Sports

Bucs guard unsure on return date
LAKE BUENA VISTA -- He has been hobbling around training camp the past few days, gingerly walking on his crutches, eager to get back in the lineup.

Rays
Rays bats catch fire in Baltimore heat
RAYS 7, ORIOLES 3: Tampa Bay hits club-record 3 HRs in second on brutal night.

Regular rest is still the plan for hot Hall
BALTIMORE -- Catcher Toby Hall has been playing much better.

Gary Shelton
Shaq, take 2 aspirin and call next time
Poor Shaq. Poor, poor Shaq.

Training
Built from strength
From a tennis school on a tomato farm 20 years ago, IMG has grown into the standard for sports training.

Motorsports
Skirmish aids focus of Stewart
Tony Stewart climbed out of his car Sunday after finishing second at Michigan International Speedway and didn't consider snarling. Not even a hint of a frown.

College football
Ex-Sponger paralyzed
TARPON SPRINGS -- Former Tarpon Springs wide receiver Corey Burrowes is paralyzed from the neck down and might undergo further surgery today following an accident last week during a football practice.

Gator defender suspended
GAINESVILLE -- Florida coach Ron Zook suspended defensive end Bobby McCray indefinitely for violating unspecified team rules.

NFL
Around the NFC
BEARS: The team signed guard Rex Tucker to a seven-year contract and reserve defensive tackle Alfonso Boone to a five-year deal on Monday. Tucker started all 16 games for a line that allowed a league-low 17 sacks. Boone played in 11 games last season as a substitute for starters Ted Washington and Keith Traylor.

Around the AFC
BILLS: Ex-Buc defensive end Chidi Ahanotu agreed to a one-year deal. "He is super excited," said his agent, Scott Langley. "The Bills are a storied franchise and he wants to help them." The signing comes three days after the Bills added veteran defensive tackle Shawn Price. Ahanotu is fifth on the Bucs' career sack list with 31 between 1993-2000.

Chargers decide on Brees at QB
SAN DIEGO -- It's Drew Brees' turn to try to snap some life into the Chargers.

Little League
Pitcher's arm, bat lead team to win
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Frank Flynn hit a three-run home run and struck out nine Monday to lead Worcester, Mass., to a 6-0 victory over Fort Worth, Texas. The win clinched the top seed from Pool A.

Et cetera
In brief
Sunday Silence dead at age 16

Preps
10 Pressing Questions
Lakewood coach Brian Bruch thinks the test of a good team is how many players it has to hide. In other words, players that can be exposed and exploited by the opposition.

Brandon Club team rakes in top honors
BRANDON -- Area competitors made their mark at the USA Junior and Cadet National Championships in Fargo, N.D., the last week of July.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
Area bridges have provided good fishing all summer. Mangrove snapper, snook, spadefish, sheepshead, pompano, permit and big black drum are obtainable in these areas.

On The Wire
NBA great Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia

Carter fills in for Clark, sparks Steelers to win

Phelps misses 2 of 3 finals at World Cup meet

Gasquet gives cocaine-kiss evidence to CAS hearing

Istanbul to bid for 2020 Olympics

No. 6 Tar Heels spoil Isiah Thomas' debut with FIU

Fans flock to see Tiger in Australian Masters

Safin says Agassi should give titles, money back

21-year-old becomes youngest WSOP champion ever

Chiefs release former Pro Bowl RB Larry Johnson