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Driscoll named new UNF head basketball coach

Spinnaker • Apr 5, 2009
Just three weeks after releasing men’s head basketball coach Matt Kilcullen, UNF Director of Athletics Lee Moon announced April 5 Baylor assistant coach Matthew Driscoll,44, will become the fourth head coach of UNF men’s basketball.
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Ospreys defeat Gators in front of 3,194

Spinnaker • Mar 25, 2009

The UNF baseball team beat the University of Florida Gators 3-0 March 24 in the first match-up at Harmon Stadium. In a game that could have gone either way, the Ospreys beat the No. 23-seated Gators...

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Sports in Brief

Spinnaker • Mar 11, 2009

Women’s tennis wins 7-0 Adding one more win to its undefeated season, the UNF women’s tennis team beat the University of Tennessee-Martin 7-0 March 9 at the UNF Tennis Complex. Sophomore duo...

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Softball tries to end past Carolina woes

Spinnaker • Mar 11, 2009

The UNF softball team will test its skills against colleges from across the nation during the 2009 Winthrop/Adidas Invitational in Rock Hill, S.C. “This will be another tough weekend. We have some...

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Our Two Sense – Feb. 25

Spinnaker • Feb 25, 2009

Mike Tomassoni Art Director Holli Welch Editor in Chief Rebecca McKinnon Staff Writer Jason Yurgartis Features Editor Due to budget cuts, many Florida high schools will be reducing their...

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Staff Blog: Best NFL players of all-time

Spinnaker • Jan 22, 2009
I just finished watching the movie "The Express" and it got me think about the best NFL players of all-time at each position. With the Super Bowl less than two weeks away, I decided to come up with a list. Here's my top three and most over rated of each given position.
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Staff Blog: The recruiting system is broken

Spinnaker • Dec 4, 2008
A nine-year-old boy’s father recently posted a video on YouTube of his son playing basketball with hopes it will catch the eye of an NCAA recruiter. The young boy is actually very good for his age, and the clip has already been viewed more than a million times. University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer sent hundreds of text messages to recruits to avoid the NCAA limit on phone calls, and found another recruit’s girlfriend a gymnastics scholarship at UF just to sweeten the deal, according to a Gainesville Sun report. What do the two have in common? They are both examples of how NCAA recruiting has gone too far.
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Inside the Huddle

Spinnaker • Dec 3, 2008
Jason Yurgartis Features Editor Chad Smith Graphic Designer Rebecca McKinnon Staff Writer Josh Salman Managing Editor
Question 1: With this year’s BCS stir-up bigger than ever, who deserves to be in the college football championship game?
If it were up to me, I’d put Utah and Boise State in the championship game in hopes of destroying the BCS all together. Alabama because they have the momentum with John Parker Wilson to propel them to the big game. Plus, if I rooted for anyone else, my girlfriend would kill me. Me. I’ll stir up all them bowls. The winner of the ‘Bama, Florida game should play Oklahoma – assuming they win the Big 12 title. Unfortunately, I think it’ll be Florida holding the crystal trophy when it’s all said and done.
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Staff Blog: NFL draft needs a rookie salary cap

Spinnaker • Nov 25, 2008
Millions of NFL fans across the world watch and wait for it each year. Fans of losing teams the season prior regain hope with expectations their favorite team will select a player who will bring a franchise to winning ways. The NFL commissioner gets on the stage, announces the first overall pick and one young athlete, just months removed from college, becomes a multi-millionaire.
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Jaguars face "perfect" challenge: Week 11 Power Rankings

Spinnaker • Nov 12, 2008
In a season full of uncertainty in the NFL only two things can be sure: the New York Giants and the Tennessee Titans. While every other team in the NFL has been extremely inconsistent, these two teams are coasting towards the playoffs. One team that has a significant chance at taking away the Titans perfect record is the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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NCAA profits off explotation of athletes

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
NCAA athletics is a multi-million dollar industry, and the majority of the “student athletes” who participate in these sports are not students at all, just athletes. Many major college football and basketball programs are using the four-year learning period as a minor league of sorts, and that’s exactly how the players, coaches and trainers look at it. The athletes play four years, win some games, turn some heads and then get called up via the draft, signing a multi-million dollar contract for their potential.
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