NEWS AND NOTES Plant's Givens Is Headed To Oklahoma State Plant High baseball standout Mychal Givens has made his college decision. Givens is headed to Oklahoma State, joining a pretty impressive list of Panthers to sign with the Cowboys in recent years. ...more

December 2, 2008

After he retired in 1969, former NBA superstar Bill Russell became a basketball commentator. One of his more memorable quotes was "Basketball is a contact sport; football is a collision sport." ...more

November 30, 2008

Senior KC Jones remembers wasn't selected for the Sebring boys basketball team during his sophomore year, but how he's turned the tables to add a force in the middle for the Streaks. ...more

November 21, 2008

Starting pitcher Scott Olsen and outfielder Josh Willingham were traded by the Florida Marlins to the Nationals on Tuesday in a five-player deal that signals the start of Washington's efforts to revamp its roster after a major league-worst 59-102 season. ...more

November 11, 2008

Getting that house, home addition, commercial building, pool or even a shed constructed in a manner that's code compliant and safe for the consumer is the number-one concern for long-time Sebring resident Charles "Ed" White. ...more

November 10, 2008

Bucs GM Bruce Allen recently sat down with Tribune NFL writer Ira Kaufman to discuss the state of the team after nine weeks. ...more

November 9, 2008

Hours after Lightning general manager Brian Lawton questioned his team's work ethic on Thursday, the team responded. ...more

November 7, 2008

VOLLEYBALL Cinderella Springstead could cap turnaround season with first district tournament victory since 2000. ...more

October 27, 2008

Baseball, as George Carlin famously reminded us, is different than football. In football, you wear a helmet. ...more

October 26, 2008

For five years defenseman Dan Boyle was a cornerstone player on a Tampa Bay franchise that turned from league laughingstock to having the last laugh while lifting the Stanley Cup in 2004. ...more

October 25, 2008