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Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson greets players as they arrive at practice on Saturday in Jacksonville. (JOHN RAOUX/Associated Press)

Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson greets players as they arrive at practice on Saturday in Jacksonville. (JOHN RAOUX/Associated Press)

NFL: Veteran coach Pederson handles Jags ‘like grown men’

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
JACKSONVILLE — Doug Pederson has no interest in being coy. His straightforward approach with the Jacksonville Jaguars has been a welcome respite for players who endured an 11-month fiasco under Urban Meyer. Among Meyer’s many missteps: having rookie quarterback and No.
Columbia defensive end Rashod Bradley gets in his stance during a drill during Monday’s practice. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia defensive end Rashod Bradley gets in his stance during a drill during Monday’s practice. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

PREP FOOTBALL: Bradley’s new belief leads to commitment with RedHawks

JORDAN KROEGER
Monday, August 1, 2022
Rashod Bradley made headlines before fall practice began Monday. Columbia’s senior defensive end verbally committed to Miami of Ohio on Sunday, putting his recruitment behind him as he prepares for his final season with the Tigers.
Former Jacksonville Jaguars player Tony Boselli is honored on the field during halftime of a game against the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 13, 2019, in Jacksonville. Boselli will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 6. (PHELAN M. EBENHACK/Associated Press)

Former Jacksonville Jaguars player Tony Boselli is honored on the field during halftime of a game against the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 13, 2019, in Jacksonville. Boselli will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 6. (PHELAN M. EBENHACK/Associated Press)

NFL: Boselli carries memories of late father into Hall of Fame

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, July 31, 2022
JACKSONVILLE — Tony Boselli has a video to watch, a bona fide tear-jerker that’s sure to turn one of the toughest offensive tackles in NFL history into an emotional wreck. It’s a congratulatory message from his father, recorded 11 days before Don Anthony Boselli Sr.
Former NBA great Bill Russell speaks during a news conference at the NBA All-Star weekend on Feb. 14, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP FILE)

Former NBA great Bill Russell speaks during a news conference at the NBA All-Star weekend on Feb. 14, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP FILE)

NBA: Bill Russell, Celtics legend, dies at 88

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, July 31, 2022
BOSTON — Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a racially divided country. The most prolific winner in NBA history, Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence warms up with teammates during Tuesday's practice in Jacksonville. (JOHN RAOUX/Associated Press)

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence warms up with teammates during Tuesday's practice in Jacksonville. (JOHN RAOUX/Associated Press)

NFL: Lawrence, Jaguars hope receivers' Caribbean trip pays off

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
JACKSONVILLE — Trevor Lawrence's first team-building excursion was relatively inexpensive and somewhat bold for a rookie quarterback who hadn't even been named Jacksonville's starter — inviting a few receivers to Clemson for workouts, nightlife and a boat trip. His encore wasn’t nearly as simple.
Dave Ruemenapp, pictured above during his time as Saint Stephen’s Episcopal’s boys basketball coach, brings most of his coaching experience to Columbia’s golf team from his time on the hardwood. (MIKE LANG/Herald-Tribune)

Dave Ruemenapp, pictured above during his time as Saint Stephen’s Episcopal’s boys basketball coach, brings most of his coaching experience to Columbia’s golf team from his time on the hardwood. (MIKE LANG/Herald-Tribune)

BOYS GOLF: Ruemenapp leaves hoops for Columbia, replaces Hagler as new coach

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Dave Ruemenapp is lucky if he squeezes his resume into one page. It runs deep, full of coaching experience in both basketball and golf. Columbia just happened to have an opening in the latter and he jumped at the opportunity.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney answers a question at ACC Media Days on July 20 in Charlotte, N.C. (NELL REDMOND/Associated Press)

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney answers a question at ACC Media Days on July 20 in Charlotte, N.C. (NELL REDMOND/Associated Press)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Clemson voted preseason ACC favorite, FSU picked 5th in Atlantic Division

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Clemson is favored to return to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. The Tigers were the preseason pick to win the league for the seventh time in eight seasons, according to voting results released Tuesday following last week’s ACC media days.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (right) takes a snap as quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) looks on during practice on Monday in Jacksonville. (JOHN RAOX/Associated Press)

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (right) takes a snap as quarterback C.J. Beathard (3) looks on during practice on Monday in Jacksonville. (JOHN RAOX/Associated Press)

NFL: Jags open camp with police escort to high school

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, July 25, 2022
JACKSONVILLE — Doug Pederson opened his first training camp in Jacksonville with a police escort. The first-year Jaguars coach and 91 players loaded onto a five-bus caravan for a 5-mile ride from TIAA Bank Field to a nearby high school for their first practice Monday.