The new look Lightning fans were promised during the summer never materialized. And in a season filled with new-look lows, Saturday's 9-3 beat-down at the hands of the Hurricanes looked like another new low. ...more

March 8, 2009

TRIBUNE'S 3 STARS 1. Hurricanes C Eric Staal - Scored four goals and added two assists while making it look all too easy. ...more

March 8, 2009

Palm Harbor University High School softball had made such a habit of qualifying for the postseason over the past decade that it seemed the Florida High School Athletic Association could probably just save time by slotting the Hurricanes in its 32-team bracket in February. Ten years in a row PHU made trips to the playoffs. Three of those runs ended with state titles. They kept winning after pitcher Danielle "Dani" Hofer, the 2005 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year, went off to LSU. Then came last season. ...more

March 7, 2009

Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate is President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...more

March 4, 2009

Last week, Bishop McLaughlin baseball coach Nick Rodriguez gave his team a shorts-only practice following a 7-6 victory against Class 3A Tampa Catholic. ...more

March 4, 2009

Debbie Harris knew the military dog tag and small metal emblem of a Navy fighter squadron she recently found in the sand near her home on an Alabama beach belonged to a Blue Angels pilot who was killed when his jet crashed there a half-century ago. ...more

March 3, 2009

The 2009 baseball season has been one of change for Berkeley Prep junior Garrett Ransom. But the changes Bucs coach Mike Friedlein has asked Ransom to make have paid large dividends early in the season. ...more

March 2, 2009

Springstead and West Port have boldly gone where they've never gone before, the regional final, and everyone expects a classic battle. ...more

February 28, 2009

Bishop McLaughlin had a big win Tuesday against Class 3A Tampa Catholic and has 3A Berkeley Prep looming Monday. But the Hurricanes still have Class 2A-District 9 games to play if they want to advance in the state playoffs. ...more

February 27, 2009

Hurricanes beat Class 3A Tampa Catholic 7-6 ...more

February 25, 2009