Tyler Smith scored 22 points and Wayne Chism added 15 Friday night to lead Tennessee to an 86-62 rout of cold-shooting Alabama in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament. ...more

March 13, 2009

The Seminoles (23-8, 10-6) are ranked 22nd and earned their first bye ever in the conference tournament. The No. 4-seed Seminoles have the ACC coach of the year in Leonard Hamilton. Senior guard Toney Douglas is all-conference and the ACC's defensive player of the year. But No. 12 seed Georgia Tech believes it has two things going for it: a little recent history and a hometown advantage. Is that enough for another postseason surprise? ...more

March 13, 2009

The Freedom baseball team is on a roll. Senior right-hander Chris Bonti turned in a quality start with five scoreless innings, and the Patriots offense managed enough support Friday night in a 6-3 win against visiting Newsome. The win was Freedom's (5-2) fourth straight and fifth in the past six games. ...more

March 7, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Sunlake coach Johnny Dawkins admitted Tuesday night that he was unusually calm entering the bottom of the seventh inning against Zephyrhills. ...more

March 4, 2009

Plant High School students Josh Munch, Quinn Ebright and Spencer Muratides, with friends Troy Cobb, who attends Seminole High School, and Evan Berggren, who goes to Southeast High School in Manatee County, became the Kick-It 3 V 3 Soccer Under-17 World Champions on the weekend of Jan. 17 to 19. The event was held at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, with the boys winning six games during three days to secure the title. ...more

March 4, 2009

No one ever said competing in the Big East Conference was going to be easy for the University of South Florida basketball team. Trying to get through the league without three starters, though, has basically turned into a suicide mission. ...more

March 1, 2009

The free-agency signing period wasn't the only thing that began in the NFL on Friday. The league's trading period began anew as well, and that's the part the Bucs delved into. ...more

February 28, 2009

The addition of free agent designated hitter Pat Burrell has Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon contemplating a lineup that would drop second baseman Akinori Iwamura out of the lead-off spot. ...more

February 26, 2009

The Plant City High softball team lost one of the best players in program history when Kendall Dawson graduated and headed to play for the University of Alabama. ...more

February 25, 2009

Florida State's Toney Douglas scored 22 points, including a tie-breaking runner with 6 seconds remaining, and then had to suffer through the game's final sequence. ...more

February 22, 2009