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Stanley Cup finals
Devils take control
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A 4-1 win over the Avalanche puts the defending Stanley Cup champions one win from consecutive titles. |
Devil Rays
Draft no breeze for Rays
Saying money isn't an issue, club waits to see who falls to the No. 3 pick.
Rays of hope?
Here is what the Rays have done with their first pick in each draft, and how the player has done:
Lopez hopes health heals mound woes
Albie Lopez is feeling better, and the Rays hope that means he will be pitching better.
Up next: Blue Jays
7:05 p.m. tonight, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, 12:35 p.m. Thursday
Storm
Hard to improve on halfway to perfect
The Storm is halfway through its quest to become the first unbeaten Arena Football team after Saturday's 58-51 win against Carolina.
Bowden earns league honor
Storm offensive specialist James Bowden was named the Arena Football League's Player of the Week Monday.
On The Air
Costas still busy without baseball
Bob Costas, the seven-time Sportscaster of the Year who has hosted NBC's Olympics coverage for nearly a decade, spent some time recently with the Times' Sharon Ginn, chatting about his new late-night HBO sports interview show On the Record, which just completed its first season; whether Michael Jordan should return to the NBA; and, of course, the mess that is major-league baseball:
NFL
Walsh: Rice going to Raiders
Star receiver released by San Francisco because of salary cap concerns.
NFL briefs
Chmura decides to retire
Motorsports
Wrecks work against and for Spencer
If there was a controversy at Dover Downs this weekend, it was a good bet Jimmy Spencer was somewhere close.
Colleges
UF fires Lopez after 7 seasons
GAINESVILLE -- Florida baseball coach Andy Lopez will not return next season, athletic director Jeremy Foley said Monday.
College sports briefs
ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia's amazing turnaround is complete.
Outdoors
Daily fishing report
There are different methods used to catch pompano. Some chum with barnacles around bridges, and others fish the warm water outfalls of local power plants during winter.
Preps
The 'backbone' of a great team
The big plays and leadership of catcher Bobby Wilson led Seminole to a state title.
Panthers hire first-time coach
TAMPA -- When Bo Puckett met his wife, Carine, in 1998, she didn't speak English and he didn't speak French.
Black Watch overcomes two delays to win cup
TAMPA -- Tampa Bay area teams captured six titles in last weekend's Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) State Cup played at Weston Regional Park. But the weather would not cooperate with one of the final matches.
