Marcus Thornton scored 32 points and No. 18 LSU clinched a share of the Southeastern Conference championship with an 81-75 victory against Florida on Tuesday night. ...more

February 25, 2009

The race went the distance this time, but that didn't matter to Matt Kenseth. ...more

February 23, 2009

Berkeley Prep can't win its fifth state soccer title, falling to Jacksonville Bolles 2-1 in the Class 3A state final. ...more

February 21, 2009

Freshman right-hander Kendra Wellnitz pitched a complete game and sophomore Amanda Leiter drove in the winning run to lead the South Florida Community College softball team to a 3-2 win over Brevard CC in eight innings on Thursday. ...more

February 21, 2009

The Sebring boys basketball team had the ball in a tie game with 33 seconds to play on Thursday night, but a pivotal turnover and key Kathleen rebound and put-back in the waning seconds was the difference as the Red Devils battled to a 57-53 victory in a Class 4A Regional quarterfinal at Blue Streak gym. ...more

February 19, 2009

Peno Hardesty of New Port Richey says U.S. Veterans Affairs medical facilities are not telling the truth. ...more

February 18, 2009

Greg Smith was 5-for-5 with five runs scored and Jerry Neufang slammed two home runs on Monday night to lead the South Florida Community College baseball team to a 16-2 victory over Webber International University's B-team. ...more

February 18, 2009

DeJuan Blair had 22 points and 23 rebounds and Levance Fields scored all 10 of his points in the final 3:09 as No. 4 Pittsburgh beat No. 1 Connecticut 76-68 on Monday night, the Panthers' first win ever against a top-ranked team. ...more

February 17, 2009

Joe Young scored 17 points and pulled down 13 rebounds and Chris Grubb got hot from behind the arch late to lead the Sebring boys basketball team to its first district title since 2005 with a 53-49 victory over Palmetto in the final of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament at DeSoto High School. The game was tight throughout, but the tenacity of the Sebring defense and Young's inside presence willed the Streaks to the title and a regional home game, to be played against the loser of District 9 runner-up Kathleen or Bartow, at 7 p.m. on Thursday. ...more

February 15, 2009

The Sebring boys basketball team had four players score more than 15 points on Friday night and the Blue Streaks advanced to the championship final of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament with an 89-73 victory over upstart Hardee. Jake Trussell scored 19 points, Tevin Toney added 17 points, JC Howard had 15 points and Robert "Jewel" Campbell added 14 more (including three late dunks) to lead the second-seeded Streaks past the No. 7-seeded Wildcats at DeSoto High School. The win puts Sebring into Saturday's game against the winner of the late game, top-seeded Palmetto or Braden River. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ...more

February 14, 2009