Sports

Bucs, fans thrill to retrospective
TAMPA -- This had all the trimmings of a standard Hollywood premiere. Red carpet. Flashing bulbs. Well-dressed celebrities and their adoring fans.

Gary Shelton: The feel-good hit of the season
Before you decide to run to the store like Derrick Brooks with the ball under his arm, there is something you want to know.

Rays
Colome expected this week
ST. PETERSBURG -- Devil Rays pitcher Jesus Colome is expected in St. Petersburg this week after being cleared of blame for a Thursday car accident in the Dominican Republic that killed three women.

Lightning
Lightning laments points it lost late
A playoff spot wouldn't be so precarious if not for some of the third-period goals it has allowed.

Motorsports
Green has a lot of go
Jeff Green edges Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the pole at the Daytona 500.

Owner Fittipaldi unveils CART car
INDIANAPOLIS -- Emerson Fittipaldi won races and championships as a driver. Now he will try to do the same as a team owner.

Engine woes don't faze Stewart
DAYTONA BEACH -- Reigning Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart's engine blew Monday at the worst possible instant, during qualifying for the Daytona 500.

Preps focus
Who says wrestling is a boys sport
LAND O'LAKES -- Ask Dana Kearney and Jessica Worthington why they wrestle -- why they and a handful of girls across the state have staked a claim to an arcane, grueling, male-dominated sport -- and they'll stare blankly, not really sure what to say.

Baseball
Mania kicks off as Godzilla hits shore
Japanese star and new Yankee Hideki Matsui lands to hero's welcome.

Padres closer may need 2nd surgery
SAN DIEGO -- Padres closer Trevor Hoffman is unlikely to be healthy by opening day.

NHL
Pens deal pricey All-Star
NEW YORK -- The Rangers added another high-priced All-Star, acquiring Alexei Kovalev from the cash-strapped Penguins in an eight-player trade Monday.

In brief
Sorenstam may play in PGA
TRUMBULL, Conn. -- Annika Sorenstam could be offered an exemption to the Colonial and become the first woman in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour, Golf World reported.

College basketball
Texas finally solves Sooners
AUSTIN, Texas -- No flimsy rope was holding this crowd back. Not when a losing streak to a bitter rival, three years in the making, finally had ended.

Arizona reascends in poll
Arizona moved atop the AP poll Monday for the third time this season, while former No. 1 Alabama dropped out of the Top 25.

NBA
Jordan's farewell almost perfect
ATLANTA -- Michael Jordan lowered his head, gave a slight shove with the forearm and flung his aging body into the air.

Tennis
Ex-stars to play matches in Tampa
Fifteen months after organizers landed Jennifer Capriati and Anna Kournikova, the Volvo Classic is going retro.

Preps
Tampa Prep, Berkeley waiting on opponents
The Tampa Prep and Berkeley Prep boys soccer teams are still waiting to find out who they will play in Thursday Class A region quarterfinal games.

King girls could have what it takes
The Lions are confident about making a run at the state team championship.

Texas coach closes in on record for victories
Robert Hughes is one win away from passing Morgan Wootten.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
It used to be a summer affair. But with snook season closed May-August and Dec.15-Jan.31, snooking now is a fall and late winter event.

On The Wire
Mickelson rallies to win HSBC Champions

Federer loses to Djokovic in Swiss Indoors final

Alabama beats LSU to move into SEC title game

Zenyatta, a mare, wins Breeders' Cup Classic

Collaros, No. 4 Cincy stay perfect with 47-45 win

Unhappy Iverson leaves Grizzlies 'indefinitely'

Northwestern upsets No. 8 Iowa 17-10

Gerhart leads Stanford past No. 7 Oregon 51-42

Italy routs Williams-less US team to win Fed Cup

No. 12 USC outlasts Arizona State 14-9