[AP photo] The Tigers' Wendell Magee slides in with the winning run in the ninth as Rays reliever Victor Zambrano races in too late to take the throw from catcher Toby Hall.

Bucs
Bucs get Pro Bowl tight end
Free agent Ken Dilger likes Tampa Bay's warm weather, coach and Super Bowl chances.

Bucs expect to stay put in draft
TAMPA -- The Bucs will gladly begin payment to the Oakland Raiders for coach Jon Gruden in the draft Saturday.

John Romano
Loss means trouble for Magic's postseason
ORLANDO -- The hour is early and the room is sweating. With the heat dialed in at 100 degrees, Doc Rivers is living his own metaphor.

TV/radio
Televised sports take a new turn: for laughs
The intersection of games and comedy is being well-mined on networks and cable.

NBA
Magic stumbles to the finish
Season-ending loss to Miami drops Orlando to No. 5, and out of playoff homecourt advantage.

Bowling
Collegiate championships to be broadcast on ESPN2
ESPN2 will tape the one-hour finals of the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships on Saturday for airing at a later date. The network and College Bowling USA, which governs the sport at that level, reached the agreement last week.

NFL
McKinnie leads slew of state stars
Miami left tackle could be a top-five pick in Saturday's NFL draft.

Preps
All-Suncoast coach of the year ...
On paper, one might have wondered in November whether the 2001-02 Clearwater team could really be a state contender.

You think you know me?
There's much more to Hernando senior Bernice Mosby than jump shots and rebounds.

State champs too much
EAST LAKE -- Against the defending state champion, East Lake was able to force a tie in Tuesday's district tournament with a key singles win and a come-from-behind No. 2 doubles victory.

Warhawks advance
SEMINOLE -- Seminole needed an extra day and a few more tense moments before it finally defeated Lakewood on Wednesday in a playoff to advance to Friday's Class 3A regional match against Countryside. The Warhawks topped Lakewood 5-2 at the McMullen Tennis Center.

Herbic quits as Falcons coach
Dunedin coach Clint Herbic had a surprise for his team at its banquet Monday night -- he was quitting.

Strong team depth earns title for Rams
WESLEY CHAPEL -- Depth carried Ridgewood to its fourth consecutive Sunshine Athletic Conference championship Wednesday.

Pasco's offense erases miscues in 7-4 victory
DADE CITY -- Pasco finished its regular season the way it played all season: lots of offense, impressive pitching and just enough defensive miscues to give teams hope.

Panthers, Cougars will meet in conference final
TAMPA -- Behind the dominating pitching of Ryan Devars, Plant moved on to the Western Conference championship after defeating Armwood 10-0 in five innings Wednesday.

TBT shocks Bulls
TAMPA -- Class 6A No. 1 Bloomingdale was expected to have its hands full Wednesday in a Western Conference semifinal against Tampa Bay Tech.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
The kingfish action has been hot all week. Working artificial reefs from the Betty Rose to the shipping channel produced kings in the 10- to 20-pound class. Small kings slammed cigar minnows free-lined over structure. The bigger kings wanted our slow-trolled shad.

Golf
Divots
DEVIL RAY INSPIRES PHIL: He didn't win the Masters on Sunday, but Phil Mickelson wasn't all that upset about it. He tried to enjoy the moment, he said, changing his outlook after watching the movie The Rookie, a story based on high school teacher-turned Rays pitcher Jim Morris. Actor Dennis Quaid plays Morris. "He said one line that hit home with me about how he was excited about how today he's very lucky to play baseball," Mickelson said. "And (Sunday) I thought I was very lucky to be able to play the final round of the Masters here at Augusta, play the back nine and be on the leaderboard and play this game for a living."

A world without Tiger
The painful tales of glory lost to Tiger Woods are many. Here's a look at what might have been if there was no Tiger.

Soft greens negate move to toughen the Masters
For all the talk about a lengthened Augusta National and what it would do to the Masters, we're faced with having to wait another year to get the real answers.