Beaned coach is okay, report says
Times wires Wednesday, March 9, 2011 KISSIMMEE — Braves minor-league manager Luis Salazar was awake and able to respond to doctors Wednesday after being hit in the face by Brian McCann's foul liner...
View ArticlePhils, Utley seek noninvasive solution
Times wires Wednesday, March 9, 2011 CLEARWATER — With 2B Chase Utley unable to play in any spring training game because of a right knee injury, the Phillies are exploring non-surgical options.The...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays: Making her pitch, Trot of the day, Coach of the day
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Making her pitchJustine Siegal, right, threw a solid round of batting practice, part of her tour of six camps aimed at getting more women...
View ArticleCollege basketball preview: ACC tournament
Times staff and wires Wednesday, March 9, 2011 First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalChampionshipSemifinalQuarterfinalsFirst roundTodayFridaySaturdaySundaySaturdayFridayTodayNo. 1 UNCNo. 2 DukeNo. 8...
View ArticleB.J. Upton's swings making right sound for Tampa Bay Rays this spring training
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 9, 2011 PORT CHARLOTTE — CF B.J. Upton has looked good much of the spring, but sometimes the sound of his at-bats can be more telling.And after a...
View ArticleFlorida State Seminoles freshman, former Clearwater High star Okaro White...
By Bob Putnam, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 9, 2011 The area under a basket is a confined space where tall guys collide. That gave Okaro White a distinct advantage in high school. He dominated...
View ArticleControversy taints Red Storm win
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 9, 2011 First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalChampionshipSemifinalQuarterfinalsSecond roundFirst...
View ArticleStarting quarterback still unsettled topic for Tampa Bay Storm
By Brandon Wright, Times Correspondent Wednesday, March 9, 2011 TAMPA — With the regular season one day away, first-year Tampa Bay coach Dave Ewart was noncommittal regarding which quarterback would...
View ArticleSports in brief
Times wires Wednesday, March 9, 2011 NFLReport: sides agree on rookie payThe owners and players have reached a compromise on a rookie wage scale, Yahoo Sports reported Wednesday. Neither side...
View ArticleEx-player alerted Tressel in e-mails
Times wires Wednesday, March 9, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio State player is the lawyer who sent e-mails to football coach Jim Tressel last spring telling him players were selling memorabilia,...
View ArticleNo. 3 Baylor continues Big 12 march
Times wires Wednesday, March 9, 2011 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Destiny Williams scored a career-high 21 and Brittney Griner added 19 points, eight rebounds and five blocks to lead third-ranked Baylor to an...
View ArticleUSF Bulls' season ends with 87-61 loss to No. 25 Cincinnati Bearcats in...
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 9, 2011 NEW YORK — One night after its biggest win of the season, USF found the other end of the spectrum, seeing its season end with a resounding...
View ArticleTampa Bay Lightning needs scoring from Simon Gagne, too
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 9, 2011 TAMPA — With all the talk about C Steven Stamkos' scoring woes, those of LW Simon Gagne have gone relatively unnoticed.Gagne's one...
View ArticleOU deals Baylor second blow
Times wires Wednesday, March 9, 2011 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cade Davis had 24 points and Oklahoma hit nine 3-pointers en route to an 84-67 victory over short-handed Baylor in the first round of the Big 12...
View ArticleMarty St. Louis gives Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 shootout win over Chicago...
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, March 9, 2011 TAMPA — For a few moments Wednesday morning, it was just Lightning teammates Marty St. Louis and Mike Smith on the ice. St. Louis had...
View ArticleFormer Tampa Bay Buccaneer Arron Sears' court appearance waived; case...
By Stephen F. Holder, Times Staff Writer Thursday, March 10, 2011 Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman Arron Sears, who has shown signs of mental illness, was scheduled for a court hearing...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays see ex-teammate Carl Crawford as friend, not fiend
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Thursday, March 10, 2011 PORT CHARLOTTEThere are still some moments, Carl Crawford admits, when things just don't feel proper, when he is "still trying to deal with...
View ArticleAt the Tampa Bay Derby, racing superstitions are common (horse) sense
By Susan Thurston, Times Staff Writer Thursday, March 10, 2011 When jockey agent Dan Mellul heads to Tampa Bay Downs for Saturday's Festival Day, you can be sure he'll have two felt pens in his...
View ArticleYogi Berra hospitalized as a precaution after fall in Clearwater
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Thursday, March 10, 2011 CLEARWATER — Yankees icon Yogi Berra was hospitalized Thursday morning "as a precautionary measure" after tripping and falling in the...
View ArticleTampa Bay Lightning's Pavel Kubina suspended three games for elbow on Chicago...
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Thursday, March 10, 2011 Lightning GM Steve Yzerman repeated several times that the elbow with which D Pavel Kubina hit Blackhawks C David Bolland on Wednesday...
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