We like the way the Highlands County Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee, better known as R-PAC, responded to Sebring's Dixie Youth Baseball request. Board members moved quickly to support a proposal for major improvements to the baseball complex, and obviously understood the importance of this request. ...more

November 22, 2009

Like the Tampa Bay Rays, the Lutz Little League wants its players to have solid fundamental skills and to work together. ...more

November 12, 2008

Tired of getting brushed back in the NL Championship Series, Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers came out ready to fight their way back against Philadelphia. ...more

October 13, 2008

Miguel Olivo charged the mound after being hit by a pitch from D.J. Carrasco in the fifth inning Sunday, touching off a benches-clearing brawl between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals. ...more

August 4, 2008

The city's 22nd Street Park remains on the table, but parks and recreation officials are broadening their search for a location for three proposed football fields. ...more

June 7, 2008

LAKE PLACID — With a recent $50,000 donation from Glades Electric Cooperation Inc., Recreation Director John Komosa hopes the ongoing work at a baseball field for disabled players will finish up by September. New fences and benches already circle a playing field at June Park, in preparation for the future Miracle League Field. Installation of a special rubberized turf to protect players from injury is scheduled when funding is obtained. The Glades Electric donation goes a long way toward the $250,000 fundraising goal. The turf alone will cost $121,000, said Komosa. ...more

February 18, 2008

What's been heralded as a "showdown" - the appearance of baseball pitcher Roger Clemens before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today - is more likely to be a show. ...more

February 13, 2008