The University of Florida's national championship celebration was drawing to a conclusion Sunday afternoon inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Coach Urban Meyer already had addressed the announced crowd of 42,000, calling the Gators "one of the greatest teams in college football history." ...more

January 12, 2009

Entering the football stadium on Pasco High's campus, high on the clay-colored bricks, the black letters announce the name of the venue: "W.F. Edwards Stadium." ...more

December 4, 2008

This wasn't the way the ride was supposed to end for Gulf High. The team that won more games than any other in school history, picked up the program's first-ever playoff victory and possessed the best single-season running back in Pasco County history stumbled through a 50-0 beating Friday night at the hands of Class 3A-District 8 rival Pasco High. ...more

November 29, 2008

When the first quarter between the University of South Florida and Rutgers ended, the Scarlet Knights sprinted to the other end of the field. They couldn't wait for the second quarter to begin. ...more

November 16, 2008

Most of the University of Florida's most important recruiting targets for the class of 2006 arrived on campus Nov. 25, 2005, and ran into the biggest salesman they'd ever seen. Carl Johnson, a perpetually smiling, 6-foot-5, 350-pound mountain of a high school senior, had been committed to Florida since the previous summer, and he had a message for his fellow visitors. ...more

November 24, 2007

The pause lasted five seconds. It felt like five hours. Someone had asked University of Florida coach Urban Meyer on Monday about his defensive tackle situation. Meyer paused - perhaps for dramatic effect, or perhaps he hoped the answer might change in the interim - before divulging the names of the three tackles the coaches feel comfortable playing Saturday against Vanderbilt. ...more

October 31, 2007

One of them was going to do it, so Tracy Burr stepped up. While most of Brandon's team was celebrating the Eagles' 34-0 victory over Newsome in the south end zone of E.F. McLane Stadium, the senior quarterback made his way over to a Tampa Tribune reporter, a smile dominating his face much like his team had dominated its opponent, wondering if his team had finally earned some respect. ...more

October 6, 2007

BRANDON - One of them was going to do it, so Tracy Burr stepped up. ...more

October 6, 2007

Scoreboard. In smack talk, it's the ultimate trump word. Yeah, yeah, whatever, we won. Scoreboard. ...more

September 14, 2007