Denise Brooks-Clauser needn't look further than her own backyard in Belmar, N.J., to get a glimpse of her future. ...more

January 26, 2008

The word on Keith Thurman when he was an amateur was that he was destined to be a hard-hitting professional. Of his 101 amateur victories, 76 were by knockout. ...more

January 19, 2008

AVON PARK — Club Toluca and Cruz Azul are well-known soccer teams in Mexico, and they have been formidable teams on Memorial Field as well. The players, many of them immigrants and migrants, converge every Sunday through the winter and the spring to play soccer in the Aztec League, which just began its sixth season. And they don't take their pastime lightly, either. The games have a referee and two assistants flagging each sideline. One can hear an occasional angry scream from the coaches on the sidelines when a call goes against their team, when they're not trying to rally their players during the game. Teams take players living in Wauchula, Lake Placid, Frostproof and beyond the Heartland, with visiting teams occasionally coming from Arcadia and Bradenton. The uniforms even match up with the colors of their namesake teams in Mexico, at least for those based on them. ...more

December 4, 2007

Peyton Manning is adjusting to being without Marvin Harrison. Tony Dungy is finally adjusting to instant replay. ...more

December 3, 2007

Mitchell may not have been playing the same, old dominant Countryside that has reigned over Class 6A-District 7 in recent years. But Tuesday's 1-0 win may have ushered in a new era for the Mustangs, and the district. ...more

November 29, 2007

Safety, Not Religion Regarding 'Soccer Ref Benches Girl For Scarf' (Metro, Oct. 14): ...more

October 20, 2007

The father of a Catholic school soccer player was arrested after he attacked a referee after a game Friday evening, police and witnesses said. ...more

October 16, 2007

TAMPA - The benching of a teenage Muslim athlete from a soccer match over the weekend in Palm Harbor was the latest local incident involving female athletes who have been prohibited from playing sports while wearing traditional Islamic dress. Iman Khalil, 15, booted from a match Saturday, returned to the field Sunday to play after the referee's decision was overturned by the league. ...more

October 15, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The father of a Catholic school soccer player was arrested after he attacked a referee after a game Friday evening, police and witnesses say. Robert James Ycaza, a 46-year-old anesthesiologist who lives at 1100 Tortuga Circle N.E., St. Petersburg, was charged with battery on a specified official, a felony, according to Pinellas County Jail records. ...more

October 15, 2007

The Durant volleyball team had the entire weekend to sulk over its district loss to Lakeland last week. ...more

September 19, 2007