AVON PARK — Not everything that glitters turns to gold. "This event isn't about going for the gold," said former Avon Park state champion Anachelle Mejias. "You can't explain what it feels like when you've reached that personal best you've been going after all season. It's just an amazing feeling." ...more

February 2, 2008

The pass fluttered from Brett Favre's right arm and into the teeth of the evil arctic wind that had sliced and diced through Lambeau Field all night. The ball hung in the heavy sub-zero air for agonizing seconds until it was intercepted by Corey Webster of the New York Giants. ...more

January 21, 2008

The odds of this were slim: three consecutive games won or lost on the final shot. ...more

January 12, 2008

Four years ago, a shy, timid Deana Rossi earned her first starting position for the River Ridge girls soccer team. Not many involved would have expected her and the team to come so far, so quickly. ...more

January 1, 2008

I am now 89 years old and feel this is my last chance to get the message of the advantages of gun control to the public. ...more

December 25, 2007

F 2-4, S47, Tebow, T. pass incomplete to Rutledge, E. ...more

November 21, 2007

The region championships were fine but when it came time to really make her mark, Kaylee Doback would, well, miss her mark. ...more

November 10, 2007

It took a year for Countryside sophomore Melanie Margalis to get a new personal best in the 200 individual medley. She finally broke through her old mark at the perfect time. ...more

November 4, 2007

Before the white boys would let Johnny Lloyd ride their ponies at Wilson's Horse Arena, he usually received a hard pummeling for being black. ...more

October 21, 2007

AVON PARK — There's a saying in prize fighting: Everyone has a plan until they've been hit. Well, the Avon Park Red Devils have been hit from all sides — even from themselves — and now find themselves on the gridiron canvas. The question is whether they can pick themselves up and turn around what looks to be a lost season. Or is it? People seem to forget that the Red Devils were 6-1 at this time last season and went on to lose their final three games and the tiebreaker against arch-rival Sebring. ...more

October 12, 2007