Lake Placid senior softball men’s league is now practicing on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. at the Lake June Ball Fields. The League is for ages 60 and up. There will be 23 games at the Highlands Sports Complex in Sebring starting January through March. A player draft in December will ass…
LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Green Dragons hosted their district foes, the DeSoto Bulldogs, Monday night in their second district game of the season. The Bulldogs dominated the game throughout and came away with a 62-54 victory. This loss dropped Lake Placid’s record to 1-4 for the season a…
The Freshwater Fishing Forecast for the second half of the second week of December gives anglers the second half of the full moon week and a very good weather forecast for daytime anglers, no so much for nighttime anglers.
PHILADELPHIA — Carson Wentz relied on a bunch of guys off the practice squad and his go-to guy Zach Ertz to rally the Philadelphia Eagles.
TAMPA — The New York Islanders showed they have more than just a strong defense.
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is a unanimous selection as the offensive player of the year on The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference football team.
One day, things aren’t looking good at all for the New England Patriots. The next, the defending champs are grappling with a very bad look.
MILWAUKEE — After outscoring opponents by an average of 34 points in their previous four games, the Milwaukee Bucks found out right away things would be tougher Monday when their first two shots were blocked.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Third-ranked Clemson once again dominated the Associated Press All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams and individual awards released Tuesday.
MELBOURNE, Australia — As if being the first playing captain in 25 years at the Presidents Cup weren’t enough, Tiger Woods filled yet another role Tuesday at Royal Melbourne.
SAN DIEGO — Marvin Miller’s Hall of Fame candidacy split baseball, much like his tenure as the head of the players’ association.
SAN DIEGO — Stephen Strasburg is returning to Washington with a record contract, and fellow free agent pitcher Gerrit Cole could be in line for an even larger payday.
SAN DIEGO — Ted Simmons can thank WAR, on-base percentage and other modern measures of baseball players for helping him reach the Hall of Fame 31 years after he retired.
BOSTON — Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose determined battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday. He was 34.
TEMPE, Ariz. — Kyler Murray’s made his transition to the NFL look fairly easy through most of the season, mixing big plays with smart decisions that have kept the Arizona Cardinals competitive despite obvious holes in the roster.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia was slapped Monday with a four-year ban from international sports events, including next summer’s Tokyo Olympics, over a longstanding doping scandal, although its athletes will still be able to compete if they can show they are clean competitors.
Louisville and Kansas finally provided some consistency to what has been a volatile Top 25 poll this season while perennial bluebloods Michigan State and North Carolina continued to tumble after another wave of defeats.
SAN DIEGO — The Philadelphia Phillies and right-hander Zack Wheeler finalized their $118 million, five-year contract Monday.
SEBRING — The last time David Porter’s 2007 Peugeot 908 HDi raced at Sebring International Raceway was 2011, when Team Oreca-Matmut stunned the sportscar racing world with a victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring. It was the same result on Sunday, when Porter won the fourth race of Group C on th…
NEW YORK — Spencer Dinwiddie saved the Brooklyn Nets — again.
Chris Petersen’s last opponent at Washington will be the team that gave him his only other head coaching job.
NEW ORLEANS — Jimmy Garoppolo decisively delivered a fourth-down pass to George Kittle with time running out, and the veteran tight end vigorously galloped up the sideline, seemingly embracing an opportunity to defiantly jerk his head back and forth as a Saints defender grabbed his face mask.
Defending national champions. Undefeated and owners of a 28-game winning streak, longest in the nation.
TALLAHASSEE — Mike Norvell was the first coach Florida State interviewed for its football vacancy and though the search took school administrators around the country, they kept coming back to the man running Memphis’ program.
TALLAHASSEE — Stung by an inconsistent performance from 3-point range this season, No. 17 Florida State focused for a week on getting better from beyond the arc.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets were looking at fourth-and-really long — and another brutal loss to the Miami Dolphins.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Mamadi Diakite scored 12 points and No. 5 Virginia rebounded from a blowout loss with a 56-47 victory against No. 7 North Carolina on Sunday.
MIAMI GARDENS — There isn’t much of a history between Florida and Virginia.
SEBRING — Friday’s game between the Sebring Blue Streaks and the Bartow Yellow Jackets was a high intensity affair from start to finish. Bartow came out on top with Sebring coming up short, 72-65. This was the Blue Streaks first loss of the season dropping their record to 2-1.
TAMPA — Jameis Winston threw for 456 yards and four touchdowns, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rally to beat the reeling Indianapolis Colts 38-35 on Sunday.
SUNRISE — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots to win for the second straight night as the Florida Panthers beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1 Sunday.
CLEVELAND — The Orlando Magic spent last season climbing back to relevance. They’re at it again.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Rhamondre Stevenson had a 5-yard touchdown run in overtime and No. 6 Oklahoma made its bid for another playoff berth with a 30-23 win over No. 8 Baylor in the Big 12 championship game Saturday.
SAN DIEGO — General manager A.J. Preller continued to remake the San Diego Padres’ outfield, and added an intriguing two-way player as well.
MIAMI — Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and had his second triple-double of the week, Bam Adebayo had a career-high 24 points and the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 112-103 on Friday night.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The one constant all season for Utah was the ability to control the trenches against any opponent.
SYDNEY — Matt Jones coped best with difficult afternoon conditions Saturday at the Australian Open for a 3-under 68 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round.
Kaillie Humphries’ World Cup bobsled debut for the United States was a winning one.
The Freshwater Fishing Forecast for the second week of December gives anglers the full moon phase and typical seasonal winter weather forecast. All fishing factors considered, the first half of the full moon week will be perfect for nighttime anglers and the second half of the week for dayti…
SEBRING — Historic Sportscar Racing’s Classic 12 Hour, Pistons and Props, Presented by Alan Jay Automotive Network will come to a close today, making it the last chance to see some of the most amazing vintage racecars around. Those who want to get a look at the “Props” portion of the event —…
BOONE, N.C. — Darrynton Evans scored three touchdowns and 20th-ranked Appalachian State repeated as Sun Belt Conference champions with a 45-38 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.
INDIANAPOLIS — Aaron Thompson believes unselfish play is a major part of Butler’s success.
AVON PARK – The Sebring Blue Streaks Boy’s Soccer team took a four goal halftime lead against the Avon Park Red Devils at Joe Franza Stadium in Avon Park and held on to that margin for a 5-1 win that improved their season record to 4-4. The loss dropped the Red Devils to 1-3 on the season.
BOCA RATON — Lane Kiffin is back in the SEC, taking over at Ole Miss.
ATLANTA — Joe Burrow finished off what seems like his Heisman Trophy coronation with another dazzling performance and No. 1 LSU locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time, dominating No. 4 Georgia 37-10 in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday.
AVON PARK – The Avon Park Red Devils Girl’s soccer team showed a lot of grit in a tough 4-2 loss to the Hardee Wildcats on Thursday Night at Joe Franza Stadium in Avon Park. This loss unfortunately drops the Red Devils record to 0-5 for the season.
Though the Avon Park Red Devils defeated the Mulberry Panthers Tuesday night, the game did not end on a happy note. After Avon Park won 47-25, Polk County deputies say the two teams got into a physical altercation resulting in the arrest of three adults.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is happy his players can finally make the case for themselves that they are a championship-caliber team.
