The place to chase dreams on the ice [Times photo: Cherie Diez] Comprehensive as well as costly, the IMG Hockey Academy provides a head start to aspiring players.

Hubert Mizell
Patience, Dan. Oops, too late
People who own sports teams are both sweet and sour, loud and quiet, young and old, male and female, hands-on and near-invisible, tall and short, old school and new, obviously bright and seemingly dense, likable and despicable, humble and arrogant.

Bucs/NFL
The healing touch
The task of getting the Bucs through the aches and pains of a typical game falls upon Todd Toriscelli and his crack training staff.

Dungy: Do the best with what you have
After the Rams lit up the Vikings for 40 points in their win Sunday in St. Louis, some might say the pass-happy offensive machine that ravaged the NFL last season appears to be back in rhythm.

NFL digest
MVP ballot unusually crowded

Lightning/hockey
Kochan turning heads
Lightning's third goalie filling in well; the team's taking notice.

League checks into disallowed goal
PHOENIX -- The NHL has no rules regarding showing disputed or controversial calls on arena scoreboards, league spokesman Gary Meagher said Tuesday.

NHL roundup
Rookie shoots Sabres to win

Preps
Wrestling power gets better
Some of the area's best transfer to Brandon after a stint at a private school.

Private schools provide early instruction
Brandon wrestling coach Russ Cozart always worries about his lineup.

Rematch yields similar results
Bloomingdale's boys topple Durant 5-1 while the girls teams play to a 1-1 tie.

TC's rally falls short in 65-56 loss to CCC
Leading 16-14 after the first quarter, CCC opened the second quarter with a 15-4 run to take a 31-18 lead with 2:30 left. TC cut the margin to 33-22 at the break, but the Marauders came out hot in the second half. CCC utilized a strong zone defense to force numerous turnovers and turned them into transition opportunities for an 8-0 run and 41-22 lead to open the second half.

Buzzer-beater lifts Lakewood
No matter who you asked after Lakewood's thrilling, exhilarating, scintillating, captivating and every other "ing" you can think of 83-81 overtime win at Largo on Tuesday, you got the same reaction.

Outdoors
Captain's corner
This week's warming trend has greatly improved fishing inshore and offshore as water temperatures have risen from the high 50s to the 60s.

Et cetera
Judge backs up Downs' decision
OLDSMAR -- Tampa Bay Downs management won a legal battle with local horsemen Tuesday when a Hillsborough County circuit court judge denied a request for a temporary injunction that would have forced the track to reallocate its stalls.

ThunderDawgs small but fast
The Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs are an unconventional basketball team.

Golf digest
Woods named most powerful athlete

Sports digest
Venus Williams close to a deal for $40-million

Baseball notebook
Red Sox reel in Ramirez

Colleges
FSU recruit Bracy needs to retest
If Florida State freshman J.D. Bracy is to be declared eligible this season, it appears he will have to take his standardized test again, school compliance director Bob Minnix said Tuesday.