AVON PARK — A hired consultant has called the soccer field near Memorial Field a "liability" to the city and recomended it should be overhalued. The city council, meanwhile, was reluctant to close it and instead ordered City Manager C.B. Shirey to "evaluate" the field by Wednesday. Dan Morgan, an agronomist from Lithia who was hired by the city to examine all of its parks, said it was overused, while its current condition creates a safety hazard. The park system in general also had problems. "The potential for injury is good," Morgan said. Though he said he wasn't exactly suggesting it should be shut down entirely, he said, "they need to shut it down and rennovate it." ...more

November 29, 2007

Cornerback Sammy Davis and linebacker Leon Joe can attest to the fact there's nothing truly final about the 'final' roster cuts in the NFL. ...more

September 3, 2007