The Hudson High School JROTC Raider Team took home three trophies last week during a competition testing physical gumption and strategic prowess. ...more

October 27, 2009

About 1.5 million Powerball tickets were sold on the first day the multistate lottery was available to players in Florida, state lottery officials said today. ...more

January 5, 2009

The Florida Gators arrived Friday afternoon for the weeklong buildup to their BCS Championship Game against Oklahoma, their chartered flight welcomed to the Fort Lauderdale Airport Executive Terminal by a pair of fire trucks blasting water cannons into a giant arch. ...more

January 3, 2009

The Hail Mary was batted down. The last desperate attempt by the Nature Coast Technical High football booster club to save the Sharks' season ended Friday afternoon at the Hernando County Courthouse. ...more

November 22, 2008

FOOTBALL Lights go out and melee ensues in Groveland, as Sharks defeat South Lake, 40-24. ...more

November 8, 2008

As a lipstick sunset painted the hills of the Piedmont, Joyce Tyree sold tickets to the junior varsity football game at Eastern View High School. ...more

September 28, 2008

Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden was unable to give any assurances that three key members of his team would play this Sunday against Atlanta. ...more

September 9, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE BELLES SOFTBALL Down 4-0, Spring Hill Belles rally to tie matters at 6-all before a bases-loaded wild pitch lifts North Carolina to a 7-6 nod. ...more

August 3, 2008

A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork - and whose owner was nearly killed in 2005 by fellow apes - is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage. ...more

July 1, 2008

The inventor of the timing device used in No. 1 Tennessee's 59-58 win against No. 5 Rutgers suspects human error led to the disputed ending of Monday night's game. ...more

February 13, 2008