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Column: Athletic dreams denied or realized in an instant
Almost the instant Kevin Ware came tumbling down Sunday night, his right leg folding like a brochure and the bone pushing through the skin, Vanderbilt quarterback Josh Grady thought of Ronnie Thomas. Across the internet, fans chimed in that the Louisville guard’s injury was horrific and stomach churning and the ...
Read moreMon. April 01, 2013 at 7:57 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Tennis: Wiregrass boys put talents on display
WESLEY CHAPEL — The North Suncoast has produced a few glimmers of boys tennis awesomeness over the years, but never a dominant player, on a dominant team, with a real chance at winning a state championship. That has changed. When the district playoffs open next week, the Wiregrass Ranch boys ...
Read moreThu. March 28, 2013 at 8:43 p.m. | John C. Cotey
All's well with Alex Carswell on recruiting front as USF offers
Alex Carswell walked into USF Wednesday morning with coach John Kelly expecting nothing more than to poke around campus and the football program to check both out. He left with a little more. The Strawberry Crest rising senior was offered by the Bulls staff, his first and the first BCS ...
Read moreThu. March 14, 2013 at 3:39 p.m. | John C. Cotey
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Recruit: Alex Carswell
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Recruit: Alex Carswell
Column: A bat on the up and up
NEW PORT RICHEY — When Morgan Tolle swings her bat, good things happen. Not some of the time. Not most of the time. But lately, all of the time. ••• Wednesday against Ridgewood, Tolle went 3-for-3 with two doubles. The night before against rival Mitchell, a double and a homer ...
Read moreWed. March 13, 2013 at 10:09 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: Trusting his pitches is what he does best
SEMINOLE — Michael Mann crouched behind the plate Tuesday, putting his glove where he knew his pitcher would find it. It didn’t seem to matter if Nick Nolan had already thrown two balls, or even three. It didn’t seem to matter if he was throwing a changeup, or a curveball. ...
Read moreWed. March 13, 2013 at 8:48 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Baseball: Seminole's Nolan notches first no-hitter
SEMINOLE — It’s funny how baseball rules dictate you don’t talk about a no-hitter when your pitcher has one going. Instead, you look the other way, sit on the other end of the bench, don’t say a word. Kind of gives it away, no? “I started thinking about it in ...
Read moreWed. March 13, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Sweet 16: Some of the other top performances from the 83rd West Coast Invitational
I didn't get to every good thing about last night's West Coast Invitational, or should we call it the West Cold Invitational, so here's a few performances that merit additional mentions: 1. One last shoutout for the Gibbs 4x100 team, because that's always a big event, especially between the Gladiators ...
Read moreThu. March 07, 2013 at 10:10 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: 'That Deal' proving he's the real thing
ST. PETERSBURG — If Trayvon Bromell needs a nickname, he might want to consider “That Deal.” Wednesday at the West Coast Invitational at Lakewood, the Gibbs star sprinter was referred to as “that deal” a handful of times that I heard, and likely dozens of other times that I didn’t. ...
Read moreThu. March 07, 2013 at 12:03 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: Gibbs sprinter Bromell's test of time
Trayvon Bromell does most things in short increments. Ten seconds here, 20 seconds there. But stick the Gibbs High School senior in front of the latest, hottest Nikes to hit the shoe racks, and he takes his time. His favorite might be the Gold Medal Nike Zoom KD IVs — ...
Read moreMon. March 04, 2013 at 9:40 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: Jesuit's Joey Galvis the mane event
LAKELAND — Let’s start with the hair. The ladies, he says (jokingly, we presume), love it. But not all of them. “Hate it,’’ said Sheila Galvis, the MVP’s mom. Curly, floppy, unruly even. But untouchable. Samson had his mane. Joey Galvis has his mop. “Once we started the season, and ...
Read moreSat. March 02, 2013 at 8:57 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: Jesuit boys look like a winner from every angle
TAMPA — With the Nos. 2-, 7- and ninth-ranked teams waiting for Jesuit High School in the region boys basketball playoffs, coach Neal Goldman prepared his team by working extensively on late-game situations. Down by two. Up by two. Inbounding, free-throw shooting, final plays. The clock ticking down. He told ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:29 p.m. | John C. Cotey
10 quick thoughts on Wharton's big victory
1. The line to hug Tommy Tonelli after the 41-39 victory lasted about 30 minutes. When the media finally had a moment to interview Tonelli, someone jokingly asked if we had to hug him first. It was a rhetorical question, but before anyone could ask a question Tonelli said why ...
Read moreSun. Feb. 24, 2013 at 12:55 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Region boys basketball roundup: Wharton, Jesuit head to state
TAMPA — Thomas Tonelli watched the video intently Saturday afternoon. On the screen flashed his father, Wharton coach Tommy Tonelli, then a teenage Chicago high school star, winning a championship and celebrating a tremendous moment, one the coach hoped his players would know later that night. What Thomas ...
Read moreSun. Feb. 24, 2013 at 12:31 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: Matchup just a one-man show
OLDSMAR — In arguably the smallest, and most unique, gym in Tampa Bay on Friday night, one of the biggest, and most unique, basketball players came to win a game. He wasn’t there to entertain, or to dunk, or to top off pretty spin moves in the lane with silky ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 22, 2013 at 11:49 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: No room for mercy at elite level
LAKELAND — It was a long day for Tampa Bay’s girls basketball teams at the state tournament in Lakeland — no wins, three losses, none of them close. Two of the losses, both state semifinals, were by nine points, and the state championship game was FAMU’s 57-34 triumph over Academy ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 20, 2013 at 11:30 p.m. | John C. Cotey