ACC Championship Game

AMELIA ISLAND -- ACC commissioner John Swofford wants Florida State to be the last school in his conference to struggle with finances coming out of the ACC's football championship game. As part of a nearly 30-minute conversation with reporters...

With two new and two familiar faces in the fold, the Mountain West Conference has decided to make some sweeping changes including adding divisions and creating a conference championship game. The moves were announced Tuesday as part of a group of...

The holiday season is upon us. For each person, that means something different. For some, it means sharing the joy of the Christmas spirit with friends and family. For some, it means lighting the Menorah and celebrating eight magical nights of Hannukah....

Running off at the typewriter. … If you've read this column for any length of time, you know that when LeBron James joined the Miami Heat, I became the founding father and CEO of an organization known as HATE (Heat Are The Enemy). The purpose...

Florida State will play MAC champion Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl and Florida will play Louisville in the Sugar Bowl, sources told the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel. CNNSI.com's Pete Thamel was the first to report the news. The official...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There are many words that can be used to describe this year's Florida State football team. Unpredictable. Inconsistent. Sometimes fabulous; other times frustrating. But in the end, after sophomore safety Karlos Williams...

Running off at the typewriter. … Alabama coach Nick Saban was whining earlier this week about how the Sugar Bowl will likely pass over the SEC Championship Game loser in favor of Florida. That presumably would leave the SEC title game loser...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two weeks ago, it was supposed to be a rout. Two hours before it began, even with all the goings on of a busy week in both Atlanta and Tallahassee, it still was supposed to be a blowout. For the better part of three quarters,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- And with that, Mark Stoops' tenure at Florida State came to an end. As members of FSU's Marching Chiefs band shouted at him in the distance, chanting "Thank you, Coach! Thank you, Coach!" the Seminoles' defensive coordinator smiled,...

Joelle Morey has had three terrific seasons with the Bethlehem Catholic softball program. As a freshman in 2010, she was The Morning Call's rookie of the year and followed that up in 2011 by becoming our pitcher of the year. Last year, she returned to...

It's no wonder you can get a pair tickets to the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game for the price of a bottle of shampoo, a disposable razor and a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon. No, really, tickets for Saturday's ACC title game between...

Isn't it strange? The Florida State Seminoles are likely going to win their conference championship game this weekend and go to a BCS bowl game, but still Seminole fans seem down. My question in the aftermath of FSU's 37-26 loss to the Gators...