Glazers enjoying life in the NFL family
Bucs executive vice presidents Joel and Bryan Glazer learn from mistakes and build for the future.

Manning, Colts pounce on Jaguars
INDIANAPOLIS -- If anything was wrong with Peyton Manning, it was cured Monday night, with help from some unexpected quarters.

Around the AFC
BENGALS: They have lost five straight to the Ravens. ... They have yielded 16 sacks in three games.

Around the NFC
BEARS: Mike Wells blocked Detroit kicker Jason Hanson's 32-yard field-goal attempt in the third quarter. Chicago has blocked seven of its opponents' past 29 field-goal tries. ... They have not had a 100-yard rusher in 21 games.

Home cooking leaves teams burned
Home may be where the heart is, but it wasn't where you found victory Sunday for NFL teams. Call it home-field disadvantage.

NFL briefs
Coach Coslet gives up on hapless Bengals

Devil Rays/Baseball
Four years later, and Wilson is a winner
Seven shutout innings in a 5-1 defeat of Toronto provide first victory since rookie year with Mets.

Watching (football), waiting
Up next for ex-Ray Tony Saunders? For now, Wednesday's tribute at Tropicana.

Trop likely the spot for Yankees' party
TORONTO -- Not that it's something the Devil Rays are particularly looking forward to, but there is a pretty good chance the Yankees will clinch the AL East championship at Tropicana Field.

Clemens might miss next start
Roger Clemens is questionable for his next scheduled start, Thursday against the Devil Rays, because of a bruised right hamstring. He was hit Saturday by a sharp grounder off the bat of Detroit's Brad Ausmus.

Baseball briefs
Alou to stay in Montreal, as will Expos, for a year

Lightning/NHL
Battles for Lightning jobs go down to preseason wire
13 forwards, 7 defensemen and 3 goalies are expected to fill out the Tampa Bay roster.

NHL briefs
Video opens McSorley assault trial

College football
Oh, yeah, mon, B-CC heads to the islands
New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. Miami for the Orange Bowl. Honolulu for the Aloha and Oahu bowls.

UM defense plays a numbers game
And so far they don't add up, but Miami's leading tackler says don't be fooled.

College football around the state
Bulls dismiss receiver Durant for infractions.

Preps
Financing dreams
Thousands of parents in the Tampa Bay area pay as much as $2,000 a year to finance a child's dream of playing on an elite traveling sports team. Many are hoping the cost is worth the reward.

Leopards freshmen secure GCAC title
SUGARMILL WOODS -- For Pete Lahey, the view at Southern Woods Golf Club was good. Very good.

Depleted Cougars defeat Keswick Chr.
CLEARWATER -- Countryside coach Kaylyn Bayly cringed when Katelen Dixon went down and held her arm during Monday night's match against Keswick Christian.

SPC selects hoops coach
In the 1970s, Joe Molloy and Mike Moran were classmates at Tampa Catholic. More than 20 years later, they're united again at a catholic school, only this time on the other side of the bay.

Outdoors
Captain's corner
Slightly cooler air temperatures and fair amounts of rain have finally lowered flats temperatures. Coupled with the arrival of larger greenback, these conditions have merged to create excellent shallow-water fishing.

Motorsports
Indy improvements for F1 pay off
It took an estimated $45-million in improvements to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Formula One to return to the United States for the first time since 1991.