State officials today restored the civil rights of a former University of Florida football team captain who had a drug conviction and also pardoned a man who was labeled as a sex offender after being targeted in an extortion scheme. ...more

December 10, 2009

Fifty years ago, the Tribune printed an intriguing headline: "And Just Why Shouldn't Tampa Have a Woman Mayor?" ...more

March 8, 2009

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow added the exclamation point to the Gators' national championship celebration Sunday, announcing he will return next year to play his senior year. ...more

January 12, 2009

Iowa kicker Daniel Murray's late-game heroics against Penn State altered the entire BCS landscape. ...more

December 28, 2008

The University of Florida football team has three juniors – playmaker Percy Harvin, linebacker Brandon Spikes and quarterback Tim Tebow – who could become incredibly and immediately wealthy after this season simply by proclaiming themselves eligible for the National Football League draft. All three - particularly Harvin and Spikes - are projected as early first-round picks if they are made available. ...more

November 26, 2008

When done properly, "fly on the wall" sports books can be very effective. The model is John Feinstein's "Season On The Brink," an absorbing look at the Indiana basketball program under Coach Bob Knight. ...more

September 17, 2008

When the coach's whistle blasts, signaling the start of special teams drills during University of Florida football practice, it quickly becomes obvious that things are done a little differently here. ...more

September 5, 2008

Urban Meyer's new favorite book sits within arm's reach, resting on the large desk that is the centerpiece of the University of Florida football coach's office. Although months ago Meyer consumed the motivational theories of "Change or Die - The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life" by author Alan Deutschman, the autographed copy remains strategically accessible, a constant reminder of Meyer's hotwired commitment to psychology as a football teaching aid. ...more

August 17, 2008

As University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer has learned, late-night telephone calls usually bring bad news. This one was a stunner. On May 9, he learned that lineman Matt Patchan, the former Armwood High All-American and a cornerstone of UF's recruiting class, had been shot in the left shoulder. ...more

May 23, 2008

A University of Florida football player turned himself in Friday on charges he used the credit card of a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident, his attorney said. ...more

May 9, 2008