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On the bottom right of the Western Carolina University 2001 volleyball team program is a picture of Pam Stein blocking a shot. It's fitting, since Stein is the team leader [...]

High school basketball season is just less than a month away, but Chelsia James already is warming up for a big season. The Charlotte High junior competed in the Soaring [...]

In past years, Kirby Hollingsworth would crank up her right arm and take some mighty swings from her outside hitter position on the DeSoto County High volleyball team. Some balls [...]

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Ashley Walter and Chris Frohlich want to strike the Heisman Trophy pose. The two seniors at Charlotte High have been nominated for the Wendy's National High School Heisman award. A [...]

It's a playoff preview, starting tonight at Charlotte County Stadium. For the next four nights, the Tampa Yankees will battle the Charlotte Rangers in regular season action, leading up to [...]

It's only fitting that the teams directed by the area's five new baseball and softball coaches will play in new districts this coming season. The Florida High School Activities Association [...]

In the summer of 1989, Jim Bullinger, a shortstop hitting in the low .200s, was asked to take the mound in a mop-up pitching appearance for the Cubs' Double-A team [...]

First, some college football teams announced they would play games on Friday nights. Now, some area high school teams are scheduling games on Thursdays and Saturdays. The high school decision [...]

Mike Ribaudo worked his way around the baseball diamond without a great deal of success. An outfielder in high school, he moved to third base at the start of his [...]

Korey Stringer was popular in life ... and more valuable in death. The ghouls have crawled out of their catacombs, auctioning off Stringer merchandise on eBay -- nearly 300 collectibles [...]

When Jack Cleary, the longtime starter at Deep Creek Golf Club, took his 5-year-old grandson Sean out on the course to knock the dimpled ball around, the youngster didn't realize [...]

The four players Tampa Bay landed in the deals that sent pitcher Albie Lopez and catcher Mike DiFelice to Arizona and Fred McGriff to the Chicago Cubs can only hope [...]

There's a War on Drugs in this country. Wage on, wage on. And treatment centers for junkies whose bodies tremble when they can't get a fix. Then there's football. And [...]

Charlotte High didn't capture the Sling and Shoot Passing Competition, but the Tarpon players turned a few heads. The Tarpons were unbeaten after the first day before losing to eventual [...]

A pair of former Rangers realized a dream last week. Scott Podsednik and Mike Coolbaugh finally made it to the major leagues. Podsednik had been with Seattle since July 5, [...]

It was another bad break on the mats for the Hoke family. David Hoke, who completed a fantastic freshman season for the Charlotte High wrestling team, suffered a broken arm [...]

Toby Hall hears the same thing from his teammates every time he walks into the Durham locker room. 'Why are you still here?' Maybe the question should be directed at [...]

Matt Catanzarite knew what he wanted to do when he graduated from college. He just didn't know where he wanted to do it. After graduating from the University of North [...]

Major League Baseball, with the help of ESPN2, will offer a glimpse of the future with the third annual Futures Game at 5:30 p.m. today from Safeco Field in Seattle. [...]

Since being named athletics director at Charlotte High School a week ago, Brian Nolan has been at the Punta Gorda school nearly every day. Oh, he doesn't begin getting paid [...]

It took longer than expected, but Punta Gorda Little League ensured the locals didn't go winless on the first day of the District 9 Little League (11- and 12-year-old) tournament. [...]

Chad Roper was working as a driver for Pepsi Cola in Belton, S.C., and honing his softball skills when he received a call from the Rangers. The voice at the [...]

It was a long five days for members of the DeSoto Volleyball Club team, which competed in the AAU 28th Junior National Girls Championships last week in Orlando. DeSoto finished [...]

When the Fort Myers Miracle played host to the Florida State League All-Star Game for the second time in four years, a look back to the 1998 all-stars determined nine [...]

Three of the four local teams in the District 9 Little League (11- and 12-year-olds) Tournament will play on the opening day of the event. Action kicks off July 1 [...]

Beginning Tuesday, there will be added activity the Charlotte County Stadium complex in Port Charlotte, the Pirate City complex in Bradenton and the Buck O'Neil and Ed Smith Stadium complex [...]

Joe Comforto wasn't looking to become the boys soccer coach at Charlotte High School. 'It just happened to be there,' Comforto said. A retired teacher from New York, Comforto moved [...]

When Hal McRae looks to the outfield at Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay manager can envision the long legs of Josh Hamilton and Carl Crawford gliding to haul in fly [...]

The Charlotte High girls cross country team landed a coach who is not only excited about coaching, she also was a runner. And a pretty good one, too. Nancy Dillon [...]

Brevard County starting pitcher Joe Sergent spent the entire game pitching from the stretch. It was odd, because the Charlotte Rangers rarely had runners on base. A converted reliever, Sergent [...]

Jason Guy took the safe way. Instead of waiting for the 2001 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Tuesday, the outfielder signed a contract with the Texas Rangers. 'It crossed [...]

The Friends of the Boca Grande Center will hold another 3-on-3 basketball tournament June 9 at the Boca Grande Community Center basketball court. The tournament will be either double-elimination or [...]

Eight Charlotte County high school baseball players, four from Charlotte and four from Lemon Bay, had a chance to show off their talents at the Southwest Florida Senior Baseball All-Star [...]

Kevin Tolar's numbers made it hard for the Detroit Tigers to ignore him. The left-handed relief pitcher is 0-2, but his 1.25 earned run average for the Triple-A Toledo Mud [...]

Nice and Smooth of Bradenton went undefeated in eight games to capture the monthly Friends of Boca Grande Community Center 3-on-3 basketball tournament held Saturday at the center's outdoor courts. [...]

The Rangers move to Surprise, Ariz., for spring training became officially official Monday, when the agreement papers were signed and the ribbon-cutting and first-pitch ceremonies took place. First, the Tourism [...]

Troy Mattes was on the fast track to Montreal before an elbow injury derailed him. The 6-foot-7, 235-pound right-hander from Riverview High School has a 3-1 record with a 3.38 [...]

The 18th Annual Manta Ray Basketball Camp will be July 30 to Aug. 3 at Lemon Bay High School. The camp will be split into three age groups. Students entering [...]

High school football already is winding down, as three of the four area teams wrap up spring practice with a game Friday night. One of the games involves area teams [...]

Hank Blalock admits he peaks every once in a while. The Charlotte Rangers third baseman looks at the hitting leaders for the Florida State League on occasion. That's because Blalock [...]

The Devils captured the second Youth Tringali Cup in-line hockey championship with a 14-1 victory over the Mighty Ducks Saturday at the Tringali Center in Englewood. Jacob Bayne led the [...]

If it's May, it must be football season in Florida. For 20 days in May, high school football teams in the state can get a jump on the future. The [...]

One of the most heated rivalries in the Florida State League resumes this week, when the Sarasota Red Sox and Charlotte Rangers clash four times. The previous time the teams [...]

The possibility of immediate playing time lured Charlotte High running back Mike Pryce from Punta Gorda to Mount Pleasant, Mich. Pryce, one of the most versatile Tarpons, signed a letter [...]

Expect to see Deion Sanders in a Cincinnati Reds uniform this week. Sanders, a two-sport star, is tearing up the International League for the Reds' Triple-A team at Louisville. The [...]

The Sarasota High baseball team went down to the last pitch. Charlotte High ended things early. As a result, the Sailors and Tarpons will meet for a fourth time to [...]

John Berger isn't a rah-rah type. 'I like to lead by example,' Berger said. 'Sammy Sosa was criticized for the same thing. Anybody can yell and lead by yelling. People [...]

Before he began his offseason conditioning program and planning his schedule for the upcoming season, Craig Snyder wanted to know if he would continue as the boys basketball coach at [...]

The Charlotte High boys tennis team didn't receive a solid confirmation of how good the Naples-Barron Collier team was during the regular season, since the match was rained out midway [...]