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October 24, 2009

Staying cool under pressure has been a badge of honor Hannah Shoop has been saddled with since she walked onto the Sebring volleyball court as a sophomore. ...more

December 26, 2008

Tampa Prep senior volleyball player Alena Ransom felt a sense of pride walking into The Lakeland Center on Wednesday. ...more

November 20, 2008

Melissa Vanderhall became the first University of Tampa sophomore to be named Sunshine State Conference Volleyball Player of the Year since Ania Ruiz in 2001 as head coach Chris Catanach picked up his 14th SSC Coach of the Year honor. ...more

November 20, 2008

Maurice Greene won't be running around the "Dancing with the Stars" ballroom anymore. ...more

November 12, 2008

NEWS & NOTES Letson Going To Florida State Plant standout Doug Letson, one of Hillsborough County's top boys golfers in each of the last three seasons, has verbally committed to Florida State University. ...more

November 6, 2008

Brooke Burke briefly joined this season's ranks of dancing wounded, but it didn't keep her from jitterbugging and nabbing the top score on "Dancing With the Stars" for the seventh straight week. The actress-model injured her right foot during practice Sunday and made a precautionary hospital trip, according to ABC. X-rays showed she suffered a contusion. The next day, Burke and dance partner Derek Hough performed "Don't Be Cruel" and netted a 29 out of 30 possible points from the show's judges. It was the highest score this season. ...more

October 21, 2008

Misty May-Treanor is too hurt to keep dancing. The 31-year-old "Dancing with the Stars" contestant and Olympic gold medalist volleyball player appeared at the conclusion of Monday's show on crutches and with a cast on her left leg to announce that she's out of the popular ABC dancing competition after injuring herself while rehearsing Friday. ...more

October 7, 2008

Strolling back into the refurbished gym at Avon Park gave new volleyball head coach Stephanie Devlin a sense of homecoming. ...more

August 17, 2008

With the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games just a few days away, the athletes' village here is filling up, and fast. ...more

August 6, 2008