Bucs/NFL Who's No. 1? [Times photo: Toni Sandys] Randy Moss has the numbers. But Keyshawn Johnson believes he has the overall package and should be considered the best wide receiver in the NFL. Vikings stress unity after pair of defeats The opponent: Minnesota Vikings New training facility remains a pipe dream MINNEAPOLIS -- One of the richest franchises makes its players practice and its coaches coach in a cramped, dilapidated, 24-year-old facility that is so obsolete it's embarrassing to everyone who works there except, apparently, the team owners. Monte & Clyde On whether the Vikings offense has lost a gear: Profiling Daunte Culpepper At 6 feet 4 and 260 pounds, Culpepper looked set to redefine the quarterback position after his first season as a starter last year. NFL helmets Ravens at Broncos.

Darrell Fry
Griese continues to improve
We don't quite know what to make of quarterback Brian Griese. Just when you think he has developed into an effective passer, he does something that changes your mind.

John Romano
Rix, offense back on somewhat even keel
TALLAHASSEE -- They handed Chris Rix a notebook filled with diagrams. In return, he handed them a night filled with hope.

Marc Topkin
Team's level of progress depends on point of view
ST. PETERSBURG -- There is a week to go in the season, and the final evaluations being prepared are not exactly going to be glowing.

Hubert Mizell
Trip exposes America's pride
Snailing the Cross Westchester Expressway at rush hour, in the lane alongside me came a New York dude, ears and lips drooping with piercing jewelry, riding an ancient and battered Buick, arms darkened by multiple tattoos.

College football
Sweet revenge for Gators
Florida shuts out Mississippi State at home, holding the Bulldogs to 214 yards.

• UF sideliners
  Strict security
• Equipment manager gets revenge
  GAINESVILLE -- Revenge may not have been a priority for Florida, but equipment manager Clay Carter had it on his mind.
• Grossman's season Heisman-like so far
  GAINESVILLE -- When the thought enters his mind, quarterback Rex Grossman tells himself not to think about it.

Seminoles roar back to life
After last week's pounding by UNC, Florida State recovers with a spirited 48-24 rout of Wake Forest.

• FSU sideliners
  Patriotic signs, Part I
• WR Gardner grabs the spotlight
  TALLAHASSEE -- He missed the first couple of days of practice when he returned home for his grandmother's funeral, but Florida State junior receiver Talman Gardner didn't miss a beat.
• FSU running backs see more action
  Nick Maddox and Greg Jones have 137 yards, four touchdowns.

Opener at home good to Bulls
South Florida, after starting the season with three games on the road, defeats North Texas 28-10 at Raymond James Stadium.

• USF sideliners
  Rousing start
• South Florida gets up for 4th-down plays
  The Bulls convert two for TDs on offense, one for a TD on defense.
• Morris probably out for season
  TAMPA -- Junior defensive end Emerson Morris, who started the first three games, is almost certainly out for the season after breaking his lower right leg in two places.

Baseball
Bonds hits No. 69 in win
Homer into McCovey Cove leaves Giant 1 shy of record with 7 games left.

Henderson still is chasing Cobb
Where most players think of the distance between bases as 90 feet, Rickey Henderson approaches it with a sprinter's mentality.

Lightning/NHL
Tampa Bay rallies to tie Florida
SUNRISE -- A slow start and a fast finish equaled a fine way for the Lightning to end its preseason.

Lightning must make special teams special
SUNRISE -- Talk about obvious.

10 questions leaving camp
Before training camp began, we posed 10 questions the Lightning had to answer. Let's go to the videotape;

Top rookie makes the Thrashers look good
You think the Thrashers are happy they didn't trade the No. 1 overall pick of the June draft?

Devil Rays
Rays remain in their groove
All facets click again in a 5-2 victory -- Tampa Bay's fifth in six games.

Today's game: Blue Jays at Rays 1:15 p.m.
WHERE: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg.

Lefty makes pitch to keep starting spot
ST. PETERSBURG -- More than two months after they traded Albie Lopez to Arizona and got rookie Nick Bierbrodt, it appears the Rays got a bargain.

Rays tales
MUSIC MAN: Nick Bierbrodt was looking for something to keep him busy. "I'm not a big video game guy or a big computer guy, and you can only watch so much TV," he said. So two years ago he decided to learn how to play the guitar.

Letters
Preseason polls lead to overrated teams
We should do away with preseason polls in college football. Since we have no playoff, we need to make the polls as accurate as possible.

Et cetera
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Powerboating
With money and security issues resolved, APBA is ready to race
After months of negotiations, American Power Boat Association Offshore has reached an agreement with city officials, paving the way for next weekend's National Championships at The Pier.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
Where do snook go when the dock lights turn off and the sun comes up? If you know, you better keep it to yourself, or you will have every angler in the bay sitting on your honey hole.

Preps
Area teams can't catch Estero
BROOKSVILLE -- When leader Danny Sheehan slipped and fell 1 1/2 miles into the Red Mule Invitational on Saturday at McKethan Lake Park, Jeff Masterson picked up where his Mitchell teammate left off.

Durant deals Plant first loss
TAMPA -- This might have been a first for this city: more than 500 fans packed into a gym on a Saturday afternoon to watch a volleyball match.

Chiefs' top swimmer is a sophomore sensation
CARROLLWOOD -- All arrangements had been made with Chamberlain school officials for Grant Nelson to miss school long enough to attend the five-day USA Swimming national convention in Dearborn, Mich. While he waited for his 11:55 a.m. flight to start boarding passengers, he watched some of the news of the terrorists attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.