Despite having J.J. Lain involved in a collision that caused him to be sent by helicopter to a hospital in Tampa with a possible concussion, the Nature Coast Technical Sharks boys' soccer team still almost managed to pull out a point in its 1-0 loss to Zephyrhills Thursday night. ...more

December 25, 2007

A man dressed as Santa Claus was knocked unconscious by a thrown object that hit his face while he was riding on the back of a truck decorated as a sleigh. ...more

December 19, 2007

Two Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies who were struck and killed by a fellow deputy while pursuing a stolen car made "a fatal mistake" that likely caused their deaths, the sheriff said Thursday. ...more

December 2, 2007

SEBRING — After spending 15 months of his 12-month deployment in Camp Speicher, Iraq, Army Spc. Brice DuBoice was ready to return home. DuBoice worked with the hospitable and dealt with the hostile while anxiously waiting for news on his 9-month-old son, Ian, who underwent open heart surgery three days after birth. Neither he nor his family expected him to make it home to Sebring from Fort Knox, Ky., in time for Thanksgiving, but he got a short leave and flew down Wednesday. That same day, Ian was able to go home with his mother. ...more

November 26, 2007

Forty-seven days after an unimaginable loss to Stanford, USC is back in the Rose Bowl hunt. ...more

November 23, 2007

The trash-talk street runs two ways in the Florida-FSU rivalry. ...more

November 22, 2007

Clewiston enters Friday's regional final contest against Tampa Catholic sporting a 5-6 record. ...more

November 22, 2007

Florida State starting CB Tony Carter has played in the last two games; he just hasn't been able to finish them. Carter hopes to end that streak Saturday at Florida. ...more

November 21, 2007

WHO: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers WHEN: 7 TV/RADIO: Versus/WDAE, 620 AM WHO'S HURT: Lightning - D Dan Boyle (wrist), out. Thrashers - C Steve Rucchin (post-concussion), G Kari Lehtonen (groin), out. THE SKINNY: Tampa Bay has won five consecutive games, tied for the second-longest streak in franchise history. The only longer winning streak was eight games from Feb. 23-March 6, 2004. ... Atlanta has won seven of nine and nine of 13 since starting the season 0-6. ... This is the fourth of eight meetings this season; Tampa Bay is 2-1. ... Thrashers RW Marian Hossa and LW Ilya Kovalchuk have combined to score 17 of Atlanta's 23 goals since Nov. 1. ... Hossa has four consecutive multipoint games. ... Bolts C Vinny Lecavalier has seven consecutive multipoint games tied for the longest streak since Jaromir Jagr had a 10-game streak from Feb. 18-March 9, 1996. ... RW Marty St. Louis has five goals and nine assists during a seven-game scoring streak. ... Lecavalier has two goals and five assists in three meetings with Atlanta this season. ... Thrashers are 3-4 at home. ... Atlanta entered Sunday ranked last in penalty kill (72.2 percent) and home penalty kill (69.4 percent). ... Tampa Bay is 7-10-4 all-time in Atlanta but 5-2-1 in the past eight trips. Erik Erlendsson ...more

November 19, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - FSU QB Drew Weatherford said Thursday he has not been bothered in practice this week by the vicious hit and ensuing concussion he suffered in Saturday's 41-20 loss to Virginia Tech, and is a full-go for Maryland. ...more

November 16, 2007