USF Bulls' Anthony Crater needs shoulder surgery, out 6 months
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 TAMPA — It will be a long offseason for USF point guard Anthony Crater, whose shoulder injury from the final game will require surgery and...
View ArticleWho is Martin Kaymer, and how did he become the No. 1 golfer in the world?
By Rodney Page, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 PALM HARBOR Quick quiz: Who is the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world? Hint: It's not a certain Florida resident who recently had a...
View ArticleFive spring football goals for the Florida Gators
By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 GAINESVILLE — The Will Muschamp era of Florida football officially begins today. With eight new staff members, the allotted 15 spring...
View ArticleTampa Bay Lightning's Mattias Ritola battles through inner-ear problem
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 TORONTO — There was a time — about three months ago, to be exact — that Mattias Ritola believed his pro hockey career was over.The...
View ArticleCaptain's Corner: Amberjack popping up
Ed Walker, Times Correspondent Tuesday, March 15, 2011 What's hot: Increasing water temperature has begun to bring many species of gamefish to the bay area, with the fishing action heating up every...
View ArticleDr. Remote for March 16, 2011
By Tom Jones, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Sports Connection: 11 p.m. on BHSN (Ch. 47). The latest from Gators coach Billy Donovan from the St. Pete Times Forum as his team prepares for...
View ArticleMichigan State Spartans can make up for disappointing season in NCAA Tournament
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 TAMPA — Expectations aren't always what they're supposed to be for Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.His Spartans, having reached the past two...
View ArticleTransitions Championship: Golf tournament facts and notes
By Rodney Page, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Tournament informationWhat: A 72-hole PGA Tour eventWhen/where: Thursday-Sunday; Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Copperhead Course, Palm...
View ArticleSports in brief
Times staff, wires Tuesday, March 15, 2011 college footballgamecocks qb garcia suspended for first week of spring practiceCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia has been suspended...
View ArticlePromising youngsters Desmond Jennings, Robinson Chirinos among Tampa Bay...
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 PORT CHARLOTTE — OF Desmond Jennings and C Robinson Chirinos could impact the Rays at some point this season.But they weren't going to make the...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays: Quote of the day, Showing off, Teeing off
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Quote of the day"He's scaring me a little bit, he's hitting a little too good right now. I think he talked himself into the lineup (today),...
View ArticleWorries growing over Chamberlain
Times wires Tuesday, March 15, 2011 TAMPA — The Yankees' low level of concern about RHP Joba Chamberlain's injured oblique just got a little higher.Manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday that team doctors...
View ArticleCards get ace back, say he'll be ready for opener
Times wires Tuesday, March 15, 2011 ST. LOUIS — Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter is set to return from a hamstring injury that sidelined him for a couple of weeks.The right-hander left his March 1 spring...
View ArticleBaseball: Bishop takes control in district with win over IRC
Bob Putnam, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 INDIAN ROCKS — For the past month, Bishop McLaughlin has been one of the hottest teams in the bay area with wins in seven of its past eight...
View ArticleAway from home, Japan's Ryo Ishikawa will keep playing golf to bring his...
By John Romano, Times Sports Columnist Tuesday, March 15, 2011 PALM HARBOR — He wakes up in the morning and reads about heartbreak. He returns to his room at night and watches an endless loop of...
View ArticleLowe, unable to replicate '83 glory, out at N.C. State
Times wires Tuesday, March 15, 2011 RALEIGH, N.C. — Sidney Lowe had big moments at North Carolina State, from roaming the sideline in a striking red blazer for rivalry wins against Duke and North...
View ArticleBaseball: Wiregrass' Gant finds way to quiet Mitchell bats
Andy Villamarzo, Times Correspondent Tuesday, March 15, 2011 WESLEY CHAPEL — In Tuesday's Pasco County Varsity Baseball Tournament semifinal between Mitchell and Wiregrass Ranch, both teams were armed...
View ArticleClemson 70, UAB 52; UNC-Asheville 81, Arkansas-Little Rock 77, OT
Times wires Tuesday, March 15, 2011 DAYTON, Ohio — Jerai Grant scored a career-best 22 points and fast-starting Clemson built a double-figure lead and never backed off in beating Alabama-Birmingham...
View ArticleBaseball: Wesley Chapel's White has perfect timing with first homer
Bryan Burns, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2011 WESLEY CHAPEL — The playoffs are seven weeks away, but Tuesday's semifinal between Land O'Lakes and Wesley Chapel at the Pasco County Varsity...
View ArticleBulls win seventh straight, sit alone atop East
Times wires Tuesday, March 15, 2011 CHICAGO — Derrick Rose scored 23 in the Bulls' seventh straight win, a 98-79 victory over the Wizards on Tuesday night that moved them into sole possession of first...
View Article