Darrell Fry
Women need to level field
We're two rounds into the NCAA women's tournament, and if you were hoping to find Cinderella, I've got bad news. She ain't coming.
Devil Rays/baseball
For Rays, 'unbalanced' schedule means 'tough'
TAMPA -- The Devil Rays met up with the Yankees at Legends Field on Wednesday night, one of just two games they play against the defending World Series champions this spring. If only their regular-season schedule were so light.
Defense deserts in loss to Yanks
TAMPA -- The Rays took what amounts to spring training's biggest stage -- a sellout crowd at Legends Field against the Yankees -- only to turn in one of their worst defensive performances of the spring.
Area camps roundup
TAMPA -- Chuck Knoblauch's much anticipated debut in the outfield could come today in a minor-league game.
Around the NL
Surgery to shelve Braves catcher for season again
Around the AL
Garciaparra chasing Opening Day return
College basketball
The joke is on Lavin's doubters
Coach keeps UCLA players loose and focused by laughing through trying times.
Tampa upsets Adelphi
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- After the University of Tampa men's basketball team advanced to its first Elite Eight, the Spartans faced their toughest obstacle -- No. 1 Adelphi, the lone unbeaten of 992 NCAA teams.
Boozer back but must adapt
PHILADELPHIA -- Duke sophomore center Carlos Boozer may not have the form or impact he had before breaking a bone in his right foot nearly a month ago, but he showed no ill effects during Wednesday's practice at the First Union Center.
Pitino takes on rebuilding job
"This was the guy we had to have," Louisville AD Tom Jurich says after Rick Pitino agrees to a six-year deal.
College basketball briefs
Indiana promotes Davis
Golf
Love off to great start, but it's how you finish
PONTE VEDRA BEACH -- Joe Durant has more victories, Tiger Woods far more scrutiny. But if you're Davis Love III, you have to like the way things are progressing at this important point in the season.
Sorenstam's 59 is magic for LPGA, too
As great as Tiger Woods is for golf, his accomplishments tend to dwarf everything else in the game. The Senior PGA Tour has seen its television ratings decline, and the LPGA is constantly starved for attention.
Big purse not a motivation
PONTE VEDRA BEACH -- Even in this day of big-money tournaments, it's difficult not to notice the Players Championship payday: $6-million, with $1,060,000 to the winner. That's more money than at each of the four major championships, the three official World Golf Championship events and the Tour Championship.
Outdoors
Captain's corner
At last we were able to get out spearfishing due west of John's Pass to ledges in 87 feet of water. The water temperature was a comfortable 67 degrees all the way to the bottom. Our marker jug had bounced off just enough that the ledge was not within our 40-foot window of visibility. Adding a pound to the weight is prudent this time of year.
Et cetera
Seat belt trouble costs two
Do not mess with the seat belts.
Walden hopes 3-year-olds ready to give final answer
Elliott Walden thinks he might have a couple of Kentucky Derby horses. He will have a better idea Saturday afternoon after Meetyouathebrig and Camden Park complete the Grade II $600,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park.
Sports briefs
Injury ends career of FSU's Brannon
NBA briefs
Magic rally falls short at Indiana
NFL
Last-minute vote set on complicated realignment
NEW YORK -- The NFL, which must realign its divisions when Houston rejoins the league for the 2002 season, will go down to the June 1 deadline before making a final decision.
Colleges
Some say scandal hurts trust in USF
TAMPA -- The University of South Florida has lost credibility among students on campus after months of allegations about racial bias and a coverup in the women's basketball program.
Preps
Gators, Cobras can't dethrone Rams
LAND O'LAKES -- Ridgewood extended its unbeaten streak to 18-0-1 Wednesday by winning a tri-meet over Hudson and host Land O'Lakes. The two-time defending Sunshine Athletic Conference champion Rams racked up 52 points by winning six of 10 weight classes.
Boys track honor roll
Softball: Countryside at PHU
WHEN: 4 p.m. today
County's best show stuff at Allen meet
Two performances at the Richard Allen Memorial Relays at Pinellas Park last week were worthy of state rankings.
Early errors doom Knights in loss to Gators
LAND O'LAKES -- Each time Justin Roth got in trouble against Land O'Lakes on Wednesday, the River Ridge left-hander made a needed pitch.
Slow down? Baron says not a chance
Catherine Dupont starred on the volleyball court during fall and on the basketball court during winter.
Spring Fling to feature top teams in area, state
BRANDON -- When Jonathan Sinclair helped organize the Spring Fling Tournament five years ago, he wanted to provide strong competition for teams in the area and around the state during spring break.
Hurricanes finally score their run to slip past Cougars
PALM HARBOR -- If things had gone as they should have, Palm Harbor University's Steve Bowen would have cruised into second base and then turned to watch his teammates mob the baserunner he had just driven in with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. However, PHU had muffed the opportunity. A botched sacrifice bunt, followed by a picked-off baserunner, had emptied the bases. Thus, Bowen's ripped two-out double -- just PHU's third hit of the game -- was for naught ... or maybe not.
Bulls beat Wildcats in eight
Brandon Kibler's sacrifice fly keeps Bloomingdale in contention for a semifinal berth with a 5-4 win.
Cowboys end slump in big way
A home run and three doubles in the seventh inning rallies Gaither past Palm Beach Gardens 8-6.
