

December 9, 2007

The Bucs' day ended up on an up note for two reasons: Jeff Garcia returned, albeit not until the fourth quarter, and the Bucs held on to beat Washington 19-13. ...more

November 25, 2007