Excerpts from Barry Melrose's news conference and his interviews with members of the Tampa Bay media: ...more

June 25, 2008

Steven Stamkos 'has yet to lace a skate in the National Hockey League, but that hasn't stopped the Lightning from making him the center of the next season's marketing campaign. ...more

June 21, 2008

Sporting a playoff-like beard that Steven Stamkos admitted took about a week to grow, the next franchise center for the Lightning felt loose enough to crack a couple of jokes Thursday, one day before he is expected to become the first overall pick in the NHL entry draft. ...more

June 20, 2008

Pack up the championship trophy and book a flight back to Boston, the NBA Finals aren't over yet. ...more

June 16, 2008

LAKE PLACID — His head coach calls him the best player he's had, and an opposing coach says he'd take him if he could cherry-pick any of Highlands County's standout baseball players. Still, Carlos Sosa said he was surprised on Tuesday when told he'd been named the 2008 Highlands Today All-Heartland Baseball Player of the Year. ...more

May 30, 2008

To showcase and reward an especially talented player, once every few years Florida State veteran baseball coach Mike Martin will allow a player to line up at every position in a game. ...more

May 12, 2008

The Detroit Red Wings kept rolling without their hottest player. Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg scored first-period goals to help make up for the loss of Johan Franzen, and Detroit held on for a 2-1 win Saturday night against the Dallas Stars and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. ...more

May 11, 2008

You might as well call it "the Fifth-and-15/16 Major." This year's Players Championship, a tournament long promoted as the next best thing to a Grand Slam event, is getting no respect. ...more

May 8, 2008

There may be no crying in baseball, as the manager portrayed by Tom Hanks declared in the movie "A League of Their Own," but there is certainly still room for the girls. Tarpon Springs High softball standout Jen Hunter has proved throughout most of her young life that whether the ball is soft or hard, she is up to the task. ...more

February 25, 2008

1. STARS: They might only be at the top for a week, but Detroit looks awfully vulnerable all of a sudden. ...more

February 24, 2008