Manager Joe Maddon addresses Tampa Bay Rays full squad, stresses importance...
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 21, 2011 PORT CHARLOTTE — Manager Joe Maddon had lots to talk about in an opening address that stretched past 15 minutes.With so many different...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays working on rebuilding team chemistry
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 21, 2011 PORT CHARLOTTEStanding on the field with 62 blue-clad players sitting in front of them before Monday's first full-squad workout of the...
View ArticleReversal at line lifts Orange to road win
Times wires Monday, February 21, 2011 PHILADELPHIA — For one night, free-throw shooting in the Big East turned upside down.No. 17 Syracuse, last in the 16-team league in that stat at 65.5 percent,...
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Times staff, wires Monday, February 21, 2011 nbaknicks obtain anthony for players, picksThe Knicks acquired Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony on Monday, according to reports.Denver will get Wilson...
View ArticleDavid Price will start Tampa Bay Rays' exhibition opener
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Lefthanded pitcher David Price, last season's Cy Young runner-up, will start the Tampa Bay Rays' exhibition opener Saturday in Port...
View ArticleFlorida Gators' Nolan Fantana named SEC Baseball Player of the Week
By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Florida Gators sophomore shortstop Nolan Fontana is the first SEC Baseball Player of the Week for the 2011 season.Fontana went...
View ArticleFC Tampa Bay releases preseason schedule
Eduardo A. Encina, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 FC Tampa Bay will play a six-game preseason schedule, including local games against the University of Tampa, Florida Gulf Coast, St....
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays' TV schedule includes 150 games on Sun Sports
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 The Tampa Bay Rays and Sun Sports announced a schedule today for TV coverage of 150 games, starting with the April 1 opener.Dewayne Staats...
View ArticleRonde Barber returning for another season with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
By Stephen F. Holder, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 One of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' all-time greats is officially back in the fold.Cornerback Ronde Barber has signed a one-year...
View ArticleCaptain's Corner: Action at Sunshine Skyway fishing piers
By Jackie Otto, Times Correspondent Tuesday, February 22, 2011 What's hot: Mackerel and sheepshead fishing from the Sunshine Skyway fishing piers was the hot item this past week. The bait shop at the...
View ArticleTampa Bay Lightning hopes golf, change of scenery will help it refocus
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 ESTERO — Lightning players on Tuesday stood at center ice at Germain Arena and raised their sticks to the 300 or so people who had...
View ArticleDr. Remote
By Tom Jones, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 MLB Network Countdown: 8 p.m. on MLB Network. Counting down the 75 greatest robbed home runs in major-league history.Sports Jobs With Junior...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays rookie Jake McGee believes he can handle closing
By Joe Smith and Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writers Tuesday, February 22, 2011 PORT CHARLOTTE — With the Rays deciding they will use LHP Jake McGee as a reliever, he's embracing the role.And the...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays news and notes
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Hairy tale of the dayPhoto day is always interesting anyway, and Manny Ramirez made it more so Tuesday morning. During a video interview,...
View ArticleSports items of the day
By Tom Jones, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Deal of the dayNBC will broadcast all three legs of horse racing's Triple Crown through 2015, meaning all three races will be on one network...
View ArticleLegislation aims to curb concussions through education, regulation
By Katie Sanders, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, February 22, 2011 TALLAHASSEE — David Goldstein was a freshman on his high school soccer team last year when he was called in to sub during...
View ArticleWomen's college basketball preview: USF Bulls at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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View ArticleUSF Bull Derrick Hopkins stars on track, hopes to on gridiron
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 TAMPA — When Derrick Hopkins won the Big East indoor track titles in the 60 meters and 200 meters this past weekend, he became the first...
View ArticleWhite Sox GM says MLB may need stoppage
Times wires Tuesday, February 22, 2011 GLENDALE, Ariz. — White Sox general manager Kenny Williams says talk of $30 million-a-year players is "asinine" and he would support a work stoppage to bring...
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