The Pasco Police Athletic League is holding its youth football Super Bowl and Super Cheer Off today, Nov. 21, at Gulf High School's Des Little Stadium. ...more

November 21, 2009

It might be acceptable for adults at the gym, in road races and in triathlons. But high school girls in sports bras and boys with bare chests violate the dress code of Hillsborough County's public schools and officials are once again attempting to enforce the rule - no matter how hot it is. ...more

November 5, 2009

Since joining the Big East in 2005, the University of South Florida's coaches and athletic department staff members have been among the lowest paid of the six Bowl Championship Series conferences. ...more

April 1, 2009

Since joining the Big East in 2005, the University of South Florida's coaches and athletic department staff members have been among the lowest paid of the six Bowl Championship Series conferences. That is, with one notable exception: athletic director Doug Woolard. Woolard's annual salary of $421,950 makes him the nation's second-highest-paid AD in the BCS based on the percentage of his salary compared with the school's athletic department budget. ...more

March 31, 2009

Billy Turner outlasted 13 principals and 11 athletic directors during his 30 years as the head football coach at Chamberlain High. ...more

March 7, 2009

In the past month, we witnessed the inauguration of our first African-American president and also saw Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers become the second African-American head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl win. The fact that there was very little talk of Tomlin's race in the week leading up to the game suggests just how much progress has been made in terms of black men in leadership positions in the NFL. ...more

February 22, 2009

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy, in a New York Times op-ed piece, is asking college athletic directors to ignore pressure from alumni and boosters and hire the best coaching candidates "regardless of race." ...more

February 20, 2009

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says fears of a looming rookie wage scale are unfounded and collegiate underclassmen should not be misled into thinking such a system will be in place by 2010 as they weigh their decisions to forgo their eligibility to enter the NFL next year. ...more

December 29, 2008

Football coaches and athletic directors have been aware for some time the Florida High School Athletic Association was planning a district realignment. The verdict finally came in Monday afternoon. ...more

December 26, 2008

MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL   All six local programs are seeded and begin play Tuesday on crowning the next (unofficial) county champion on Nov. 4. ...more

October 25, 2008