Gary Shelton
Spartans' leftovers take the cake
ATLANTA -- First, you hug. Everyone knows that.
Devil Rays
Young lefty giving Rays a change-of-pace option
Trevor Enders is earning attention on the mound, despite the lack of head-turning heat.
Rothschild presents Lopez with start on opening day
PORT CHARLOTTE -- Albie Lopez pitched like an ace in the second half of last season. So, on Sunday, the Rays made the designation official.
Area camps
Jeter still pushing to be ready for season's start
Around the NL
Piazza exits early after getting hit by a pitch
Around the AL
Indians ready with Plan B for rotation
Golf
Major achievement for Sorenstam
Annika Sorenstam shoots 69 to come from behind and win the Nabisco.
Water -- and not at No. 17 -- takes over final round at TPC
Bad weather truncates the final round. Woods and his pursuers will finish this morning.
Horse racing
Progeny not close to Precisionist's level
Precisionist was as great a runner as the game has known. Campaigned by the late Fred W. Hooper, the son of Crozier and the Forli mare Excellently was one of the best handicap horses in the country from 1983-86. Among his accomplishments was winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint at 6 furlongs as a 4-year-old and a third-place finish in the 11/4-mile Breeders' Cup Classic the next year.
Ashe, Kroon Gravin win Grand Prix of Tampa
TAMPA -- Riding a Dutch-bred mare, Molly Ashe prevailed Sunday over 73 other horse and rider combinations to win the $75,000 Grand Prix of Tampa.
Shorts
Sports briefs
Minnesota-Duluth is No. 1
NASCAR notebook
Nightmare goes on for Roush
NBA
Miller has no killer vs. Magic
Doc Rivers fears the worst but Orlando hangs on, 84-82 over Indiana.
NBA roundup
Lakers take hold after Kings falter
Pro football
New year bringing more calm to Storm
This is the good life for an Arena League coach: coming to camp knowing who your starting quarterback and wide receivers are, having a replacement for your biggest off-season loss in place and getting back a few players who were injured the previous season.
Lightning
Svoboda an Olympian, Kubina hopeful
TAMPA -- Though he wasn't one of the eight players selected to represent the Czech Republic in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Lightning defenseman Pavel Kubina hopes he'll be added later this year.
Outdoors
Captain's corner
The early bird gets the greenbacks. Scaled sardines (greenbacks) have been scarce during the day.
