The Tampa Bay Rays try to match a franchise record by winning their seventh straight home game this evening when they kick off a three-game set with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Tropicana Field.

Tampa Bay center Jeff Halpern suffered a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Team USA's loss to Canada on Tuesday at the 2008 World Hockey Championships, Lightning executive vice president and general manager Jay Feaster announced Wednesday.

South Florida head football coach Jim Leavitt agreed to a contract extension through 2014 on Monday, according to director of athletics Doug Woolard.