Bucs/NFL [AP photo] The Bucs' Warren Sapp follows through on a 40-yard field goal in the Gridiron skills competition in Hawaii held in advance of Sunday's Pro Bowl. Gramatica parents live dream Family enjoys Hawaii but ponders next season with two sons kicking in the NFL and another at USF. Fired Wake coach in front for QB position Bucs first will interview Redskins' Robiske to coach quarterbacks. NFL briefs Buffalo hires Titans coordinator

Lightning/NHL
Need to get tough? Get Barnaby
Lightning sends Wayne Primeau to Penguins for feisty 27-year-old wing.

Lightning’s streak finally a winner
Tampa Bay captures back-to-back games for the first time since December, stopping the Sabres 4-2.

NHL briefs
Reversing field: Caps, Bondra agree to extension

College football
Miami trying to hold its new class together
As signing day looms, a new coach must be named as 'Canes try to build on momentum of No. 2 finish.

Colleges
Bulls set to make their Series pitch with depth
Coach Ken Eriksen thinks South Florida needs to toughen up, but he lists mound talent as an asset.

2001 Softball preview capsules

NBA
NBA briefs
Sore foot will keep Shaq out

College basketball
Gators get rare win vs. Georgia
GAINESVILLE -- The memory is almost gone for senior Tamara Stocks. There is only one thing she remembers about that night four years ago -- the Gators won that one.

Men’s college basketball around the state
MIAMI 72, NO. 25 SETON HALL 66: James Jones scored a career-high 21 points, including two three-pointers to key the host Hurricanes' 18-2 opening run.

Et cetera
Forgettable game increases Internet traffic
The game was mostly forgettable, the ratings among the lowest in Super Bowl history, but Sunday's event did surpass all before in one aspect: driving fans to the Internet.

XFL makes sense to NBC’s Ebersol
When pro wrestling/marketing guru Vince McMahon announced last year he was teaming with conservative NBC to build a football league with attitude, it seemed an odd collaboration. But to NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, his network's $50-million investment in the XFL makes sense.

Sports briefs
Rays spring roster jumps to 70

Preps
Top quarterback prospect commits to Florida State
Quarterback Joe Mauer, the Gatorade National High School Football Player of the Year and USA Today Offensive Player of the Year from Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minn.), orally committed to Florida State on Thursday.

Eagle commits to I-AA school
East Lake's Chris Thomas has orally committed to Appalachian State, a Division I-AA school in Boone, N.C.

Terrier quick to deny that she likes to run
Lack of ambition for first-place finishes doesn't keep senior Aminah Bilal from blowing away the competition.

Athletes to watch
AMINAH BILAL, Hillsborough, Sr.: Bilal is quite possibly the fastest girl in the state. She returns after a junior year in which she finished fourth in the state in the 100 and sixth in the 200. Bilal again is expected to challenge for those titles.

Citrus teams to meet in 2A-7 championship
The Hurricanes and Panthers advance with shutout wins.

Gators rout Eagles, 74-51
LAND O'LAKES -- Here is the list of all the things Land O'Lakes coach Dave Puhalski said was wrong with some of his players prior to Thursday's big showdown with Class 5A, District 9 rival East Lake: one had sore shins, another a bad back, two were suffering from the flu and two others had just gotten over a case of strep throat.

Ridgewood senior sets team career scoring mark
Alayna Sherwood scores her 1,351st point in a 65-21 win.

Countryside eliminates River Ridge
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Countryside and Land O'Lakes won their semifinal games Thursday to advance to the Class 3A, District 9 final at 8 tonight at Ridgewood.

Athletes to watch
CHRISTA BENTON, Keswick Christian

Spartans predict tough season ahead
Sharneka Brown had one of the most frightening encounters of her prep career when she reported for track this season.

King outlasts Plant to win 3A-10 title
TAMPA -- The teams met for the fourth time Thursday night. By now, they know each other pretty well and aren't too keen on keeping company with one another. The Class 3A, District 10 final echoed that sentiment.

Penalty kicks lift Cougars
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Countryside and Land O'Lakes won their semifinal games Thursday to advance to the Class 3A, District 9 final at 8 tonight at Ridgewood.

Ex-Spartans organize ceremony for Wright
For 25 years Dan Wright has been the Lakewood boys basketball coach.

JV Eagle taken to the hospital
LAND O'LAKES -- The start of the East Lake-Land O'Lakes game was delayed almost an hour Thursday after East Lake forward Steve Campbell was knocked unconscious with 1:37 left in the junior varsity game.

Plant goes from worst to first
TAMPA -- In a battle of teams who have not traditionally factored into the state playoff picture, Plant earned a wild 4-3 win over Wharton in the Class 3A, District 10 final at Chamberlain on Thursday.

Addae, Buskey select West Virginia, FAMU
TAMPA -- Riverview's Jahmile Addae has the speed to cover a receiver man-to-man and the strength to stop a fullback in his tracks.