An Olympic flame reached the top of the world today. Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch - separate from the main Olympic flame - along with Chinese and Olympic flags on the peak of Mount Everest. ...more

May 8, 2008

Men CLEMSON AT FSU TIP-OFF: 7 p.m.; Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee RECORDS: Clemson 19-6 (7-4 ACC); FSU 14-12 (3-8) TV/RADIO: FSN Florida/WHBO, 1470 AM NEED TO KNOW: Noles have lost eight of 10, a stretch that began with a 97-85 double-OT loss at Clemson on Jan. 12. ... Junior F Uche Echefu scored a career-high 24 points in the loss, but in the Noles' past two games, Echefu is averaging just 2 points and 6.5 rebounds. ... FSU has lost three consecutive home games and is 10-4 overall, one more loss than all of last season (16-3). Scott Carter ...more

February 19, 2008

Keith Dawson made it a bigger party than initially expected Wednesday, becoming the second member of this year's Plant City High Raiders football team to announce his collegiate playing plans. ...more

February 9, 2008

LAKE PLACID – With one out and trailing by two runs in the bottom half of the last inning, the next six batters for the Seminole Tire team scored three runs to squeeze out an 8-7 victory over Lake Placid Marine in LP Senior Softball league play on Monday at the Lake June Ball fields. ...more

February 6, 2008

The top-seeded Sebring girls basketball team had little trouble against Palmetto on Friday night, but an all-Heartland final wasn't meant to be, as host Booker rallied to defeat Avon Park in overtime. ...more

February 2, 2008

Correlle Prime scored 28 points last week as his Mavericks stayed unbeaten with a 57-51 win over the Sonics in Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist Youth Basketball action. ...more

January 24, 2008

Wesley Chapel didn't get to play its scheduled game against Cocoa on Saturday at the Florida Girls Basketball Showcase at Orlando Boone, and that could be a good thing or a bad thing. ...more

January 16, 2008

Caron Butler scored 21 and Antawn Jamison added 20 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Washington Wizards to an 88-83 victory against the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Butler scored nine points during a 25-6 run over the final 6:24 of the fourth quarter to give the Wizards their fifth win in the last six games against Boston. Boston lost consecutive games at home and overall for the first time all season and dropped to 30-6. The Celtics are 2-3 over their last five and have averaged 85 points a game over that span. Eddie House scored his only five points of the game to give the Celtics their largest lead at 77-63 with 6:24 remaining before the Wizards rallied. SPURS 89, 76ERS 82: Manu Ginobili scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead San Antonio to victory over Philadelphia. Tim Duncan added 18 points and 16 rebounds to give the Spurs their second straight win. JAZZ 98, BUCKS 87: Deron Williams scored 24 of his 33 points in the second half and had 10 assists as Utah rallied to beat Milwaukee. BOBCATS 119, NUGGETS 116: Gerald Wallace scored 40 points, Matt Carroll hit two free throws with 4.6 seconds left, and Charlotte made the big plays down the stretch this time in a win over Denver. TRAIL BLAZERS 99, NETS 73: LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points to lead Portland to its 18th win in the last 20 games with a victory over New Jersey. CAVALIERS: Coach Mike Brown received a two-year contract extension Monday that will keep him with the club through the 2010-11 season. The Associated Press ...more

January 15, 2008

Last Tuesday marked a huge milestone for the Sebring Senior Softball League games. It was the beginning of the League's use of the new Highlands County Sports Complex in Sebring. At 9 a.m. more than 100 players arrived and were anxiously trying to locate their appropriate designated areas. When the time for "let's play ball" came, eight teams began to play simultaneously on four fields, a first time ever for the League to be gathered in one place. There had been reorganizing of the teams with added players and new managers. ...more

January 14, 2008

EASTERN CONFERENCE

January 13, 2008