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• Spring Training Glance

  4N.Y. Yankees 8, Washington 5Detroit 4, Baltimore 2Toronto 6, Houston 3Pittsburgh 17, Minnesota 6St. Louis vs. Boston at Fort Myers , Fla., 2:35 p.m.Cincinnati vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Kansas City vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05   Read more »

• Joe Girardi chooses to keep eye on Phil Hughes

  Fla. -- Joe Girardi , with a choice of games to watch Sunday, is choosing the 2 -hour drive to Fort Myers to watch Phil Hughes pitch against the Twins in a split-squad game.That means Girardi is passing on watching Mariano Rivera make his spring training debut   Read more »

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• Fort Myers, Naples students off to a good start at National Spelling Bee

  the field of no more than 50 semifinalists. Representing Lee County this year is Kayla Sheffield, a 13-year-old 7th grader from Fort Myers who attends Dunbar Middle. Naples resident Princeton Ballarino, a 14-year-old eighth grader at North Naples Middle, represents 34 m ago from The News-Press Read more »

• Prep football: After solid spring, South Fort Myers is eager for fall to arrive

  MYERS — The last day of August can’t come soon enough for South Fort Myers. That’s when the Wolfpack — filled with a wealth of talent on both sides of the ball — will open their regular season. With most starters back from last season’s 7-4 playoff team and 10:23 AM from Naples Daily News Read more »

• College softball: Fort Myers High grad Richardson, USF reach World Series

  Myers High graduate Lindsey Richardson of Estero delivers a pitch for the University of South Flortida softball team during a NCAA Super Regional against Hofstra last weekend in Tampa. Richardson pitched five and one-third scoreless innings in two wins on 10:22 AM from Naples Daily News Read more »

• College baseball: South Fort Myers grad Andy King concludes impressive career at Hamline

  college baseball, King began his high school career at Estero High. After his freshman season, he transferred to South Fort Myers High when that school opened in the fall of 2005. When his days at South ended, King opted to head to Minnesota, where his family 9:55 AM from Naples Daily News Read more »

• Purdue wide receiver gets charges dropped

  have been dropped stemming from the May 6 arrest of Purdue wide receiver Antavian Edison in Fort Myers, Fla., according to a release from the school. Edison was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon, according to reports. We are pleased to know 3:31 AM from The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Read more »