At around 6 p.m. Sunday, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden waited by his home telephone, wanting to know like the rest of Seminole Nation. Was FSU offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher, the man anointed to someday replace the iconic Bowden, staying at FSU or leaving to become the head coach at West Virginia? ...more

December 24, 2007

From the minute the Pasco football coaching job opened, there was plenty of speculation about who would be the next coach of the most talked-about program in Pasco County. ...more

December 20, 2007

Bruce Gould wanted to spend the rest of his days in the Brightside Mobile Home Park. ...more

December 5, 2007

Les Miles insists he will remain LSU's football coach despite all the speculation he would bolt for Michigan. ...more

December 2, 2007

Going into the season, if someone had asked Bucs fans if they would be happy with a 7-4 record after 11 games, most would have been ecstatic. Now, as nightmares of 2006 are fading (except for the second half of last week's game), fans are getting greedy. But quarterback Jeff Garcia has a bruised back, raising speculation about who will take the field today. The good news: Garcia practiced Friday. ...more

December 2, 2007

James Taylor still has a friend in Carole King. ...more

November 29, 2007

We're hearing and reading the usual hand-wringer stories about prospects for the holiday shopping season. Despite all the current worries, we're sure everything will be OK. ...more

November 24, 2007

HE SAID IT "We'll just have to wait and see like everyone else." - Michigan CB Morgan Trent, who said Coach Lloyd Carr did not address his future before or after the Wolverines' 14-3 loss to Ohio State. It might've been Carr's last regular-season game at Michigan and speculation has run rampant that the 62-year-old will announce his plans within days. ...more

November 18, 2007

SEBRING — Want a good excuse not to visit your family this holiday season? How about the cost of gas? With crude oil prices trading at more than $95 per barrel Monday, the cost for a gallon of gas reached an all-time high in several cities throughout Florida. Orlando had a record average price of $3.09 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline Monday, while the average at Sebring gas stations was $3.10 per gallon, according to the Web site www.floridastategasprices.com "(Gas prices) may be a good excuse to shy away from visiting my family around the holidays," said Laurie Kelley of Sebring. "The oil companies are greedy; they act like they're not already getting enough profit." Confirming Kelley's concerns, there's speculation that the prices could go up or down around the holiday season. ...more

November 13, 2007

The way the players tell it, they don't seek the information out; it comes to them. ...more

November 10, 2007