San Diego State coach Chuck Long was asked after giving Notre Dame a scare who was better, the Fighting Irish or Cal Poly, which beat the Aztecs a week earlier. ...more

September 7, 2008

Just last week, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was lamenting the fact that his team had yet to endure one of those suffocating, shirt-soaking Tallahassee heat waves. ...more

August 29, 2008

As the silver Monte Carlo navigated the winding two-lane road tucked amid tree-lined hills in January, Willie Williams sat in the front seat and stared out the window in disbelief at his rural surroundings. ...more

August 26, 2008

The jawing started during voluntary summer fitness training. Freshman Jeffrey Demps won last year's Florida high school Class 3A 100-meter dash with a time of 10.37 and later added a 10.25 in the AAU Junior Olympics. That's world-class fast. ...more

July 24, 2008

Before Florida State coach Bobby Bowden arrived at Friday's College Football Media Days at the Tampa Marriott Waterside, a Tampa Bay Sports Commission employee placed a sign against the table where Bowden would speak. ...more

July 19, 2008

The end is getting close for Florida State coach Bobby Bowden. That we know. What we don't know is whether Bowden has enough time left on the sideline to return the Seminoles to the top of the polls, a place they once called home. After back-to-back 7-6 seasons, FSU has a long way to go to rejoin college football's elite. Here's a closer look at FSU entering the 2008 season: ...more

July 1, 2008

Florida State's Jack Rye swung, connected and dropped his bat Sunday. He knew the ball was hit well over the right-field fence and the Seminoles were well on their way back to the College World Series for the first time since 2000. ...more

June 9, 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

From an early age, Tampa's Darrion Pedro was programmed for baseball success. ...more

May 3, 2008

Get out of the way! Here comes Preston Parker running full speed, and he's not stopping. ...more

February 22, 2008