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Bob Sparks is President of Ramos and Sparks Group, a Tallahassee-based business and political consulting firm. During his career, he has directed media relations and managed events for professional baseball, served as chief spokesperson for the Republican Party of Florida as well as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Attorney General of Florida. After serving as Executive Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Charlie Crist, he returned to the private sector working with clients including the Republican National Committee and political candidates in Japan. He lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Sue and can be reached at [email protected].

We enjoyed Chocolate Thunder’s visit from Lovetron

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Some rims must still rattle from the force of Chocolate Thunder. Some glass backboards have re-emerged in other forms, recycled after their destruction by Darryl Dawkins and others like him. Dawkins died Thursday at the young age of 58 in Allentown, Pa. He left behind a highlight reel of dunks that earned him the Chocolate Thunder nickname as well as a basketball encyclopedia indexing nearly all of them by name. He was a unique character, who at 7 feet also…

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Gwen Graham will soon reveal her 2016 intentions

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Down deep, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham may already know whether she will run for re-election next year. With the Florida House and Senate in agreement on the new look of her District 2 and Corrine Brown’s District 5, the writing (or map) appears to be on the wall. Graham is doing the right thing by waiting until the court makes it official. Barring something totally unforeseen, a good chunk of her Democratic support in Tallahassee, Leon County and all of…

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Dalvin Cook back in big picture for FSU

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It’s official. Florida State now knows which team photo to use for 2015. Dalvin Cook is back in the FSU picture in more ways than one. Earlier this month two team photos, one with Cook as well as a provisional without him, were taken in the event the legal system threw Cook and the Seminoles for a loss. Following his acquittal on Monday of misdemeanor battery charges, Cook returns to an FSU squad ranked tenth in national pre-season polls. While…

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John McEnroe v. Serena William could be bigger than Riggs v. King

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The ghost of Bobby Riggs re-appeared last week. He dropped by the set of the Jimmy Kimmel Show on Wednesday embedded within the body of tennis legend John McEnroe. Kimmel asked McEnroe, the former brat of Wimbledon’s “Centre Court” (and elsewhere), whether he could beat the current top women’s player in the world, Serena Williams. After describing Williams as the greatest women’s tennis player ever, he opened the door to a prime-time matchup. “I think it’s mixed,” McEnroe said. “(My…

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2015 is important anniversary at Little League World Series

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The Little League World Series is underway in Williamsport, PA. Sixteen teams will vie for the 2015 championship; eight from regions within the United States and eight from countries around the world. For many years, the South region (now Southeast) tournament was played in St. Petersburg. From there, Tampa’s Belmont Heights Little League, featuring Dwight Gooden, Gary Sheffield, Derek Bell and Carl Everett won four Southern Region titles in the 70s and 80s. Three times Belmont Heights won national titles…

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College athletes can’t unionize, but will soon market themselves

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Successful college football programs routinely fill 80,000- to 105,000-seat stadiums every Saturday in the fall. Basketball-crazy fans pack 17,000- to 20,000-seat arenas in the winter. Not that long ago, the income generated by football and basketball programs was almost the sole source of funding for non-revenue-producing programs. In 1984 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the NCAA (a.k.a. “The Evil Empire”) had violated anti-trust laws by preventing schools from negotiating their own television deals. Financial windfalls soon followed. With the explosion…

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Eric Berry, star of preseason’s first weekend

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The NFL preseason can tell coaches and fans a great deal about teams and individuals. The scores of games do not matter. Statistics are only slightly more important. Coaches and executives are looking for hustle, desire, running the right route, reading a defense, or effective blocking and tackling. In other words, they look for players showing the heart and skills necessary to be a good player and a contributor to the team. On Saturday, the Kansas City Chiefs went into…

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