Florida Gators sprinter Jeff Demps among three earning SEC honors
By Antonya English, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Florida Gators track and field athletes Jeff Demps, Cory McGee and Jeremy Postin each earned weekly recognition from the SEC today for...
View ArticleAging contenders for 2011 Masters
By Rodney Page, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Aging contendersJack Nicklaus was 46 in 1986 when he won his 18th and final major championship. He is the oldest Masters champion, but there...
View ArticleDr. Remote
Times staff Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Masters classics: All day (and night) on ESPN Classic. The network continues with its marathon of Masters highlights.Yes Sir — Jack Nicklaus and the 1986 Masters: 6...
View ArticleCaptain's Corner: Big tides will have trout, redfish on the feed
By Tyson Wallerstein, Times Correspondent Tuesday, April 5, 2011 What's hot: Big tides following the new moon will have redfish and trout on the feed this week. Start on the morning low tide to target...
View ArticleCubs 6, D'backs 5
Times wires Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Cubs 6, D'backs 5CHICAGO — Marlon Byrd had three hits, doubling in a key run in the seventh, and the Cubs beat the Diamondbacks for the seventh straight time. Byrd...
View ArticleButler down now, but future bright
Times wires Tuesday, April 5, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS — Butler spent a year plotting its Hollywood ending.The Bulldogs expected to play for a national championship. They expected to bring home the trophy...
View ArticleSports in brief
Times wires Tuesday, April 5, 2011 autosjohnson: I was speeding; sorry, nascarCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson admitted Tuesday he was speeding on pit road at Martinsville and apologized for...
View ArticleTampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman to ask visorless players to add visors
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, April 5, 2011 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Steve Yzerman at the end of the season will ask Lightning players who do not wear visors to consider adding them for...
View ArticleJudge nixes feds' tape; Bonds' side ready to go
Times wires Tuesday, April 5, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge ruled jurors in the Barry Bonds trial may not hear a rediscovered recording of two key witnesses — ridiculed by the defense as a...
View ArticleBaseball: CCC's path to Dunedin tournament victory
Bob Putnam, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Clearwater Central Catholic could have not envisioned a worse start to the baseball season. The Marauders committed costly errors. They were...
View ArticleCaptain's Corner: Strategies for targeting fish in murky water
By Ed Walker, Times Correspondent Wednesday, April 6, 2011 What's not hot: Heavy rain runoff has stained the North Suncoast waters dark brown. From the Cotee River to Palm Harbor, the flats along the...
View ArticleMasters notes
Times wires Wednesday, April 6, 2011 This year's Par-3 curse goes to …No player has won the Par-3 contest and the Masters in the same year. In line for the dubious distinction this year is Luke...
View Article2A-6 district tennis: Pasco girls move to brink as tournament is extended to...
By Steve Lee, Times Correspondent Wednesday, April 6, 2011 ZEPHYRHILLS — By advancing players to four of the five finals yet to be played, Pasco all but clinched the rain-impacted Class 2A, District 6...
View ArticleTimes staff, wires
By Rodney Page, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Who to watchMany players in the field have little or no chance of contending. Old-timers such as Ben Crenshaw, Larry Mize, Craig Stadler and...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays: quote of day Manny on what he needs to prove; quote of day 2...
By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, April 6, 2011 The dishRays at White SoxWhen/where: 2:10 today; U.S. Cellular Field, ChicagoTV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)Starting...
View ArticleS. Carolina suspends QB Garcia once again
Times wires Wednesday, April 6, 2011 COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Stephen Garcia has been indefinitely suspended from the football program, less than two weeks after the former Jefferson High...
View ArticleBonds defense calls no witnesses
Times wires Wednesday, April 6, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds' defense team apparently is convinced it did not need to take a single swing at the prosecution's perjury case to knock it out of the...
View ArticleSports in Brief
Times wires Wednesday, April 6, 2011 HorsesJockey fined for Breeders' actionsJockey John Velazquez agreed to pay a $10,000 fine to settle allegations he violated rules in riding Life At Ten in the...
View ArticleA-9 district tennis: Shorecrest sweeps boys, girls titles
By Chris Girandola, Times Correspondent Wednesday, April 6, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — Kathryn Komarnicki won the first set of her No. 1 singles final rather easily over Canterbury's Taylor Kreis on...
View ArticleMarlins 7, Nationals 4
Times wires Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Marlins 7, Nationals 4MIAMI — John Buck hit a bases-loaded triple as the Marlins rallied for the second night in a row, erasing a four-run deficit. Buck, who hit a...
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