Rays

[Times photo: Chris Zuppa] Randy Winn, left, gets a high-five from Carl Crawford after Winn's three-run homer cut the Yankees' lead to 5-4 in the fifth.

Any given day ...
RAYS 9, YANKEES 7: Tampa Bay rally assures New York won't clinch on visit.

Curses! Dehydration foils first-round pick Upton
ST. PETERSBURG -- First-round draft pick B.J. Upton didn't take long to fit in with the star-crossed Rays.

No guarantees that McRae will return
ST. PETERSBURG -- Managing general partner Vince Naimoli said Tuesday the Rays' performance this season has been a group effort and not the fault of any one person.

Gary Shelton
Let's replace apathy with anger
Somebody ought to be ticked off.

Lightning
Goalie Hodson takes struggles in stride
BRANDON -- Kevin Hodson knows all eyes are on him, knows questions will be asked.

Lightning's Richards doesn't lack ambition
After intense summer training, the 22-year-old intends to improve overall production.

College football
Vols still bracing for UF offense
Tennessee has been stout on defense but still expects a challenge from the Gators.

Lineman eligible for NFL
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State senior offensive guard Milford Brown, who lost an appeal with the NCAA to regain a final year of eligibility just before the season opener, will be on the board in the NFL supplemental draft on Sept. 27.

Kicker works hard to hear 'It's good!'
The FSU sophomore consults with a guru, flexibility expert and martial arts instructor to perfect his craft.

State practice reports
UF ready for 2nd big game

Sanctions remain for UK, 'Bama
Kentucky and Alabama lost again Tuesday when the NCAA rejected their appeals to lift sanctions because of recruiting violations.

Around the state
Vols don't miss Spurrier-isms

Golf
Sutton makes no concessions
At 44, the slumping golfer refuses to settle for 14-win career.

TB Classic offers fun incentives
PALM HARBOR -- A week at a posh golf resort isn't the worst way to spend your down time. But, just in case, the Tampa Bay Classic has made sure the players in town for this week's tournament at the Westin Innisbrook Resort have options.

Fantasy Football
Aging QBs are playing young again
If you drafted Drew Bledsoe, Rich Gannon, Mark Brunell or Rodney Peete as your starting quarterback, I'd have to say you are really really smart and quite the savvy fantasy football player.

Et cetera
Unitas recalled as 'the greatest'
BALTIMORE -- With the wail of bagpipes filling the cathedral and his coffin covered in white lilies and roses, Johnny Unitas was remembered as "the greatest," a quarterback who made the impossible possible.

Ewing retires after 17 seasons
NEW YORK -- Patrick Ewing retired Tuesday, ending the center's 17-year career and leaving him short of his repeated promise to win a championship.

Andretti to make expected leap from CART to IRL
The move will deprive February's Grand Prix of St. Petersburg of a marquee driver.

De La Hoya's victory
The big winner of one the year's most talked about and hyped fights was Oscar De La Hoya.

In brief
V. Williams unhurt in weekend crash

Baseball
Baseball notebook
Yanks' Rivera ready to come off DL by weekend

AL: Angels pass A's on 1 run
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tim Salmon homered in the 10th inning as the Anaheim Angels reclaimed sole possession of first place in the West with a 1-0 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night.

Cards surge closer to title
DENVER -- Tino Martinez hit a grand slam, capping a seven-run outburst in the eighth inning that carried the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

Preps
Ex-Brandon standout commits to UConn
Kiana Robinson, now in North Carolina, will play for a perennial national powerhouse.

PHU beats Seminole two times
CLEARWATER -- Though the heart of the swimming schedule is still to come, Palm Harbor U. would leave happy if the season ended today.

TP turns even matchup into rout
TAMPA -- By any other account besides Tuesday's score, Tampa Prep and Academy of the Holy Names aren't that different.

PHU beats Seminole two times
CLEARWATER -- Though the heart of the swimming schedule is still to come, Palm Harbor U. would leave happy if the season ended today.

At full strength, Leopards roll
With its full squad together for the first time, Hernando defeats Springstead by 26 strokes.

Eagles regroup to beat Cougars
Despite losing its first game of the season, East Lake drops Countryside.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
Cobia are making a strong showing in north Pinellas. On recent trips, cobia of up to 20 pounds have been caught on the flats.