Rays can smile at last [Times photo: Jonathan Newton] An 11th-inning Greg Vaughn homer erases two blown leads in an 8-7 win. Hernandez may face revised role ST. PETERSBURG -- Roberto Hernandez's role as sole closer for the Devil Rays could be in jeopardy after his performance Thursday night: five Rangers hits that resulted in his fourth blown save. Fenway Park avoiding wrecking ball, for now Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. Gone. Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. Gone. Tiger Stadium. Gone. Riverfront Stadium, Milwaukee County Stadium, Candlestick Park ... going, going, gone. Arena football Storm gets a win behind QB Kaleo The 7-year veteran replaces Thad Busby and leads Tampa Bay to its first victory, 50-29 against Carolina.

Colleges Rugby title fight arrives at USF Men's and women's collegiate championships set for this weekend. Baseball team looks to move up in C-USA With the conference tournament coming up, the Bulls start a key series today with Memphis. Gators get home-court advantage Women began play in the NCAA Tournament Thursday; men May 13. Donovan says Miller spurned big-name tips ST. PETERSBURG -- University of Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan said Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Dick Vitale told sophomore Mike Miller to stay in college but Miller decided to leave anyway. Bulls bits Spartan shorts

Kentucky Derby
One man (88), one colt (3), and hope
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- This is why. This is why he fell in love with the sport. This is why he does it still.

Sports TV/Radio
Streetball the focus on TNT basketball documentary
Malloy Nesmith dribbled the ball like Curly Neal.

Preps
Cougars eliminate Chiefs 6-2
TAMPA -- The difference was the defense.

Snapped pole leads to unhappy ending
CCC's Paul Condron not only planned to be at the state track meet this weekend, he hoped to set a record in the pole vault. Instead, an equipment failure at the regional ended his career.

Littleton captures mile and half-mile
PLANT CITY -- After losing to archrival Beth Lukens of Sarasota Riverview in last week's district finals, Bloomingdale's Amber Littleton wasn't about to let it happen again.

Central stomps Santa Fe
ALACHUA -- Jen Pape struck out 12 batters and added two hits and an RBI as Central won its second straight road playoff game, pounding Alachua Santa Fe, 13-2 in a Class 3A regional semifinal.

Softball showdown heading to Brooksville
BUSHNELL -- Unlike two mercy-rule victories against South Sumter in the regular season, Hernando had to play the full seven innings in Thursday's regional semifinal, but the Raiders still didn't have nearly enough to keep the Leopards from continuing their postseason run with a 6-1 win.

Seminole Presbyterian squeezes out victory
TAMPA -- Seminole Presbyterian entered Thursday's 1A Regional 3 semifinal outscoring its opponents 53-0 in the past three outings. Though the Lancers didn't display that much firepower against Sarasota Christian, there was enough pop to propel the Lancers to a 2-1 win and a spot in the regional finals.

Extra innings extra special for Sharks
CLEARWATER -- Kaycie Maines was having, more or less, a miserable night. She was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts when she stepped to the plate with two outs and a runner on second in the top of the 10th inning.

Ridgewood boys, girls finish second
CLEARWATER -- Forget Ridgewood-Springstead. Rams boys track coach Glenn Cable said the real rivalry has been under everyone's nose all this time.

Sickles has the answers
ORLANDO -- Sickles did everything wrong early against Orlando Colonial in its Class 6A, Region 2 semifinal Thursday.

Heartbreaker ends Clearwater's dream
A 10th-inning single snaps a 4-4 tie and sends Riverview to the regional final.

Outdoors
Government's action piques sailors
Jim Duncan was making final preparations for his fifth Havana Cup Friday when he received a phone call from the United States Treasury Department.

Expect better performance from GPS units
Your global positioning system signals no longer are being scrambled by the military, which will make your GPS unit 10 times more accurate. Instead of anchoring within 50 feet of a grouper spot, you will be able to zero in to about 10 feet. Try some new spots this weekend, starting in 70 feet of water to see how close your GPS will mark spots that you were unable to find before.