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Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2015

One of the interesting stories leading into the beginning of this NFL season is who will be the better professional quarterback? Florida State’s Jameis Winston or Oregon’s Marcus Mariota? Winston won the Heisman in leading FSU to the national championship in his debut 2013 season, while Mariota won last year’s Heisman. The debate will rage […]

Gary FineoutAugust 31, 2015

The Florida prosecutor who investigated numerous state politicians and conducted a high-profile probe into rape allegations against Jameis Winston is ending his lengthy career. State Attorney Willie Meggs said Monday he won’t seek re-election next year when his current term expires. The 72-year-old Meggs has been the lead prosecutor for six north Florida counties since […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2015

There were two events in Tampa that took place this weekend worth noting. Let’s start with the local NFL franchise and the off-field drama that won’t be going away anytime soon. “We do not think it will be a problem for Jameis to be focused on playing football here,” Tampa Bay Buc head coach Lovie Smith […]

Mitch PerryMay 1, 2015

If you were growing weary of reading Jameis Winston vs. Marcus Mariota every day in your local sports pages for the past four months, Buc fans, congrats. Now you’ll just be reading about Winston every day up until football season begins. Let’s just hope for all concerned it’s only in the sports pages. Thursday night […]

Diane RobertsJanuary 22, 2015

Given the constant bad tidings in the print world, a newspaper making it to the age of 100 is something to celebrate. Especially if it’s a newspaper with a pretty good history of breaking important stories, training generations of take-no-prisoners journalists and speaking truth – sometimes profanely – to power. Happy Centenary, Florida Flambeau. On […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2015

Florida State University “student-athlete” Jameis Winston surprised absolutely no one yesterday when he declared he’ll be leaving FSU early to enter the NFL draft this spring. His declaration came on the same day that a woman who accused the star quarterback of raping her in 2012 filed a federal lawsuit against Florida State on Wednesday, alleging that the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2015

Florida State University “student-athlete” Jameis Winston surprised absolutely no one yesterday when he declared he’ll be leaving FSU early to enter the NFL draft this spring. His declaration came on the same day that a woman who accused the star quarterback of raping her in 2012 filed a federal lawsuit against Florida State on Wednesday, alleging that the […]

Diane RobertsDecember 10, 2014

And now the backlash: “Jackie,” the young woman at the center of the notorious Rolling Stone piece on rape at the University of Virginia, can’t keep her story straight. Jameis Winston’s accuser is a gold-digger aiming to shake him down in a civil suit. Lena Dunham, whose memoir details a not-really-consensual encounter with a fellow […]

Guest AuthorNovember 18, 2014

First impressions matter. It’s one of the truisms we must live with. Unfortunately, that’s a fact seemingly lost on new Florida State University President John Thrasher. Exhibit 1 is the former legislator’s tone-deaf response to last week’s New York Times article highlighting another instance in which an FSU football player not named Winston might have […]

Julie DelegalOctober 26, 2014

Ferguson. Sanford. Tallahassee. What do these three cities have in common? It’s not what you might think. It has nothing to do with perceived arch-villains such as Darren Wilson, George Zimmerman, or Jameis Winston. I don’t believe in arch-villains. I do believe, though, in the predictability of human nature. Sometimes, human beings behave badly. And […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.14.15 – Mariota 1, Winston and Tampa Bay a big zero

Long-time prosecutor Willie Meggs, who investigated Jameis Winston, is retiring

Mitch Perry Report for 5.11.15 — Weekend tales in Tampa

Mitch Perry Report for 5.1.15 — On the so-called Fight of the Century

Diane Roberts: Happy Centenary, Florida Flambeau

Mitch Perry Report for 1.8.15 – Spare us the Jameis Winston “dilemma”

Mitch Perry Report for 1.8.15 – Spare us the Jameis Winston "dilemma"

Diane Roberts: We’re back to blaming the victims for rape

Andrew Skerritt: FSU’s president should be tougher on football player misconduct

Julie Delegal: Police make serious mistakes when they impose their own justice