Associated PressFebruary 4, 2020
10min208
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Events occurred in all 50 states.
Staff ReportsMay 23, 2018
7min285
NFL owners approved a new national anthem policy Wednesday that gives individual teams the authority to set their own anthem-related rules and permits players to remain in the locker room during the playing of the anthem, according to a person familiar with the deliberations. The new policy eliminates the current requirement from the league’s game operations […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2018
6min246
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is known as an ardent football fan, so it’s really not a surprise he is in Dallas this weekend for the NFL Draft. What may surprise some is that he’s pitching Jacksonville as a host city for a future draft. “We believe based on size and scope that Jax will be prepared […]
Bob SparksOctober 13, 2017
6min489
Progressives have an opportunity to get behind a bill that would end certain tax exemptions for a group they would normally refer to as “fat cats.” One Member of Congress went on television this week promoting a bill that targets the corporate headquarters for wealthy business owners, saying it’s time for them to pay up. […]
Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2017
4min395
In the wake of nearly 200 NFL players deliberately refusing to stand during the “Star Spangled Banner” last weekend, conservatives are talking about hitting the league where it hurts — in its pocketbook. Sarasota-area Republican Vern Buchanan has sent out a survey to supporters asking them whether the league’s tax-exempt status should be revoked “in response […]
Bob SparksSeptember 28, 2017
1min240
For those who care, the fourth week of the NFL season kicks off tonight with the Chicago Bears traveling to Green Bay to face the Packers. The best ratings for this game will likely be a few minutes before kickoff. What will happen during the national anthem will interest most viewers far more than anything […]
Scott PowersJune 1, 2016
3min187
All the bickering this spring about whether Orange County could cough up $1 million a year to get the NFL Pro Bowl may be long forgotten next winter if the game week goes as announced. The NFL made the official announcement Wednesday afternoon that Orlando will host the next three football All-Star Games at Camping […]
Mitch PerryMay 25, 2016
5min215
Tampa Bay area sports fans were hit with a double whammy of negativity on Tuesday. I also had a poor night watching people play games for profit. First of all, the Tampa Bay Lightning blew their opportunity to close out their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and face elimination tomorrow night in […]
Mitch PerryMay 1, 2015
5min152
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 […]