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All Bucs fans are not behind the team drafting Jameis Winston

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Here, he is not a savior. Here, he is not the next big thing. Here, he is not a glittering ball of potential on his way to town. Here, he is not the quarterback the Bucs have always desired. Here, Jameis Winston is simply a mistake who is waiting to happen. Just that. The conversation happens in a second-story office building, where four interested bystanders sit around a round table and talk of the upcoming draft. Perhaps, your office looks…

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Women’s basketball still has catching up to do in Florida

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For now, it belongs to us. You can admire it, the way the lights bounce off it. You can imagine how it will look in the trophy case next to the others. You can think about the talent and dedication it took to earn it. Then you could wave it goodbye. The women’s Final Four trophy, like a lot of others, is on its way somewhere else. We haven’t won enough  trophies here. The Super Bowl XXXVII trophy. The 2004…

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The week ahead in Florida politics

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At the state Capitol this week the budget begins to take shape and Rep. Richard Corcoran increasingly becomes the man to watch. By the end of the week the Senate will have released its budget allocation and Corcoran and Sen. Tom Lee, the two chambers’ appropriation chairs, will move closer to center stage as a spending plan begins to take shape. The House released its allocations, the amount of money dedicated to each spending silo; education, health care, etc., last week. The document left…

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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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Former FSU standout student-athlete Myron Rolle will build medical clinic in the Bahamas

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From the Tallahassee Democrat: Rhodes scholar and college football All-American Myron L. Rolle and his family have announced plans to build the Myron L. Rolle Medical Clinic and Sports Complex, in Steventon, Exuma, in the Bahamas, where the Rolle family is from. The complex will provide free health services to residents of Exuma, as well as a state-of-the-art wellness and training facilities for athletes and visitors to Exuma, Bahamas. The FSU College of Medicine is partnering with the Rolle Foundation…

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Hoop dreams laid to rest

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I am often asked why I have the Nike Swoosh tattooed on my right leg. The entire story is published on the eighth anniversary of the event: With a lawyer, a contractor and a real estate developer among the dozen or so members of my church’s informal basketball league, the fiercest competition often took place before the first basket was shot. These well-to-do pillars of the parish picked teams with the same acumen that had made each of them successful…

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Jim King is cancer free — just in time to be the next prez of FSU

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Sen. Jim King, who recently underwent a lengthy surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his pancreas, is “CANCER FREE,” he just notified friends and supporters in a lengthy letter — the first direct comments he has made since announcing news of his cancer through family spokespeople last month. This is great news, not just for Senator King, but for all of us who believe he would be the next great president of Florida State University. Great news! A recent…

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