LAND O' LAKES - Historically, first-year high schools rarely have successful seasons, and Sunlake's basketball team was no exception. With the added disadvantage of having no seniors, Sunlake's varsity squad finished the season with a 3-24 record. One bright spot was the emergence of junior guard Eli Escobar as the team leader. ...more

May 25, 2008

Evan Locke has been playing basketball for as long as he can remember. "Basketball's got a good flow to it other sports don't have, but it also has a little bit of contact," Locke said. "I love everything about it." ...more

May 10, 2008

Getting knocked down isn't what matters. What you do when you're sprawled on the floor does. And if anyone could write a book on that, it's Kim Ruoff. ...more

May 9, 2008

Former University of South Florida WR Amarri Jackson had the swagger of a first-round draft pick during the first day of Tampa Bay's rookie minicamp. ...more

May 3, 2008

Christopher Walken sang a song from "Hairspray" and spoofed a "Saturday Night Live" skit Friday night to earn Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award. ...more

February 17, 2008

Since the 1940s, the Flom family has produced some of the best basketball players in Hillsborough County and has carried teams into the state tournament. ...more

February 14, 2008

One day after winning the national championship of women's basketball, nearly 13 years ago, she was in New York, making late-night conversation with David Letterman. Later, she was summoned to Washington, where she jogged with President Clinton. ...more

February 10, 2008

A.J. Green ...more

February 7, 2008

Stacy-Ann Blake spent the first seven years of her life in New York City, where it's possible to find a basketball court within walking distance of almost any location. ...more

January 31, 2008

Perhaps life isn't as complicated as we make it out to be. Take high school. Maybe it's not the SAT or grade-point averages that determine where a student truly ranks in his class. And maybe it's not the football player's touchdowns or the basketball player's game-winning shots that earn the most respect. ...more

January 31, 2008