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Scout teams served as feeder system for NFL

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In his locker room speech following his successful debut as Miami’s interim head coach, Dan Campbell credited his practice squad players for helping propel the Dolphins to their big win at Tennessee. “Don’t forget those guys,” he implored his team. Those guys getting the props were the same ones quarterback Ryan Tannehill had mocked two weeks earlier, when he criticized them for being overly aggressive during a usually low-key workout and told them to enjoy their “scout team trophy” after…

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Bills, Jags making history with streaming game from London

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Grab a latte and a laptop. Buffalo and Jacksonville flew across the pond to play an early-morning game in London on Sunday that will be televised in both local markets but streamed digitally to the rest of the United States. It’s unprecedented and unusual, and few, if any, Jaguars player even knew about the strange setup. “Wait, this game isn’t on TV?” safety Josh Evans said. “I didn’t even know that. People have to watch it online?” The game will…

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Donald Trump in Jax: Jeb Bush is embarrassing his family, can’t run a campaign and shouldn’t run country

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump mocked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in his own state on Saturday, saying recent campaign cuts show he’s not ready to be president. “Here’s a guy who wants to run our country, and he can’t even run his own campaign. And you know what? He’s cutting back big,” Trump told a raucous crowd of thousands gathered along the riverfront of one of Florida’s most conservative cities. The comment came the day after the Bush campaign…

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Jaguars TE Julius Thomas expected to play at Tampa Bay

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The latest from NFL games around the league on the fifth Sunday of the season (all times EDT): 9:15 a.m. Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Julius Thomas is expected to make his season debut at Tampa Bay. The team says Thomas is “likely” to play against the Buccaneers (1-3) on Sunday. Thomas practiced this week without a cast for the first time since breaking his right hand in the preseason opener Aug. 14. He had surgery Sept. 2. Thomas caught 108…

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Rowdies lose to Jacksonville, still in fourth place

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies lost an opportunity to pull further ahead into fourth place in the combined NASL Standings Saturday night. The Rowdies lost 2-0 to Jacksonville, but remained in fourth place after Fort Lauderdale – two points behind – lost a 5-2 decision to Minnesota. Tampa Bay peppered Jacksonville goaltender Miguel Garrardo at times, but could not coax the ball into the net against the Armada. Jacksonville entered the game on a scoreless streak of 438 minutes, but scored…

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Aaron Bean puts on his dancing shoes

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He’s a man who seems to be everywhere these days. Weighing in on every hot-button issue from Medicaid expansion to Planned Parenthood. Pushing a “cold case” task force. But this month, Jacksonville state Sen. Aaron Bean is also tripping the light fantastic. Yes, Bean is one of the North Florida “stars” who will be competing Saturday night in the 2015 First Coast Dancing with the Stars event supporting the Beaches Fine Arts Series. In case you were wondering, he and his partner, professional…

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An Uber driver tells all

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As the war between taxicab companies and app-based transportation services like Uber and Lyft heats up, it’s always fascinating to get the take of one of the foot soldiers in the conflict. After all, the grunts on the front lines are the ones actually trudging through mud (actually it’s drunk passengers’ vomit) dodging shrapnel (traffic tickets, usually) and often dealing with some form of PTSD once deployment is done (constant flashbacks to that one horrific carload from Ybor City). So…

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