In case you missed it, here were the top stories on FOX Sports Florida from Thursday, May 9.
* A historic matchup between reigning Cy Young Award winners offered a study in how baseball is an unforgiving game, one that humbles, changes fortunes and leaves progress as an open-ended question. Read More
* Luke Scott drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night. Read More
* For about a month, Ronde Barber knew this moment would come, the long list of thank-yous with a cracked voice after a 16-year career in red and pewter that could send him to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The defensive back’s goodbye to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday was the official cut from a former era, a time of John Lynch and Derrick Brooks and Warren Sapp that seems more distant with each passing fall. Read More
* Who are the greatest Buccaneers players of all time? Most of them have played on the defensive side of the ball. Read More
* Go ahead, say the Miami Heat aren’t good at a physical game. They claim it provides added motivation. Read More
* Veteran Tampa Bay Lightning winger Martin St. Louis is one of three finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award, presented annually to the NHL’s Most Outstanding Player. Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin are the other finalists. Read More
* Terrance Shannon, one of Florida State’s top forwards, is transferring to VCU, according to CBSSports.com. Shannon has missed significant playing time the past two seasons with shoulder and neck injuries, but when healthy he is a physical, aggressive player in the low post that can rebound and play defense well. Read More
* Injury and opportunity have appeared often during the early part of the Miami Marlins season. Charlie McCarthy reviews the Marlins’ start. Read More
* Florida's offense struggled at times under new offensive coordinator Brent Pease in 2012, but the Gators made significant improvement, winning 11 games. Pease has in turn received a considerable raise - $100,000. Read More
