In the past month, we witnessed the inauguration of our first African-American president and also saw Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers become the second African-American head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl win. The fact that there was very little talk of Tomlin's race in the week leading up to the game suggests just how much progress has been made in terms of black men in leadership positions in the NFL. ...more

February 22, 2009

A number of problems beset Jason Strunk in his first year as Plant City Raider football coach, some simply a function of his late arrival on the scene. ...more

February 18, 2009

When Earl Garcia started coaching high school football in the 1970s, National Signing Day was a fairly simple affair staged with little fanfare. ...more

February 5, 2009

National Signing Day By The Numbers: 1 Spoto's Sergio Robinson signed a letter-of-intent to play football for Charleston Southern, becoming Spoto's first Division I athlete. The school opened in 2006. ...more

February 5, 2009

Sometimes the bull wins. But more often than not, it's a rider like "Iron Man" Luke Snyder. ...more

February 5, 2009

"Dark Knight" indeed. Christian Bale can be heard in newly surfaced audio delivering a long, profanity-laced verbal thrashing to a cinematographer and anyone who tried to calm him down on the set of the upcoming "Terminator Salvation." ...more

February 4, 2009

Preston Parker's troubled football career at Florida State is over after his second arrest in less than a year. ...more

February 2, 2009

Wednesday marks the first day high school seniors are permitted to sign with their chosen college program. ...more

February 1, 2009

When Tampa hosted its first Super Bowl 25 years ago, the nation snickered at what many considered a small Florida town out of its league in presuming it could host a major sports celebration in the style of Miami, Los Angeles and New Orleans. ...more

February 1, 2009

Well, there's still the game tonight, although after Super Bowl Week the game is almost anti-climatic. Most of the interest seems to lean in the direction of how good the commercials might be. ...more

February 1, 2009