The Florida Gators paid the inevitable price of success Wednesday when offensive coordinator Dan Mullen - one of several of Urban Meyer's assistants being mentioned for vacant jobs - was lured away by the head coaching job at Mississippi State. ...more

December 11, 2008

Kaivon Madani had a phone conversation with his old football coach recently. ...more

December 11, 2008

Hours before its Class 2A state semifinal football game against Miami Gulliver Prep, Tampa Catholic High School had its football field house and gymnasium burglarized. ...more

December 5, 2008

North Marion football coach Craig Damon isn't much into returning phone calls from reporters. Maybe he's too busy figuring out how to stop the Pasco offense. Or maybe he just doesn't want Pasco County to know too much about his Colts. ...more

December 5, 2008

Martin Fennelly: Armwood football coach Sean Callahan thought back to the season-opening game. It was at Plant. Oh, sorry. It was at Plant, Plant, Plant. ...more

December 4, 2008

Hours after his squad had knocked off Mulberry High, 10-0, in Friday's Class 2A regional final, the full impact of that result finally hit Tampa Catholic football coach Bob Henriquez: For the second straight year, the Crusaders (9-3) have reached the state semifinals. And with one more victory, they will return to the championship game. ...more

December 3, 2008

Tom Fisher, who transformed the Zephyrhills High football program into one of the best in Pasco County over 20 seasons as Head Coach, stepped down on Monday at the Bulldogs' season-ending banquet, bringing to an end the most successful football era in school history. ...more

December 2, 2008

On Thanksgiving Day, Chamberlain High's football players gathered in their locker room before an early morning practice to share what they were thankful for. When it became his turn to speak, head coach Billy Turner had to fight back tears. As he looked into his players' faces, he told them that as he stood on the school's field that morning, his coaching career flashed before his eyes. Turner, 71, has 254 career wins, the winningest active football coach in Hillsborough County. He's in his 49th season, the past 30 at Chamberlain. Before this season, Turner said it was a strong possibility he would retire after this year. On Monday, he reaffirmed it. ...more

December 2, 2008

This was no afternoon for slingin' in the rain, and although Jeff Garcia's passing stats suffered, he attained the number he wanted most. Victory No. 9. ...more

December 1, 2008

After he retired in 1969, former NBA superstar Bill Russell became a basketball commentator. One of his more memorable quotes was "Basketball is a contact sport; football is a collision sport." ...more

November 30, 2008