IOC boots wrestling from Olympics
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013 For Jared Frayer, the Olympic dream kept him going.A skilled wrestler at Countryside High in the 1990s, Frayer kept at the sport into...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays' Evan Longoria 'feeling like a new man'
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013 PORT CHARLOTTE — This year is going to be different for Evan Longoria.There's the baby he and girlfriend Jaime Edmondson are expecting...
View ArticleCaptain's Corner: Warmer water brings action
By Dave Zalewski, Times Correspondent Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Timing: It appears we can expect an early Spanish mackerel and kingfish season. Both Sunshine Skyway fishing piers are reporting daily...
View ArticleGirardi believes Yankees will win big
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013 TAMPA — Manager Joe Girardi believes the suggestion the Yankees are getting old is an old story.He points out people have been saying that...
View ArticleUSF Bulls set for new baseball season
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013 TAMPA — USF baseball coach Lelo Prado has settled into a new ballpark, has a solid core of returning veterans and just enough impact...
View ArticleUSF women deal with winter blizzard
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Jose Fernandez vividly remembers Hurricane Andrew in Miami some 20 years ago, being huddled in a closet with his mother and brother as...
View ArticleMarquette coach sparks Hoyas' run
Times wires Monday, February 11, 2013 WASHINGTON — Georgetown coach John Thompson III was so focused on the details of the game that he claimed not to notice a momentum swing when Marquette...
View ArticleSports in brief
Times wires Monday, February 11, 2013 NFLEAGLES RETAIN VICK, CUT PAYPHILADELPHIA — QB Michael Vick took a significant pay cut to stay with the Eagles and compete for a starting job.The four-time Pro...
View ArticleSpring decisions for Rays
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013 PORT CHARLOTTE — For all the roster reconstruction the Rays did in what executive vice president Andrew Friedman jokes is the misnomered...
View ArticleFlorida, Kentucky ignore established narrative
By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013 GAINESVILLE — From the outside looking in, here's how you might pitch the storyline for tonight's SEC showdown between No. 7 Florida...
View ArticleSports on TV/radio
Times sports staff Monday, February 11, 2013 TODAY College basketball Kentucky at Florida, 7 p.m., ESPN; 620-AM Seton Hall at Rutgers , 7 p.m., ESPN2 Virginia Tech at Virginia, 7 p.m., ESPNU Villanova...
View ArticleJeter making progress
Times wires Monday, February 11, 2013 TAMPA — Derek Jeter ran Monday for the first time since breaking his left ankle in October, another step toward being in the Yankees lineup on opening day. The...
View Article1-1 week keeps IU in top spot
Times wires Monday, February 11, 2013 Indiana coach Tom Crean used an analogy to the state's second favorite sport after the Hoosiers remained No. 1 in the AP poll for a second straight week. It had...
View ArticleCollege basketball preview: No. 7 Florida vs. No. 25 Kentucky
By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013 . TOnightNo. 7 Florida vs. No. 25 KentuckyWhen/where: 7; O'Connell Center, GainesvilleTV/radio: ESPN; 620-AMRecords: Kentucky 17-6, 8-2...
View ArticleCaptain's Corner: Tuna time
Ed Walker, Times Correspondent Monday, February 11, 2013 What's hot: Unseasonably warm offshore water temperatures have caused an early return of blackfin tuna. Recent trips have produced tuna 18-28...
View ArticleGame preview: Lightning vs. Canadiens
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013
View ArticleFlorida Gators recruit football heavily in Tampa Bay area
By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013 GAINESVILLE — Florida's 2013-14 football roster is a solid reflection of the Gators' commitment to recruiting in the Tampa Bay area.At...
View ArticleExpect Rays to be good again
By Gary Shelton, Times Sports Columnist Monday, February 11, 2013 Expect good. Expect fast. Expect talented.Expect a little more offense. Expect a lot more defense. Expect a pitching staff deep enough...
View ArticleLightning suffers odd scoring slump
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013 NEW YORK — Vinny Lecavalier streaked toward the Rangers net on Sunday and the hopes of the Lightning went with him.Tampa Bay had...
View ArticleAnother Lightning road loss
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Sunday, February 10, 2013 NEW YORK — The frustration over the Lightning's road woes is beginning to bubble to the surface. After Sunday night's 5-1 loss to the...
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