Brandon Adams still remembers the first few moments of his first start at UCF. The Atlanta native lined up at cornerback on one side, with Davonte Brown on the other, as the Knights opened an Oct. 9 home game vs. East Carolina on defense this past season. Brown broke up a pass play from ECU…
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Florida State caught lightning in the bottle when it signed transfer defensive linemen Jermaine Johnson II and Keir Thomas last offseason. The pass-rushing duo was an indispensable, formidable force up front. The two combined for 18.5 sacks and 30 tackles for loss, with Johnson earning ACC Defensive Player of the Year after leading the league…
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Running off at the typewriter … Oh no, it’s happening again. The golf world has come to a complete and utter standstill because of Tiger Woods. Golf fans, golf media and golf TV executives absolutely are atwitter with the news about Tiger’s possible return to competitive golf at the Masters next week. Obviously, everyone is…
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A 71-year-old Santa Ana house-flipper faces up to nine years in federal prison for income tax fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported Thursday, March 31. John W. Rampello was convicted Wednesday on two counts of subscribing to a false individual income tax return and a count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a…
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UCF held its first scrimmage of spring camp Tuesday, and there’s already clarity with the crowded quarterback room. Sophomore Mikey Keene and Ole Miss transfer John Rhys Plumlee are beginning to separate themselves. According to coach Gus Malzahn, Keene and Plumlee primarily worked with the first string, but did some work with the second string.…
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Mike Granato wrestled with the decision for several weeks. On Monday afternoon, Granato informed West Orange football players that he’d accepted an assistant coaching position at Coffee High School in Douglas, Georgia, a town of less than 12,000 residents nestled nearly 70 miles north of the Florida border. The move comes with a salary increase…
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Players continue to flood the transfer market as more and more coaches across the country embrace the portal. With several new coaching hires at LSU and Florida, the SEC has become a home for several of those transfers. Jarrick Bernard-Converse, CB, LSU Outside of Ole Miss and USC, nobody used the transfer portal better than…
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Lawsuits filed on behalf of three more Orange County prosecutors alleging sexual harassment by a former senior DA manager and retaliation by DA Todd Spitzer raise new accusations of racial comments within the office. A 20-year veteran district attorney – one of three unnamed women prosecutors to file new lawsuits this week against the county…
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Florida cornerbacks coach Corey Raymond knows how to command a room, be it the living room of a recruit or the meeting room of his position group. Raymond’s presence is palpable regardless of square footage. LSU’s 2017 Pro Day showcased generational talent — notably top-10 picks Leonard Fournette and Jamal Adams — and the SEC’s…
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Got a dime you can spare? Coins are in short supply — again. Retailers, laundromats and other businesses that rely on coins want Americans to empty their piggy banks and look under couch cushions for extra change and “get coin moving.” A group of trade associations that represent individual…
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