TAMPA - The University of South Florida's efforts to overhaul its academic support for student-athletes persuaded the NCAA to withhold penalties the school would have faced in its latest progress report. ...more

May 6, 2008

For as long as kids have watched baseball, they have tried to emulate their idols on the field. ...more

May 6, 2008

While Sebring High School baseball players are relishing in advancing to the regional finals in Class 4-A for the second consecutive year, the school's soccer players – as well as those in Avon Park and Hardee County – are wondering if they will even have a season next year. There is a desperate need for referees as a result of the Central Florida Ridge Soccer Officials Association announcing that it no longer has the manpower to accommodate both Polk and Highlands counties in the next school year. The three schools could see their programs be dropped if local officials are not found. We hope that won't happen. ...more

May 3, 2008

Since middle school, Chamberlain High softball players Stephanie Medina and Marissa Menendez dreamed about playing for the University of South Florida's softball team. ...more

February 24, 2008

Mike Piazza, the longtime Los Angeles Dodgers catcher who most recently played for the Oakland Athletics, has been living in Miami Beach during the off-season for quite some time. ...more

February 23, 2008

It is beyond my comprehension that members of Congress, ostensibly elected by the people to "do the people's business" appear to have little to do but conduct probes into whether certain baseball players did or did not lie about past drug usage. ...more

February 20, 2008

Say goodbye to Legends Field. The New York Yankees announced Thursday that the team will rename its spring-training facility along Dale Mabry Highway after the team's owner, George M. Steinbrenner. ...more

February 15, 2008

Fred Palensar of Holiday questions global warming, saying climate change part of a natural cycle. ...more

January 29, 2008

About five dozen of the most prolific power hitting high school baseball players from Canada, Germany and all 50 states will participate in the International High School Power Showcase home run derby at 10 a.m. today at Tropicana Field. ...more

January 5, 2008

Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12, according to the first excerpts released from the pitcher's interview with CBS's "60 Minutes." ...more

January 4, 2008