DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Quentin Harris spent four years patiently waiting his turn to start at Duke. He wasn’t about to end his college career with six straight losses.
NICEVILLE — Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton’s penchant for using lots of players paid off with a huge trophy after defeating Purdue on Saturday night in the Emerald Coast Classic championship game.
GAINESVILLE — Florida receiver Kadarius Toney stopped in the end zone, struck a pose and pointed to the scoreboard as Florida State players walked by.
BOCA RATON — Chris Robison threw for three touchdowns as Florida Atlantic beat Southern Mississippi 34-17 on Saturday to clinch the Conference USA East Division title.
South Florida fired coach Charlie Strong on Sunday after three seasons in which the Bulls won fewer games each year.
SUNRISE — Chris Driedger heard the final horn and reached for his helmet in disbelief. The Florida Panthers goalie hardly expected to post a shutout in his first NHL start.
The Freshwater Fishing Forecast for the first week of December gives anglers typical winter weather conditions and the development of the first quarter moon phase which occurs on Wednesday.
NICEVILLE — Florida State’s depth was good enough to withstand Tennessee’s one-man show.
MIAMI — A big lead had almost entirely slipped away, and the Miami Heat showed no sense of panic.
ORLANDO — Dillon Gabriel threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, Adrian Killins rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown, and UCF concluded its regular season with a 34-7 win over South Florida in the War on I-4 on Friday night.
The Lake Placid Green Dragons boys’ basketball team hosted the Ft Meade Miners on Tuesday night for both teams opening game of the new season. The Miners prevailed 67-60 in an action-packed game.
ATLANTA — Taysom Hill’s rare moment in the spotlight came in an important game for the New Orleans Saints.
The 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD title-winning duo of Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers will reunite in 2020 aboard the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini for a full-season assault.
AVON PARK — A youth soccer school will start its second year with a new field providing Highlands County kids an opportunity to learn and play the game.
Here comes another NFL December — the time to a make a push in the playoff race and build momentum for the postseason.
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More than Paul Bunyan’s Axe is on the line in college football’s most-played rivalry.
CORAL GABLES — Miami football is supposed to have swagger. It is part of the Hurricanes’ DNA, passed on from generations to the next and fueled by things like the memories of national championships, being a pipeline to the NFL, even now gaudy gimmicks like the Turnover Chain.
Minnesota based JDC-Miller MotorSports announced that it has entered into a partnership with Mustang Sampling, LLC to field the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R in the 2020 and 2021 seasons of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship.
DAYTONA BEACH — Following a busy IMSA season that consisted of two season-long championships plus a podium finish at the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona in January, one would think Roman De Angelis earned some time to relax.
A total of 31 cars across four categories will compete at the world-famous Bahrain International Circuit Dec. 12-14, racing into the night for eight hours instead of the usual six in Bahrain. The event is Round 4 of WEC Season 8 and forms part of the Bahrain National Day festivities, with th…
GAINESVILLE — Florida coach Dan Mullen is unbeaten against Florida State. Most of his players can’t say the same.
The DragonSpeed sportscar team has revealed further details of its 2020 racing effort, announcing that the driving partnership of Henrik Hedman and Ben Hanley will add all six LMP2 rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship plus the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance classic to its con…
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Ahead of his long-awaited return to Dallas, Cole Beasley is having too much fun with his new team to dwell on the past.
Never one to mince words, Jerry Jones has put Jason Garrett and his coaching staff on alert heading into what’s supposed to be a festive holiday.
DURHAM, N.C. — With a breakaway layup at the overtime buzzer, Stephen F. Austin pulled off a shocker for the ages and did what no team outside the ACC had done in almost 20 years — topple mighty Duke at home.
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MIAMI — A day after being named the Conference USA Player of the Week, Osasumwen Osaghae scored 19 points as Florida International defeated NAIA-member Keiser 96-82 on Tuesday night.
GAINSVILLE — Kiah Gillespie scored 17 points and matched her career high with 18 rebounds and No. 12 Florida State turned back rival Florida 66-55 on Tuesday night.
TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a “hierarchical relationship” with local governments, the state late last week asked an appeals court to uphold a 2011 law that has threatened tough penalties if city and county officials approve gun regulations.
Ohio State jumped LSU to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings with two weeks left to go before selection Sunday.
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Bragging rights aren’t the only thing on the line for Mississippi State at this year’s Egg Bowl.
CORAL GABLES — Miami football is supposed to have swagger. It is part of the Hurricanes’ DNA, passed on from generations to the next and fueled by things like the memories of national championships, being a pipeline to the NFL, even now gaudy gimmicks like the Turnover Chain.
NORWICH, Conn. — Mayor Peter Nystrom says he plans to fight hard to preserve his town’s little piece of Americana.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Shawn Williams had 13 points as New Mexico State easily beat South Florida 65-45 in the Cayman Islands Classic on Tuesday.
As Thanksgiving Day gets closer and closer, most of us are looking forward to giving many thanks for what we have, eating our favorite traditional foods, and of course, watching The National Dog Show. There will be over 2,000 dogs competing, and NBC will broadcast the event at 12:00. What is…
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NORWICH, Conn. — Mayor Peter Nystrom says he plans to fight hard to preserve his town’s little piece of Americana.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State put together a blowout for the record books on Monday.
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Safety Troy Polamalu, wide receiver Reggie Wayne and linebacker Patrick Willis are first-year eligible players among the 25 semifinalists of the modern era for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Any concern about whether it was appropriate to be playing sports in the Bahamas while parts of the multi-island nation continue to dig out from devastation following Hurricane Dorian are quickly dismissed by officials.
NEW YORK — Television traditions on Thanksgiving have usually involved the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and then hours of football, but in recent years, another has emerged: The National Dog Show.
AVON PARK – Three races into the season, the NASGRASS Lawnmower racing has been highly competitive as points changes happen on a regular basis and no points lead is safe, no matter how large it may be.
In the 12th week of the NFL’s centennial celebration, 347-pound Vita Vea disappeared, and so did Dwayne Haskins.
FRISCO, Texas — The annual short week of Thanksgiving gives the Dallas Cowboys more than just a way to keep from stewing too long over yet another loss that illustrated they don't seem capable of the long playoff run owner Jerry Jones so badly craves.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski set the record for wins coaching a No. 1 team when his top-ranked Blue Devils knocked off California and Georgetown on back-to-back nights to win the 2K Empire Classic.
ATLANTA — A starting point guard for a Georgia university women's basketball team is one of five people indicted on charges including murder in the July killing of a man who was found shot to death in the parking deck of an Atlanta apartment complex.
SEBRING — The Avon Park Red Devils had a tough time against their long time rivals, the Sebring Blue Streaks. It was a physical game with the Red Devils putting up a fight to stop the Blue Streaks but Avon Park was unable to capitalize. Sebring blanked the Red Devils with a final score of 5-…
SEBRING — Forty-eight avid tennis players met at the Thakkar Tennis Center adjacent to the Country Club of Sebring last Saturday for a morning of good-natured play on the center’s six clay courts. The Highlands County Tennis Association who own the facility boast over 100 members made up of …