September 29, 2000
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FSU's walk in the park ends with a limp
[Times photo: Joseph Garnett Jr.]
No. 2 FSU has no trouble with Maryland in a 59-7 romp. But QB Chris Weinke hurts his foot and X-rays are scheduled for today. |
Bucs/NFL
Eager to make amends
TAMPA -- For days, the Bucs have had to answer questions about what went wrong against the Jets and could it be corrected in time for the Redskins.
NFL briefs
Owens' taunting inspires new rule
Deion slows receivers, but time slows Deion
Sanders remains an elite NFL cornerback, but the high-profile Redskin has shown signs of slipping this season.
Lightning
Dwyer: 23-game suspension
NHL hands out record-tying penalty to Lightning left wing.
Tampa Bay weighs waiver draft options
BRANDON -- Lightning officials have looked over the list of players available in today's waiver draft, but stopped short of divulging their plans.
New Lightning site up and running
The Tampa Bay Lightning unveiled an improved official Web site Wednesday at tampabaylightning.com, just in time for the NHL team's season opener against the New York Islanders one week from today.
Devil Rays/Baseball
Devil Rays sweep Yankees
Bronx Bombers are quiet as the Rays offense flexes it muscle in an 11-3 rout.
Yankees struggle toward clincher
ST. PETERSBURG -- Another day, another chance for the New York Yankees to watch the scoreboard for out-of-town scores and a fresh new opportunity for them to take one more step toward blowing their lead in the American League East.
Monday's makeup game with A's is on -- for now
ST. PETERSBURG -- Unless it absolutely, positively doesn't matter, the Devil Rays are going to play the Oakland A's at 6:05 p.m. Monday at Tropicana Field.
Vaughn helps son deal with diabetes
ST. PETERSBURG -- Greg Vaughn returned to the Devil Rays on Thursday after spending the past five days attending to the health of his 11-year-old son, Cory, who was diagnosed with diabetes.
Baseball briefs
Old Braves help close stadium
Sox's Everett comes home, but he's not happy about it
Carl Everett is coming home.
College football
Ex-Bull Bishop praised as a Terp
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Former Northeast High star linebacker Kevin Bishop has been rounding into shape nicely for Maryland after recovering from knee surgery and then a rare, somewhat mysterious, pelvic inflammation. He has been rotating with Marlon Moye-Moore.
FSU sideliners
Memorializing Claiborne
Mitchell's football changes were for the better
Kawika Mitchell was a tailback until his junior season in high school when he changed to linebacker. Then, after one season at Georgia, he transferred to USF. Both moves have made him a better player.
College football around the state
Gators need freshmen to help their injured defense GAINESVILLE -- With injuries at several positions, several new starters will line up for Florida against Mississippi State on Saturday.
Blackwell learning how to guard against turnovers
TAMPA -- Of all the games last season, the 41-24 loss to Troy State -- in which he threw a game-altering interception -- haunts quarterback Marquel Blackwell most.
Extra points
Measuring up
'Noles toughest competition is last season's team
COLLEGE PARK, Md -- I know what you're thinking.
College football around the nation
W. Virginia rallies to beat Owls PHILADELPHIA -- Brad Lewis threw for a career-high 242 yards and two touchdowns and directed a late scoring drive as West Virginia beat Temple 29-24 on Thursday night.
Sports TV/Radio: Ernest Hooper
Johnson boycott hurts sports viewers the most
Once he was the star of an ESPN commercial, and maybe the question "When do you watch SportsCenter?" still applies to Keyshawn Johnson.
Et cetera
Sports briefs
Knight swipes at IU again
College basketball
Greenberg contract extended until 2005
TAMPA -- Men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the Bulls for at least the next five years.
Pro basketball
Tampa Bay's first choice helps make ABA history
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs promised to be ahead of the curve when the American Basketball Association inaugural season begins, and Thursday they took the early lead by signing the league's first player.
Preps
Recognition comes slowly for Riverview running back
Avious Steadman is just like everyone else. He picks up the paper and reads about how Gaither running back Lydell Ross is the second coming of Tony Dorsett.
Durant falls to Berkeley
TAMPA -- The Berkeley Prep and Durant programs are full of similarities.
Eagles gird for duel of unbeatens
BRANDON -- There is a football team in east Hillsborough County that is undefeated, untied and seemingly unruffled by tonight's heated cross-town rivalry.
Dixie Hollins 28, Boca Ciega 0
GULFPORT -- Despite having an offensive line decimated by injuries, Dixie Hollins' Andre Hall had the best game of his career. Hall, a senior who was academically ineligible the past two seasons, ran for 258 yards on 29 carries as the Rebels snapped a three-game losing streak and recorded its second shutout of the season.
East Lake wins third in a row
PINELLAS PARK -- If East Lake keeps up this improving-every-game thing, the Eagles might be ready for the Seminoles or Gators by the end of the season.
Countryside controls Dunedin
DUNEDIN -- Mark Everett said his Dunedin team lives in constant fear that it will return to its recent dark history.
Warhawks dominate
EAST LAKE -- One runner after the other, the Seminole boys team completed its 3-mile workout, creating an orange streak across the finishing stretch at Chesnut Park.
Northeast 25, Lakewood 20
ST. PETERSBURG -- Seven seconds away from its fifth consecutive loss, Northeast used a gutsy call and a 16-yard touchdown run by Derek Washington to turn things around. The Vikings, trailing by two on fourth-and-3 at the Spartans' 16, called Washington's number instead of attempting a game-winning field goal.
