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Buccaneers select Jameis Winston with top pick in NFL draft

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are counting on Jameis Winston to help them become relevant again. The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback was selected with the first overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night, instantly becoming the face of a franchise that missed the playoffs the past seven seasons and hasn’t won a postseason game since the club’s Super Bowl run in 2002. Coach Lovie Smith and Jason Licht made the call, concluding after months of interviews and exhaustive research that…

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Buccaneers expected to use No. 1 overall pick on Jameis Winston

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Selecting a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback won’t end the debate about who the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should take with the first overall pick in the NFL draft. In a sense, it’ll just be beginning if the offensively challenged Bucs – as expected – choose either Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota to become the face of a franchise that hasn’t won a playoff game in more than a decade. “Both quarterbacks are excellent players and both are going to have a lot…

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Today on Context Florida: Ted Cruz, guns on campus, college fit and the Competitive Workforce Act

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Today on Context Florida: After vowing to not only overturn Obamacare, but to repeal “every word” of it, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is signing up his family for healthcare using the dreaded, socialist, competition-stifling, Affordable Care Act. However, Peter Schorsch explains why Cruz is not the real hypocrite in this case. Bob Sparks says that logic, passion and courage are what describes guns-on-campus debate. Although there are plausible arguments from both sides, the recent campus shooting at Florida State provided some…

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Florida State to launch Heisman campaign for QB Christian Ponder

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FSU will try to ensure that Ponder is at least mentioned as a Heisman-worthy candidate by kicking off an Internet-based publicity campaign Wednesday. It offered a tease last week that showed the silhouette of a quarterback with his arm cocked and ready to fling the ball and the identifying tag CP7 — Ponder’s initials and number. Continue reading here.

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A bad time to be Charlie Crist’s frat brother

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Check out Thomas Francis’ piece in The Juice: It used to be the best gravy train on the tracks: If you were a frat brother of Charlie Crist at Florida State, you could practically name your job. Harry Sargeant landed a prestigious gig as the finance chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. Crist appointed another “Pike,” Mike Fernandez, to the North Broward Hospital District, which he soon chaired. Tom Wheeler followed Crist from the Department of Education to the…

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A bad time to be Charlie Crist’s frat brother

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Check out Thomas Francis’ piece in The Juice: It used to be the best gravy train on the tracks: If you were a frat brother of Charlie Crist at Florida State, you could practically name your job. Harry Sargeant landed a prestigious gig as the finance chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. Crist appointed another “Pike,” Mike Fernandez, to the North Broward Hospital District, which he soon chaired. Tom Wheeler followed Crist from the Department of Education to the…

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Op-ed in Tallahassee Democrat: Stan Marshall has his legacy but isn’t ready to quit

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Ol’ Stan Marshall puts his pants on one leg at time,” the barber said as he trimmed the back of my head, which may have been trembling too much for him to cut in a straight line. The barber’s words did little to soothe the anxiety I felt in preparation for a meeting in 1997 with Dr. J. Stanley Marshall, former president of Florida State University, founder of Sonitrol of Tallahassee and an all-around legend of the Tallahassee community. Marshall…

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