Playoff implications are on the line as the regular season nears its end in Tampa. The Florida Panthers (47-30-4) travel up to Amalie Arena for a date with the Tampa Bay Lightning (46-26-8) on Tuesday, April 15. Atlantic Title Implication Tampa has an opportunity to win the Atlantic Division. They …

Fifteen minutes left in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game. Down 12. Zero points from senior All-American guard Walter Clayton Jr. Dead in the water. Against the smothering defense of Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars, any other team would have folded under the pressure, but not coach Todd Golden’s Florida …

The Los Angeles Clippers (43-32) left the Kia Center Monday with a 96-87 win after a horrendous shooting night from the hometown Orlando Magic (36-40).  Low Scoring Affair In a bout between two of the league’s top three defenses, under 100 points each may have been par for the course. …

The Orlando Magic (34-38) came out with a shocking 118-106 win over the Los Angeles Lakers (43-28) Monday night. Star-Studded Duel It was the usual suspects for both sides leading the pack on the offensive end. A scoring duel between Luka Doncic and Franz Wagner ended in a draw as …

The Magic (30-36) traveled to Texas Monday night and got thumped by the Houston Rockets (40-25) 97-84. Rocket Power The difference maker in this game was clearly the Rockets depth. Anybody on the court can give an efficient shooting performance and then back it up on the defensive end. Five …

The Florida Panthers knocked off Tampa Bay, 2-1, Monday night to end the Lightning’s eight-game win streak that started Feb. 5. Streak Snaps If the streak was going to come to an end, it would be at the hands of the defending Stanley Cup champions. After a scoreless first period, …

The Tampa Bay Lightning  (32-20-4) host the Edmonton Oilers (34-19-4) tonight at Amalie Arena. Lightning Keeps On Striking Tampa Bay is has been on an absolute heater the past 30 days. The Lightning have won six of their last seven games since Jan. 30. In their first game back from …

Team USA had a rough outing in their final round robin game of the 4 Nations Face-Off, bested by Sweden 2-1 in Boston’s TD Garden. Sweden Stalls the U.S. It was another red-white-and-blue night in Boston– for all of about one minute. After Chris Kreider (Rangers) buried a rebound just …

The Atlanta Hawks came to Orlando and handed the Magic a 112-106 loss Monday night. The story of the game for Orlando (26-29) was its lack of depth scoring. Forward Franz Wagner dropped a near career-high 37 points and Paolo Banchero put up a 31 spot of his own. Despite this …

The Gainesville area is well represented in the Florida Boys Soccer Regional Tournaments beginning next week. First-round matchups for five area high schools were announced Friday. Santa Fe The Red Raiders (13-3-2) slot in as a f0ur seed in the Class 3A Regional Tournament. After crushing Eastside 3-0 in the …