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Personnel note: AT&T names Alejandro “Alex” Dominguez regional External Affairs Director

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AT&T announced Thursday that Alejandro “Alex” Dominguez will serve as its new Director of External Affairs for South and Southwest Florida. In his new role, Dominguez will lead a team responsible for representing the telecom company with local governments in the region as well as with state lawmakers in Tallahassee. The role should prove natural for Dominguez, who has a long history in legislative and political affairs. “I’m honored to be working in this new capacity for AT&T and look…

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FSU’s biggest edge in 2016 may come from its home stadium

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The biggest player for FSU in the coming season will not be running back Dalvin Cook. It will not be quarterback Sean McGuire. Or safety Derwin James. The best player may be Campbell, Doak. If FSU, under the guidance of Jimbo Fisher, is to return to the post-season playoffs, it may well because of a home-field advantage. Over the last three seasons, the Seminoles are the only team in the country that has gone unbeaten (21-0) while at home. Alabama,…

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FSU dismisses running back Mario Pender after arrest

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It didn’t take Florida State long to divest itself from running back Mario Pender. The Seminoles removed Pender from the team Saturday evening, only hours after he was arrested for domestic violence and resisting arrest. “(Pender) has been permanently dismissed from the football team following his arrest earlier in the day,” the school said in a statement. “The athletic department will have no further comment at this time.” Pender was ranked as the fourth-best running back in 2012 class. However, he…

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FSU student reps: No headdresses at Seminoles games

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Florida State University’s student government has passed a resolution discouraging Seminoles fans from wearing Native American headdresses at games. The Student Government Association approved the nonbinding, formal opinion by a 27-4 vote on April 20 asking the university’s administration to consider adding the wearing of headdresses as a violation of the student code of conduct. The SGA said it passed the resolution because many of the headdresses worn at athletic events are representative of other tribes, in particular Plains tribes…

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Tampa Bay moves up to draft FSU place-kicker Roberto Agauyo

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Tampa Bay Bucs’ general manager Jason Licht is a hard man to pin down. Just take the NFL draft, where — in three rounds — he has traded down, stayed pat and traded up to bring in an interesting amount of talent. The Bucs added talented Noah Spence — and his troubled past — and then traded back into the second round to pick up FSU place-kicker Roberto Aguayo. “We got the best pass rusher in the draft and the…

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Five lessons learned from Florida State’s spring game

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Jimbo Fisher walked away grinning. His team is young, but there is boundless talent. Once again, this should be a team capable of a top five finish. Five things we learned from FSU’s 24-24 tie in their spring game: Fans in Central Florida were glad to see the Seminoles. Almost 50,000 attended, which is more than, say, Miami gets for its regular-season games. With FSU opening on the road, and playing three of its first four away from Doak Campbell…

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Young quarterbacks highlight FSU’s Spring game in Orlando

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A pair of young quarterbacks dueled down to the wire, and beyond it, as FSU’s spring game ended in a 24-24 tie. Coach Jimbo Fisher seemed to be enjoying the heroics of freshman Malik Henry and sophomore Deondre Francois so much, in fact, that he waved off a fumble by Francois and extended the game by 90 seconds. In short, Henry brought his team from behind, then Francois, then Henry, then Francoise led his team to the tying field goal…

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