Was it a good thing Florida Gator coach Urban Meyer upped the penalty on his star linebacker Brandon Spikes by saying Spikes will sit out the entire game this weekend against Vanderbilt? ...more

November 6, 2009

St. Petersburg junior welterweight Derrick Samuels physically imposed his will on Roberto Valenzuela (48-46-2) during his seventh-round technical knockout victory at the A La Carte Event Pavilion on Friday. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Dallas school system was rocked by allegations Thursday that staff members at an inner-city high school made students settle their differences by fighting bare-knuckle brawls inside a steel cage. ...more

March 19, 2009

When Rays manager Joe Maddon examines the work of his catcher, Dioner Navarro, he expresses admiration. ...more

March 14, 2009

Toney Douglas kneeled near midcourt, almost in disbelief. The buzzer sounded. The Clemson fans sat in stunned silence as the Florida State players celebrated on the Littlejohn Coliseum floor. ...more

February 8, 2009

Lex Salisbury lost his job running Lowry Park Zoo. Now he has resigned from a leadership position of a nonprofit zoo organization after several members said he and another Lowry Park Zoo staff member threatened the integrity of the group. ...more

December 22, 2008

Like that fourth-quarter pass to Ike Hilliard, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' playoff fate has slipped through their hands. ...more

December 21, 2008

Prior to Friday night's Outback Steakhouse Invitational semifinal against visiting Ridgewood, Berkeley Prep coach Bobby Reinhart made a prediction as to the game's key. For the Bucs, it would prove haunting. ...more

December 20, 2008

The police interview with Charles Jackson Friedlander, a child abuse and exploitation suspect, was played for the jury at his trial. ...more

December 9, 2008

Five thousand meaningless at-bats. If the ultimate measuring stick in sports is winning, that was all Carl Crawford and Rocco Baldelli had to show for their Devil Rays careers entering this season. ...more

October 5, 2008