Heisman Trophy

Kyler Murray won the Heisman Trophy and shortly after he won, tweets from when he was 14 and 15 came back up. In the tweets he used hurtful language toward the LGBT community and has since apologized. Russ reminds us that everything that’s posted online is there forever and can be dug up to put […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Lamar Jackson was trying to remember the last time he cried. He was pretty sure it involved losing a little league football game. On Saturday night, Louisville’s spectacular sophomore quarterback found out winning can get a guy choked up, too. Jackson became the first Louisville player to win the Heisman Trophy, […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Reigning Heisman winner Jameis Winston is not a finalist for this year’s award. When the Heisman trust announced the finalists Monday the Florida State quarterback’s name was not called. Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon and Alabama receiver Amari Cooper are the candidates heading to New York. So […]

Despite winning a national championship and a Heisman Trophy in his freshman season at Florida State University, Jameis Winston has found himself in the public eye for all the the wrong reasons. So much so that his father, Antonor Winston, is working with the university on ways to best manage the attention Jameis has received. The star […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The attorney for a woman who accused star Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston of sexual assault said Thursday that she intends to sue the school, the Tallahassee Police Department and the player himself. Also Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott‘s office released letters written to him in December by the accuser and her […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jameis Winston left voters no choice but to give him the Heisman Trophy. And like every other Florida State victory this season, it was a blowout. The quarterback they call Famous Jameis became the youngest Heisman winner and the second straight freshman to win the trophy Saturday night, earning college football’s […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jameis Winston and No. 1 Florida State made it look easy again. The Seminoles are headed to the BCS national championship game after one of the most dominant regular seasons in college football history. “This whole week has been very high emotion,” Winston said. “We wanted to win this championship so […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Jameis Winston will not be charged with sexually assaulting a woman who accused him of raping her about a year ago, a prosecutor said Thursday. State Attorney Willie Meggs made the announcement at a news conference, saying there was not enough evidence to win […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are setting up an interview with the victim in the investigation of an alleged sexual assault tied to Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston that was reported nearly a year ago. They expect to close the investigation in a few weeks. Many questions are still unanswered, especially why Tallahassee police waited […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o will be interviewed by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about the dead girlfriend hoax. Te’o and his parents will appear on Couric’s syndicated talk show Thursday. ABC News announced the interview Sunday, but gave no details as to […]