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Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 Montoya cruises to pole in FontanaJuan Pablo Montoya will start on the pole for his 150th career NASCAR race.Montoya had the fastest time in Friday's qualifying at...
View ArticleIn familiar company
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 PARISDefending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel is entering uncharted territory. Not only is F1's youngest champion heading into the season as a marked man, the...
View ArticleSports in brief
Times staff, wires Friday, March 25, 2011 NFLBucs receive 7th-round pickThe Bucs were awarded a seventh-round compensatory draft pick, No. 238 overall, by the NFL on Friday.The team has eight...
View ArticleHow IndyCar qualifying works
Times staff Friday, March 25, 2011 In IndyCar, qualifying on road and street courses is broken into three segments. The cars are split into two groups; each group gets 20 minutes of track time...
View ArticleRight combination has Laird in lead
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 ORLANDO — Martin Laird loves when he can smash a driver, and that carried him a long way Friday at Bay Hill.Laird reached three of the par 5s in two shots, converted...
View ArticleBaseball: Land O'Lakes makes sure early lead stands vs. Wiregrass
Bryan Burns, Times Staff Writer Friday, March 25, 2011 WESLEY CHAPEL — The initial meeting between Wiregrass Ranch and Land O'Lakes produced a wild back-and-forth affair that the Bulls eventually...
View ArticleNCAA Southeast Region final preview: Florida Gators vs. Butler Bulldogs
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 Tonight: Southeast Region FinalNo. 2 Florida vs. No. 8 ButlerWhen/where: 4:30; New Orleans ArenaTV/radio: Ch. 10; 970-AM, 1010-AM Enrollments: Florida 52,112; Butler...
View ArticleSoftball: River Ridge, Shull right ship with win in Lady 'Canes tournament
Andy Villamarzo, Times Correspondent Friday, March 25, 2011 CLEARWATER — There was a lot going through the head of each River Ridge player going into Friday night's matchup with Bloomingdale.The...
View ArticleVols, Buckeyes show they aren't afraid to speak out
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 NCAA Women's Tournament Round of 16Region semifinals and finalsSemifinalsChampionshipSemifinalsRegion semifinals and finalsPHILADELPHIA Region1. Connecticut1....
View ArticleKentucky leads pack in recruiting spending
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 NCAA Tournament Round of 16Region semifinals and finalsSemifinalsChampionshipSemifinalsRegion semifinals and finalsEAST: Newark, N.J.1. Ohio State 601. Kansas...
View ArticleBig-timeprogramsrediscover spotlight
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Lamont Jones spent his last spring break staring at his dorm room walls, fuming over Arizona's failure to make the NCAA Tournament after 25...
View ArticleBaseball: Brooks-DeBartolo gets well-rounded outing from senior Reynoso
Kerry Klecic, Times Correspondent Friday, March 25, 2011 TAMPA — They say in baseball that a pitcher always needs help from his lineup.On Friday, that saying didn't apply to Brooks-DeBartolo senior...
View ArticleReport: Tressel alerted QB's mentor
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel forwarded e-mails to Terrelle Pryor's mentor that accused the star quarterback of selling memorabilia to a man...
View ArticleJayhawks have easy time in rout of Spiders
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 AACN2011SAN ANTONIO, Texas — In a region full of underdogs, Kansas played like the No. 1 seed it is, beating 12th-seeded Richmond 77-57 Friday night to move one win...
View ArticleLast-second shot ousts Buckeyes
Times wires Friday, March 25, 2011 NEWARK, N.J. — Brandon Knight did it again.The freshman knocked down a jumper with 5.4 seconds left as Kentucky beat top-seeded Ohio State 62-60 on Friday in the...
View ArticleGame preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Friday, March 25, 2011
View ArticleTampa Bay Lightning loses to Carolina Hurricanes 4-3
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Friday, March 25, 2011 TAMPA — The boos directed toward the Lightning began with about five minutes left in the second period Friday night against the Hurricanes, and...
View ArticleBaseball: One run enough for Seminole, Krehbiel
Anthony Salveggi, Times Correspondent Friday, March 25, 2011 SEMINOLE — Turnabout, the saying goes, is fair play.A little more than two weeks after a wild pitch put Seminole on the short end of a 1-0...
View ArticleSoftball: PHU jumps on early errors by Canterbury at Lady 'Cane tournament
By Chris Girandola, Times Correspondent Saturday, March 26, 2011 CLEARWATER — Palm Harbor University was well aware of Canterbury's recent move up to the top spot in the Class A state softball...
View ArticleButler beats Florida 74-71 in overtime to spoil Gators' bid for Final Four
By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer Saturday, March 26, 2011 UPDATE: 7:07 p.m.: For the second time in this NCAA Tournament, Florida needed overtime to decide the outcome of a game.But this time...
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