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Adultery, a Corpse Eaten by Alligators and a $1 Million Insurance Payout
GUILTY CREATURES: Sex, God and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida, by Mikita Brottman. Were Mikita Brottman’s “Guilty Creatures” a work of fiction, the plot would be deemed clichéd: an affair, a missing body presumed eaten by alligators, a million-dollar life insurance payout and a beautiful widow who quickly finds love in the arms of her dead husband’s newly divorced best friend.
ACC Commissioner Vows Lengthy Court Fight If Necessary Against Clemson, Florida State
Jim Phillips took a hardline stance at the conference's media days in Charlotte. Much of the spotlight this college football offseason has been on the SEC and Big Ten's respective expansions, but the ACC is changing as well. This year, California, SMU and Stanford will enter the fold. The three...
Judge grants reduced sentence for 20-year-old convicted of sexual battery, burglaries
A 20-year-old Tallahassee man was sentenced last Friday on multiple charges in connection to a six-week burglary spree and sexual assaults which spanned from January 2021 to this February. Circuit Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper sentenced Jadarius Brown to 12 years in prison, followed by 5 years of sexual offender probation. That...
Florida’s only historically Black university names interim president
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen an interim leader, after the school’s president announced this month that he intends to resign. The board of Florida A&M University chose Timothy Beard to lead the school on an interim basis beginning in August. A former president of a state college, a longtime academic administrator and a graduate of FAMU, Beard will take the helm as the school faces public backlash for its apparent mishandling of a dubious multi-million dollar donation. Current President Larry Robinson announced earlier this month that he plans to resign.
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips has strong words for Florida State, Clemson at conference media days
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips took a strong tone when it came to conference members Florida State and Clemson’s lawsuits in the schools’ efforts to leave the conference. “Forceful moments deserve forceful support and leadership,” Phillips said Monday. “I don’t know that I’ve changed at all other than I stand by everything I’ve said from the moment on the first interview I did around the Orange ...
ACC boss Jim Phillips: We will fight suits from Florida State, Clemson
The awkwardness of the legal battle between the Atlantic Coast Conference and member schools Clemson and Florida State continues to simmer with the 2024 season just more than one month away. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips pledged the day-to-day operations remain business as usual while also insisting the league will aggressively fight the lawsuits from the two schools over withdrawal penalties and the grant of media rights deal that runs through 2036. The ACC previously filed its own countersuit against the schools. "I can state that we will fight to protect the ACC and our members for as long as it...
Florida State football's Mike Norvell: This year could be better than undefeated 2023
No matter how last season ended for Florida State football, coach Mike Norvell is confident this year's team can continue the program's push to be included among the nation's elite. Norvell discussed his team's expectations Monday during the 2024 ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina. The defending conference champions, who...
Capital City Bank: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $14.2 million. The bank, based in Tallahassee, Florida, said it had earnings of 83 cents per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of $68.4 million in the...
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips vows to 'protect' league amid Clemson, Florida State lawsuits
The Atlantic Coast Conference's litigation with Clemson and Florida State has taken its toll on commissioner Jim Phillips. So much so, Phillips presented a more forceful tone during his commissioner's forum at the ACC Football Kickoff on Monday. He called the respective lawsuits "extremely damaging, disruptive and incredibly harmful" to the conference and stated each member school "willingly" signed the grant-of-rights agreements and "eagerly" agreed to the league's current TV contract. ...
Jim Phillips: ACC ‘will fight … for as long as it takes’ in defending grant of rights
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With the ACC mired in four different lawsuits in three separate states — all of them concerning the league’s preeminent football powerhouses, Florida State and Clemson, and their desire to get out of the conference’s current grant of rights — commissioner Jim Phillips doubled down on the league’s position on the first day of ACC media days.
ACC commissioner promises to fight ‘for as long as it takes’ amid legal battles with Clemson, FSU
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips said the league will fight “as long as it takes” in legal cases against Florida State and Clemson as those member schools challenge the league’s ability to charge hundreds of millions of dollars to leave the conference.
Joshua Farmer opens up on the difficulty of missing Orange Bowl with injury
The Florida State Seminoles entered the Orange Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs severely shorthanded last season after going unbeaten but being left out of the College Football Playoff. That included star defensive lineman Joshua Farmer missing the game due to injury. It was difficult for Farmer to miss out on the Orange Bowl and he […] The post Joshua Farmer opens up on the difficulty of missing Orange Bowl with injury appeared first on On3.
Report: Clemson, Florida State Likely Staying in ACC for Now
There’s not likely to be any movement within the ACC over the next couple of seasons. According to a report by Pete Thamel of ESPN, there’s no expectation that Florida State or Clemson will notify the ACC of an intention to leave by the Aug. 15 deadline to depart after the upcoming season, which is the deadline to declare intention to exit in the 2025-26 season.
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