After 50 years of coaching, Billy Turner is finally calling it quits. ...more

March 5, 2009

The Florida Gators, college football's newest gold standard after a 24-14 victory against Oklahoma, collected their riches Friday morning. First, the $30,000 crystal creation of sparkle and prestige that is the BCS national championship trophy was handed over. The football writers' Grantland Rice Trophy, the National Football Foundation's MacArthur Trophy and finally the Associated Press national championship followed. ...more

January 10, 2009

The University of Florida Gators, college football's newest gold standard after a 24-14 victory over Oklahoma, collected their riches Friday morning. First the $30,000 crystal creation of sparkle and prestige that is the BCS National Championship trophy was handed over. The Football Writers' Grantland Rice Trophy, the National Football Foundation's MacArthur Trophy and finally the Associated Press national championship followed. ...more

January 9, 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

Tampa Bay Tech football coach C.C. Culpepper's voice cracked as he stared in disbelief at the award he'd just won. ...more

December 11, 2008

Chamberlain football coach Billy Turner, 70, will begin his 49th season as a coach and his 29th as Chamberlain's head coach on Friday. As a head coach he has earned 244 victories, making him the all-time winningest active coach in Hillsborough County. He has a 244-149 overall record and a 199-118 record at Chamberlain. ...more

August 27, 2008

Former Florida State nose guard Ron Simmons and former Florida linebacker Wilbur Marshall were among 13 players and two coaches elected Thursday to the College Football Hall of Fame. ...more

May 2, 2008

Plant receiver Derek Winter added another accolade to his list when he was honored as the Scholar-Athlete at Wednesday night's National Football Foundation Athletes Banquet. ...more

April 24, 2008

Riverview's John Green was impressive this season. The senior running back had 731 rushing yards and three touchdowns against competition in the state's largest classification, and he did it while splitting time in the backfield with one of Hillsborough County's top backs, Jahleel Addae. ...more

February 3, 2008

Mike Holovak, a longtime NFL executive who coached the Patriots to their first championship game, died Sunday in Ruskin, a few hours before the team left for the Super Bowl. He was 88. ...more

January 28, 2008