Sports Columns
Local youth triathletes meet Lance Armstrong
Weekly column by Jason Dill on happenings in area sports.
Sports Columns
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ALAN DELL
Ray Bellamy returns home to place where he made history to be honored with other Lincoln Hall of Famers
PALMETTO -- It's been nearly a half century since Ray Bellamy broke the color barrier of major college football in the south when he signed to play for the University of Miami.
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TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
Commentary | Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano continues to clean house by getting rid of Kellen Winslow Jr.
If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers don't work out for him, Greg Schiano might have a career as our country's surgeon general.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH
Commentary | Lakewood Ranch High baseball team wins something more valuable than a state title
The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team won something more valuable than a state title last week.
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JOHN LEMBO
Commentary | Spring football games usher in new season
Saint Stephen¿s football team went winless last season, which was coach Tod Creneti¿s first on the Falcons sideline.
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SPORTS
Coaching great Lou Holtz feels humbled to receive honor at Dick Vitale Gala
Lou Holtz has received enough honors to open up a college football museum. But Holtz says none of those achievements can match the tribute he will receive Friday.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH
Commentary | Lakewood Ranch baseball team carving out own identity, but Kennedy provides link to past
When Lakewood Ranch travels to Port St. Lucie for this week's state baseball tournament, every player on the team might want to take a seat next to assistant coach Ryan Kennedy.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Commentary | Room for one more? Lakewood Ranch could get yet another state qualifier today
Regardless of the outcome, the final prep event of the 2011-12 school year will be played tonight on Lakewood Ranch's baseball diamond.
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ALAN DELL
Commentary | Lakewood Ranch softball team brings back memories of the good old baseball days
The Lakewood Ranch girls softball team is creating almost as much excitement as its male counterparts did in 2003 when they won the Class 5A state baseball championship.
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JASON DILL
Commentary | Gladiators look to next year after dropping minor-league football title game
The Bradenton Gladiators entered Saturday's Alliance Bowl V searching for the franchise¿s first-ever minor league football championship. They'll have look for it next season after dropping the title game 35-30 to the Orlando Rage at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar.
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ALAN DELL
Lakewood Ranch's Olivia Ortiz expected to make complete recovery after surgery
For the second straight year, misfortune struck Lakewood Ranch's girls track team.








