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Wayne Weaver Stands Among The Giants Of Jacksonville History

Today will more than likely mark the end an era in the history of Jacksonville Florida. At the NFL owners meetings in Dallas today a vote is all but assured to approve the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan. Although the sale of the franchise will not be completely final until [...]

A Short Note On Shahid Khan

Since the announcement that Illinois businessman Shahid Khan would be purchasing the Jacksonville Jaguars, a certain ignorant portion of the population have made racist references toward his Pakistani heritage. Mr. Khan is an American citizen and the personification of the American dream. Yet many who have been rightly condemning the racism on message boards and [...]

Looking For Football Positives: Another Florida vs. Alabama Undefeated Match-Up

As I sit here in frustration over another maddening Jaguars loss, I look forward to the positives in my football life. My alma mater is 4-0 and next week the Alabama Crimson Tide come to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and I’ll be there. The stakes always seem high when these two vanguard programs of the [...]

bin Laden Is At A Mets – Marlins Game

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TSE Chatroom: Biggus On Football Jerseys And Hipsters

Biggus: Also, who wears offensive lineman jerseys? me: Jags fans did Biggus: They shouldn’t have. I don’t care how good Boselli was. me: Jags fans wear D Tackle jerseys too Pot Roast and Alualu Biggus: I will accept defensive tackle jerseys, barely. Biggus: Hipsters wear punters’ jerseys. me: “I was totally into Adam Podlesh, like [...]

Footballtown TSE: On Supporting NFL Football In Duval

I’ve always said that it is a fools errand to try and prove some kind of nefarious liberal bias and plot in the national press. The press does not have any kind of organized bias as much as they rarely break from group think. The same is especially true of the national sporting press. I [...]

From The Couch On A Saturday Afternoon

Sitting in my living room enjoying my second vodka-cranberry, the baking mid-afternoon Florida sun streaming through the oak trees, the British Open is killing time for me until the parties tonight. The day has been fascinating so far, but fully three people I know are having birthday celebrations all across The Sunshine Empire. In the [...]

Friday Grab-Bag

One of the only redeeming things about this work week has been the British Open on all morning as I get ready. We as a sporting culture now just refer to it by its domestic name, The Open Championship. It’s interesting how that has evolved. For most of my life it’s been referred to as [...]

TSE Chat Room: The State Of Professional Sports In The Sunshine State

Biggus: Want to get mad at Mike Freeman? Read this: http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/13556024/latest-failed-ticket-push-shows-jags-endangered-species-in-jacksonville?tag=headlines;other me: that doesn’t anger me Freeman I’m sure still carries a grudge against the city, but I think he was plenty deferential in the piece Biggus: Really? He made no mention of the fact that their off-season push to sell tickets has mostly worked. [...]

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