WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Brooksville's own sports celebrity, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo, performs for students at STAR Education Center. ...more

January 10, 2009

HERNANDO COUNTY SPORTS BRIEFS ...more

December 15, 2008

The International Olympic Committee stripped gold medals Saturday from the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team that competed at the 2000 Olympics in the aftermath of Antonio Pettigrew's admission that he was doping at the time. ...more

August 3, 2008

Marion Jones was a world-class sprinter, a world-class cheat, and a world-class liar. ...more

July 24, 2008

Dear President Bush, They say you can't always believe what you read in the papers. So, when I read that Marion Jones has applied to you for a pardon or commutation of her federal conviction for making false statements to investigators, I couldn't believe it. She lied to federal agents. She took steroids. She made false statements in a bank fraud investigation - not necessarily in that order. She admitted it. And now she apparently wants to be let off. ...more

July 24, 2008

Three years ago Hernando High decided to go in a different direction with its head coach position, not rehiring Pete Lahey in favor of the returning Walt Cermak. ...more

July 23, 2008

The new leader at USA Track and Field sent a letter to President Bush asking him to deny Marion Jones' request to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam. ...more

July 22, 2008

Four years ago, Rose Richmond was a U.S. Olympic track and field trials rookie with little or no expectations of reaching the Athens Games in the women's long jump. ...more

June 30, 2008

Normally there is a little pomp when you win a medal in the Olympics, but it wasn't that way with Calvin Smith - not in this circumstance. They told him to go to this table under the stadium in Seoul. They handed him a bronze medal for the men's 100-meter dash. ...more

June 29, 2008

With one brilliant burst, Marshevet Hooker put her name alongside those of Florence Griffith-Joyner, Marion Jones and Evelyn Ashford. ...more

June 28, 2008