The open areas outside the Lightning locker room often come alive just before game time with the sounds of soccer balls bouncing off heads, feet, walls and possibly a bystander or two. ...more

January 15, 2009

The first half of the Lightning season had enough drama, intrigue, ups and frequent downs to fill a season-long script of a daytime soap opera. ...more

January 12, 2009

Dear Hibiscus: By now, surely, you've realized that it's over between us. You've been dumped, literally, and I'm sorry. It's not you, it's me. ...more

January 11, 2009

What do you do on a day when the weather stinks and you're tempted to fold into a cocoon and order mounds of Chinese food? ...more

January 10, 2009

Sebring Youth baseball soon will be cranking up and it's time for sign-ups for the younger age leagues. ...more

January 9, 2009

On the way to averaging more than 45 points a game this season, the Florida Gators turned punter Chas Henry into the Maytag Repairman. ...more

January 8, 2009

GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTING Unbeaten NCT (4-0) sweeps tri-meet against Central and host Hernando. NCT, HHS EACH HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS ...more

January 7, 2009

A few months ago, he was at the head of the championship parade in Philadelphia. The city belonged to the Phillies and so did Pat Burrell. Now he joins the team he helped beat in the World Series. ...more

January 6, 2009

PLANT CITY Plant City Little will hold sign-ups for the spring season from. 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday and 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 13 in the boardroom at Mike Sansone Park, on the east side of Park Road south of Interstate 4. ...more

January 5, 2009

WRESTLING Hernando, with only 11 grapplers available including a handful of JV call-ups, finishes fourth at Wesley Chapel's Fraternal Order of the Eagles Duals. ...more

January 3, 2009