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Jaguars seeking first win of the season under the lights in Cincinnati

Riley Platt, Sports Editor Sep 29, 2021

Despite suffering another loss on Sunday, Sep. 26, the Jaguars showed plenty of promise to give fans hope going into their sole primetime game of the season. After an 0-3 start, most fan bases would...

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SPORTS: Inside Swoop in 90 Seconds

TJ Tomkunas, UNF School of Communication Jun 7, 2021

Presented by the UNF School of Communication. ____ For more information or news tips, or if you see an error in this story or have any compliments or concerns, contact editor@unfspinnaker.com.

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AP: Florida bill seeks to block trans athletes from girls teams

BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press Mar 18, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Transgender women and girls couldn't play on girls and women's school sports teams under a bill passed by a Florida House committee on Wednesday. The bill, called the Fairness...

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Detail view of Super Bowl LV logo on the field from an elevated position before Super Bowl 55 NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 in Tampa, Fla. (Ric Tapia via AP)

The history of American football

Nathan Turoff, Features Editor Feb 21, 2021

Less than two weeks ago, The Tampa Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs and won Super Bowl LV. Football is seen as a quintessential mainstay of American Culture, and it has been for decades, but why?...

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The Buccaneers defeated the Chiefs 31-9 to win the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

AP: Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9

ROB MAADDI, Associated Press Feb 8, 2021

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady made the Buccaneers, their fans and their city believe from the moment he arrived in Tampa Bay. With help from old friend Rob Gronkowski and a ferocious defense, Brady...

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Super Bowl or Super Spreader?

Carter Mudgett, Government Reporter Feb 2, 2021

Tampa will make history this Sunday, Feb. 7, by becoming the first NFL team to hold the Super Bowl in their own stadium. Despite this historical event, officials are taking heavy precautions in ensuring...

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FILE - Cutout photos of people, including first responders and healthcare workers, sit in seats in Gillette Stadium before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Mass., in this Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, file photo. The NFL says 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next month’s Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also said in a news release Friday that attendance at the Feb. 7 game would be limited to those workers and about 14,500 other fans.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

AP: NFL giving free Super Bowl tickets to 7,500 health workers

CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Jan 25, 2021

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The NFL announced Friday that 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next month's Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida. NFL...

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Virtual slime cannons go off in the end zone after a touchdown during Nickelodeon's kid-focused broadcast of the NFL wild-card playoff game between the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints at the Superdome, Sunday,  Jan. 10, 2021 in New Orleans. The positive reviews for Nickelodeon's kids-focused broadcast of last Sunday's NFL playoff game showed the potential of alternate broadcasts of sporting events. The success of that broadcast has led to many wondering what other sports it could expand to and when we might see it again in the NFL? (CBS/Viacom via AP)

NFL targets younger audience with Nickelodeon broadcast of playoff game

Riley Platt, Reporter Jan 15, 2021

For most young kids, there’s nothing quite like watching your favorite cartoon. Some children are also drawn to sports at a young age. On Sunday, the NFL put together a special broadcast that could be...

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Who will be the next head coach of the Jaguars?

Who will be the next head coach of the Jaguars?

Riley Platt, Reporter Jan 13, 2021

Finding a successful head coach is something that has eluded the Jacksonville Jaguars for quite some time. The franchise has continually bounced from coach to coach, and 2021 has brought yet another turn...

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, turf manager Jared Hertzel touches up the newly-painted Big Ten conference logo on the football field at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday and said it plans to begin its season the weekend of Oct. 23-24. (Jacob Hannah/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)

AP: Big Ten changes course, will play fall football after all

RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Sep 16, 2020

Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday...

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Women's History Month: Dr. Jennifer Welter as the first woman to coach in the NFL

Women’s History Month: Dr. Jennifer Welter as the first woman to coach in the NFL

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor Mar 30, 2020

Dr. Jennifer Welter became the first woman to hold a coaching position in the NFL when she interned as the linebacker coach for the Arizona Cardinals in the 2015 preseason.  Dr. Welter was born...

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The Walk-Ons' 2020 NFL mock draft: first round edition

The Walk-Ons’ 2020 NFL mock draft: first round edition

Spinnaker Sports Mar 30, 2020

Video by: John Watson With the 2020 NFL Draft a couple of weeks away, the Spinnaker Sports team went through their list of all 32 picks of the first round. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgyWa5f0oZs[/embedyt] Drew...

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