Searching for the key [Times photo: Toni L. Sandys] Some Bucs coaches say they do need to get Johnson the ball more.

Gary Shelton
No. 19 needs to become the Bucs' No. 1 option
Come on, Key. Say it with me.

NFL
NFL briefs
Ex-Gators QB to start for Falcons

Lightning/NHL
Caps manhandle Lightning
Tampa Bay is outshot 45-14 and outscored 4-1 for its first regulation loss in division.

St. Louis takes advantage of increased playing time
WASHINGTON -- Martin St. Louis has the right attitude.

Hillsborough viewers tuned out by error
Wednesday's Lightning-Capitals game, broadcast on the Lightning Television Network of local cable stations, was unavailable to Hillsborough County viewers because of an apparent equipment problem.

NHL briefs
Rangers' winless skid against Devils reaches 20

Colleges
FSU (1-4) is done in by three-pointers
Minnesota's late threes and FSU's misses help the Gophers rally 76-71.

College football briefs
Forget Alabama, forget the NFL; Davis says he'll remain with UM

Gators or Gamecocks will play in Outback
TAMPA -- The SEC championship will be decided Saturday, but there's already a winner.

Cruz settling in for Gators at right time
GAINESVILLE -- Florida freshman Aury Cruz's career began when she caused a stir at her older sister's practices -- when she was 5 years old.

Outdoors
Captain's corner
Because bait has remained around the outside sets of buoys in the Egmont Ships Channel, so have some kingfish. At markers 5 and 6 on Friday we caught a 20-pounder on a fly-lined cigar minnow. We were cut off several times using baits on gold-hook rigs. Until the water temperature settles below 70 degrees, kingfish won't mind hanging around.

Et cetera
Tampa Bay Derby, Florida Oaks hope to make grade
It's getting close to decision time, which means nervous time for Tampa Bay Downs general manager John Grady.

Sports briefs
Woods meets with PGA official

Baseball briefs
Mussina, Yankees near deal

NBA
Jazz slips past Magic
ORLANDO -- Karl Malone had 27 points and 11 rebounds Wednesday night as the Utah Jazz held off the Magic to win their fifth straight, 88-86.

Preps
Springstead has little problem with Lecanto
LECANTO -- Rivalries, it seems, truly are in the eyes of the beholder.

Pinellas sports roundup
Swimming

A season of dominance
Christa Benton won every race she ran on the way to her third consecutive state title.

Season of pain ends with promise
After her season was interrupted by tendinitis in her knee, Riverview's Dee Dee Haefling battled back to finish second in the Class 3A meet.

This weekend's wrestling
Mustang Invitational

PHU hands Countryside first defeat of season
CLEARWATER -- Playing against Palm Harbor University can often be a humbling experience. Take Countryside for example, a solid team off to a 3-0 start and feeling pretty good about itself.

Briscoe's 4th hat trick lifts Bulldogs to victory
Zephyrhills' senior forward scores his 14th, 15th and 16th goals of the season, providing his team with the firepower to defeat Ridgewood.

Ridgewood blanks Zephyrhills
ZEPHYRHILLS -- Ridgewood coach John Herig has tried just about everything to get his team going this season. He used six lineups in the first six games.