There are two sounds Tony Saladino III never grows tired of hearing. One is the crack of a baseball bat connecting with the ball, and the other is the thud of the ball pounding into a leather glove. ...more

July 16, 2008

Winning meaningful baseball games isn't easy, and the path the Rays traveled to escape with a 5-4 victory was evidence of that. ...more

July 1, 2008

Its regular season may have ended May 17, but a team from South Shore continued winning baseball games well into June. ...more

June 25, 2008

Call TBS' sitcom "My Boys" what you will to explain it to neophytes — "Sex and the Cubbies"; a kinder, gentler "Seinfeld" — but the result is the same: It's a light, sprightly comedy about bonded friends that boasts equal appeal for both male and female viewers. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — Playing three baseball games in the span of eight hours during the hottest part of the day didn't seem to faze the Sebring American All-Stars (ages 6-8) on Saturday. Competing in the Dixie Youth Pitching Machine District 8 All-Star Tournament at Max Long Recreational Complex, the American's stayed unbeaten in the double-elimination event by beating Sebring National 12-2 Saturday morning, then topping Okeechobee American 7-2, and finally, the boys in blue wrapped up the day by blanking Okeechobee National 5-0. "I'm so proud of these kids because they stayed focused, executed properly and played well under some really hot conditions," said American coach Eric Lewis. "In fact, they played their best defensive game of the tournament in the last game of the day. "We've still got one more game to win to clinch the district championship, and that's been our goal from day one." ...more

June 8, 2008

When Yendry Diaz slipped out of the Cuban soccer team's hotel on Cypress Street two months ago, he had high hopes for his new life in the United States - and dreams of a contract with a pro soccer team. ...more

May 27, 2008

A lawyer for Roger Clemens said Saturday the pitcher can prove he didn't attend a June 1998 party at Jose Canseco's home described by Brian McNamee in the Mitchell Report. ...more

February 9, 2008

A month away from the Sunshine State Conference meet, Saint Leo's men's and women's swimming teams tuned up with convincing dual-meet victories against Florida Southern on Saturday in their home finales. ...more

January 15, 2008

"I didn't know if I would live to see this," said 70-year-old Nick DiMaggio on Thursday, two days before Tampa Catholic played in its first state football final Saturday in Orlando. "It was hard for me to imagine." ...more

December 7, 2007

No matter whom it is, at some time in every sports fan's life when they were sitting in front of a television or listening to a game on the radio, he or she has said out loud or to a friend, "You, know, I could do that. I could do play-by-play just as well as that guy." ...more

December 4, 2007