The girl in the window Three years ago detectives and a social worker arrived at a dilapidated house in Plant City and made a heartbreaking discovery: A tiny girl living in a dark closet.
Criss Angel escapes as Spyglass crumbles
Thousands on Clearwater Beach watch and wonder as Criss Angel escapes the Spyglass Resort just before the building is demolished in a series of explosions.
Best Super Bowl moment? To commemorate the Super Bowl's return to Tampa Bay next February, we chose 25 nominees for the most memorable play in the championship game's history.
In addition to our live scoreboards for Friday's region baseball finals, head over to our blog for updates on all the area teams in action. Stellar pitching performances, lead changes, general quirkiness — we'll have it all covered at highschool.tampabay.com.
Sharks' Murray signs with PHCC
Nature Coast senior pitcher/catcher Travis Murray, who started behind the plate (and called the pitches) when he wasn't on the mound, has signed with Pasco-Hernando Community College, Sharks coach Bob Shepard confirmed.
The Sharks' top hitter this season (.586, 25 RBIs), Murray finished 5-3 with a 1.93 ERA. Two of his three losses were to Class 4A region finalist Pasco.
Shepard also said second baseman Kenny Treverton, a .389 hitter as a senior, has not signed with PHCC, but will attend the school and play for the Conquistadors. Treverton was successful on all 21 of his stolen-base attempts in 2008.
Locals among Lions graduates
Three Saint Leo University softball players who starred locally at the prep level received their degrees Saturday. Ex-Pasco utility player Heather Stroud (elementary education), Land O'Lakes alumna April Slate (management) and former River Ridge ace Kiki Von Holt (psychology) were among 25 Lions athletes to graduate.
Gruden's son to play football at Carrollwood Day
Jon Gruden II, son of Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden, will attend Carrollwood Day School Prep beginning in August and intends to play varsity football, coach Lane McLaughlin confirmed.
Compiled by staff writers Joey Knight and Keith Niebuhr.
Pirates expand their dimensions
For anyone who has driven by Pasco's ballpark — a.k.a. Death Valley — on a recent afternoon and wondered why it's empty during a playoff week, we here at The Hub have excavated the answer:
The Pirates are practicing at Saint Leo.
The reason: Southard Stadium, Saint Leo's on-campus ballpark, has dimensions (325 feet down the leftfield line, 404 feet to dead center) more similar to the vast Azalea
Bowl, where the Pirates travel to play Palatka in a best-of-three region championship series starting Friday.
"No other park's going to be as small as our park," coach Ricky Giles said.
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