With the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics now only 75 days off, the dreaded and not-so-unfamiliar B-word is once again being mentioned by a few invited nations looking to make a statement on one of the world's biggest stages. That word, of course, is boycott – the political tact used by nations wishing to show their displeasure with either the game's host, or just something they don't agree with in the world. ...more

May 24, 2008

It's understood that Akinori Iwamura is not the prototypical leadoff man. ...more

May 11, 2008

The Sebring baseball team dropped a heartbreaking 11-10 loss to Riverdale in the third and deciding game of a Class 4A regional final series on Saturday in Fort Myers. ...more

May 10, 2008

An Olympic flame reached the top of the world today. Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch - separate from the main Olympic flame - along with Chinese and Olympic flags on the peak of Mount Everest. ...more

May 8, 2008

Men CLEMSON AT FSU TIP-OFF: 7 p.m.; Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee RECORDS: Clemson 19-6 (7-4 ACC); FSU 14-12 (3-8) TV/RADIO: FSN Florida/WHBO, 1470 AM NEED TO KNOW: Noles have lost eight of 10, a stretch that began with a 97-85 double-OT loss at Clemson on Jan. 12. ... Junior F Uche Echefu scored a career-high 24 points in the loss, but in the Noles' past two games, Echefu is averaging just 2 points and 6.5 rebounds. ... FSU has lost three consecutive home games and is 10-4 overall, one more loss than all of last season (16-3). Scott Carter ...more

February 19, 2008

Keith Dawson made it a bigger party than initially expected Wednesday, becoming the second member of this year's Plant City High Raiders football team to announce his collegiate playing plans. ...more

February 9, 2008

LAKE PLACID – With one out and trailing by two runs in the bottom half of the last inning, the next six batters for the Seminole Tire team scored three runs to squeeze out an 8-7 victory over Lake Placid Marine in LP Senior Softball league play on Monday at the Lake June Ball fields. ...more

February 6, 2008

The top-seeded Sebring girls basketball team had little trouble against Palmetto on Friday night, but an all-Heartland final wasn't meant to be, as host Booker rallied to defeat Avon Park in overtime. ...more

February 2, 2008

Correlle Prime scored 28 points last week as his Mavericks stayed unbeaten with a 57-51 win over the Sonics in Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist Youth Basketball action. ...more

January 24, 2008

Wesley Chapel didn't get to play its scheduled game against Cocoa on Saturday at the Florida Girls Basketball Showcase at Orlando Boone, and that could be a good thing or a bad thing. ...more

January 16, 2008