The Rays made it official, selecting Tim Beckham with the first pick today in this year's Major League Baseball entry draft. ...more

June 5, 2008

Again and again, people said Plant City quarterback Techonqueyha Shaw was the county's best flag football player. ...more

May 20, 2008

Sean Fitzgibbon was born without a fibula in his right leg, and his right foot was deformed, too. ...more

May 12, 2008

Sean Fitzgibbon was born without a fibula in his right leg, and his right foot was deformed, too. Now he and three other men are planning to circumnavigate the Florida Keys to impart a message of hope and perseverance to all of those who have lost a limb, including troops returning from Iraq. ...more

May 6, 2008

The Tallahassee Leon Lions could see Plant City quarterback Techonqueyha Shaw coming from a couple hours away as they watched the Raiders on Saturday afternoon in the flag football state championship semifinals. ...more

May 4, 2008

Years from now, people will reminisce about the Brandon boys basketball team's run to the 2008 Class 5A state final four. ...more

February 25, 2008

It's early enough in camp that newcomers Eric Hinske and Kurt Birkins are still feeling out their new team and teammates, but both already have a sense of what the Rays can do. ...more

February 20, 2008

This may be the farthest the Plant City boys basketball program has been in more than a decade, but first-year coach Wardell Chambers and the players aren't satisfied yet. ...more

February 18, 2008

Akinori Iwamura's first day of spring training last year was something of a circus, with numerous Japanese media members blanketing the Naimoli Complex and the Rays not quite sure what to make of the new celebrity in their midst. ...more

February 18, 2008

Getting to the region final was a huge accomplishment for the Wesley Chapel girls basketball team, a first for the program. ...more

February 16, 2008