LAND O' LAKES - The Lady Bears dominated each quarter of Wednesday night's first-round 5A-7 district matchup against River Ridge, 57-35. ...more

February 5, 2008

Peyton Manning's kid brother isn't known for his mobility, but Eli Manning escaped the clutches of a heavy rush and found wide receiver David Tyree for the game's critical 32-yard reception. ...more

February 4, 2008

SARASOTA – When you're in a tight game on the road, you don't expect to get the close calls. That was the case in Saturday night's Class 4A-District 10 championship game between Sarasota Booker and Sebring. Booker's Brittani Williams made two free throws with 1.6 second remaining in overtime to give the Tornadoes a 39-37 win over the Blue Streaks. Williams, who finished with 10 points and six rebounds, drove to the basket along the baseline as the final seconds ticked down in overtime and threw up a prayer. ...more

February 4, 2008

Talk about your sibling rivalries. The one that's been raging inside the Manning household is really going to heat up now because there is no longer anything substantial that Peyton has that Eli doesn't. ...more

February 4, 2008

SARASOTA — No championship is just handed to a team, and the Sebring girls basketball team seemingly tried to rest on its laurels of past tournament wins and almost saw their chance at a third-straight district championship slip away. Hannah Shoop's basket on a beautiful no-look pass by senior Whitney Lee with 1:07 to play ended a Blue-Streak scoring drought — which saw a 15-point lead dwindle to just four points — and lifted the Blue Streaks past the No. 4 seed Palmetto Tigers 52-44 in the semifinals of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament on Friday. ...more

February 3, 2008

Although blame for the Interstate 4 pileup has widely been placed on smoke and fog, the Florida Highway Patrol says at least part of the fault lies with drivers. ...more

February 2, 2008

TAMPA What a week it's been for Berkeley Prep senior Archie Barnes. On Wednesday, the Bucs' former quarterback/defensive back announced his commitment to Vanderbilt and on Friday, on live television, the 6-foot-4 athlete had 26 points, seven rebounds and two blocks to lead Berkeley in a 60-47 win over rival Tampa Prep. ...more

February 2, 2008

TAMPA - The Florida Highway Patrol has ticketed nine drivers in the pileup on Interstate 4 in January, but troopers say many more citations likely will be issued as they reconstruct the chaos that unfolded in the smoke and fog. ...more

February 1, 2008

SARASOTA — Beonca Godfrey felt the Avon Park girls basketball team had the momentum and a big enough lead heading into the fourth quarter against DeSoto on Tuesday during the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. "I really thought we were controlling the tempo and had everything working going into the fourth," Godfrey said. "[DeSoto] just never quit." ...more

January 31, 2008

TAMPA A new survey puts Florida consumer confidence at its lowest level since the early1990s. ...more

January 29, 2008