The Chicago Bulls potentially have a franchise-altering decision ahead in Thursday's NBA draft. Who's the No. 1 pick? By all accounts, it's either Kansas State forward Michael Beasley or Memphis point guard Derrick Rose, who each played one season of college basketball. ...more

June 25, 2008

To watch Ricky Thomas just before 9:30 Friday night, one would have thought the Wiregrass Ranch football coach had just read each of the six winning numbers of a lottery ticket - his own lottery ticket. ...more

May 26, 2008

Shawnta Snakovsky will forever remember her senior year at Sickles High School. ...more

May 20, 2008

LAKE PLACID — After taking over as head coach of the Lake Placid football program in May of 2007, Tim Grant didn't have a lot of time to make major changes. ...more

May 2, 2008

The root of much of the optimism around the Rays this spring is in the seemingly much-improved pitching staff. ...more

February 24, 2008

The Class 5A-District 7 semifinal game between Land O' Lakes and Wesley Chapel was reminiscent of an old west shootout. Two gunslingers came out shooting, but the Gators prevailed, winning 71-49. ...more

February 9, 2008

When the Hollywood writers union first went on strike, we hardly noticed because our favorite shows all had several weeks of episodes already "in the can," as they say in the entertainment industry. When those episodes ran out we watched reruns for a while, but that got old in a hurry. So, eventually, we shut the TV off after the evening news and made an amazing discovery … there is life without television. We read books, played cards, listened to classical music, and called our families out-of-state who were suddenly free to talk because now our calls were not interrupting new episodes of their favorite shows. It's not easy to admit it, but I realized I knew more about what was going on in the lives of characters on "House" and "Gray's Anatomy" than in the lives of my brother and niece. ...more

February 3, 2008

MVP PROFILE Leopard senior Taylor Rotunda ties senior teammate Jesse Graham with county-best fifth first-place finish at Springstead. ...more

January 19, 2008

There are no guarantees in life. Okay, maybe death and taxes. ...more

January 19, 2008

AVON PARK — The Booker girls basketball team showed Avon Park a different face on Friday. One of defense and speed — a cat-like quickness and reflexes that blew past the host Red Devils in a 53-40 win that could be a precursor to the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. Booker's 2-3 defense battered the Avon Park guards around as if they were in a storm, forcing 32 turnovers during the game, which led to countless easy baskets for the Tornadoes. ...more

January 13, 2008