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March 28, 2002
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Rays
Rays outfield fans will be 'Beached'
New policy restricts fans with discounted tickets to the Beach until the late innings.

Rays take a chance on infielder
Felix Escalona, 23, claimed on waivers from San Francisco, is expected to make the team and could soon be a starter.

Sturtze gets the opening call
CLEARWATER -- The advertisements urging fans to buy tickets for the Rays' season opener Tuesday against the Tigers feature pitcher Tanyon Sturtze in full windup.

Bucs
Fourth QB ponders his future
Joe Hamilton will play in Europe while the Bucs' other quarterbacks learn and practice the new offense.

Bucs keep talking with Alstott
TAMPA -- Mike Alstott will remain a Buccaneer -- at least for another few weeks.

Darrell Fry
If Alstott walks, all is not lost
TAMPA -- If you believe what's being whispered around town, they are sharpening the knives at One Buc Place, prepping for either a hefty cut in pay or in personnel, specifically No. 40.

Lightning
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[Times photo: Dirk Shadd]
After being waived twice, exposed to the Thrashers and sent to the minors, Jassen Cullimore (5) has become one of Tampa Bay's top defensive players.
Can you recognize this man?
Lightning defenseman Jassen Cullimore does his job well ... and quietly.

College basketball
IU sold on Jeffries
Since being lured from Duke, Hoosiers sophomore has keyed program's revival.

Winning games, not fans
Duke's women have had nearly as much success as the men recently yet still play in their shadow.

Coverdale '50-50' to play for Indiana
ATLANTA -- Indiana coach Mike Davis said Wednesday it's about "50-50" that injured point guard Tom Coverdale can play against Oklahoma on Saturday in the Final Four.

Golf
Coming, going at St. Andrews
Patrons will be able to play the historic Old Course backward and forward Monday.

Faldo is not giving up on contending
Before a final-round 80 dropped him well out of contention at the Players Championship, Nick Faldo looked like the major champion of old as opposed to an old major champion.

Golf: Divots
TIGER'S LOVE LIFE: Tiger Woods offers few details about his personal life, but various golf publications and a London tabloid are reporting he has a new love interest.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
Kingfish are playing the here today gone tomorrow game. Earlier this week, about 5 miles from shore, ravenous kings ate everything we threw. Within an hour, 16 kings between 10 and 20 pounds were landed.

Baseball
Clemens draws the opener
TAMPA -- Roger Clemens will pitch the Yankees' regular-season opener in Baltimore on Monday.

Et cetera
Armadillo Run had its share of surprises
The 20th annual Armadillo Run in Oldsmar on Saturday was full of excitement -- most of it welcome, some not.

Relations at TBD on mend
The potential for change was palpable, and that was enough for Richard C. Watson.

Gold-medal wrestler Gardner will lose toe to frostbite
Olympic champion wrestler Rulon Gardner will have his right middle toe amputated today at an Idaho Falls, Idaho, hospital because of frostbite suffered when he was stranded in western Wyoming's backcountry.

Preps
Spring Fling continues to grow
BRANDON -- When Jon Sinclair was trying to come up with a way to honor the sport while putting something back into his community, he came up with the idea of a spring break tournament. As head of the Hillsborough County Umpires Association, he got the approval of co-workers to have the tab picked up by game officials.

Comeback Cowboys
For the second consecutive game, Gaither rallies for a victory, this time defeating King 10-8.

Kinsey chooses S. Carolina
TAMPA -- After receiving interest from several Division I and II colleges, Jefferson's Tarence Kinsey has orally committed to South Carolina.

Falcons feast on CCC pitching, stay perfect
With a 6-2 win, Dunedin, now the county's only unbeaten team, advances to the championship game of its tournament.

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