We are finally on the other side of the world. That was the longest plane trip I have ever taken in my life! We left Tampa Saturday afternoon and we did not check into my hotel until Monday. The time change and losing a day because we crossed the International Date Line killed us. ...more

May 27, 2008

Former Florida State starting tight end Charlie Graham remains hopeful he will play again for the Seminoles next season. ...more

May 24, 2008

A .44-caliber Winchester bullet changed John Armao's life. A year ago, it ripped through his right cheek and shattered a bone and damaged a muscle in his right shoulder. ...more

May 6, 2008

A Tampa police officer comes to grip with the changes wrought by a bullet that ripped into his right cheek in 2007. ...more

May 5, 2008

TAMPA - A .44-caliber Winchester bullet changed John Armao's life. A year ago, it ripped through his right cheek and shattered a bone and damaged a muscle in his right shoulder. ...more

May 5, 2008

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

Just like that, cornerback has become an area of need for the Bucs this offseason. Brian Kelly is the reason. The longtime starting left corner quit on the Bucs on Feb. 15, buying his freedom for a reported $453,000. ...more

February 24, 2008

In the span of .2 seconds, Tennessee appeared to dispel the so-called myth of parity in women's basketball. ...more

February 18, 2008

Al Thornton nearly sacrificed his senior year at Florida State University for an early start to his professional basketball career last season. The 6-foot-8 forward remained at FSU and earned All-America honors as the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year runner-up, averaging 19.7 points and 7.2 rebounds a game. ...more

February 14, 2008

Three weeks after her husband was shot to death outside the Groovy Mule bottle club, Sesily Coleman has been able to rest only three to four hours a night. ...more

February 10, 2008