Football, HBCU Sports, NCAA

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 […]

HBCU Sports, NCAA

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has won a national championship, the Heisman Trophy and every single game he’s played in college. Now he’s waiting to see if he gets an invitation to this year’s Heisman ceremony. There are questions whether Winston will be among the finalists that will be announced Monday […]

HBCU Sports, NCAA

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The student code of conduct hearing involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is scheduled to begin Tuesday, approximately two years after a female student said he sexually assaulted her in December 2012. Before the Heisman Trophy winner and his Seminoles teammates play Georgia Tech on Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conference […]

HBCU Sports, NCAA

(Via Newsy) – After winning the Heisman trophy and then BCS championship less than a year ago, some feel the best thing for Jameis Winston now is to drop out of Florida State. It’s been one problem after another for the Seminoles quarterback with the most recent issue coming to light Monday: did Jameis Winston sign autographs […]

HBCU Sports, NCAA

MIAMI (AP) — Jameis Winston avoided criminal charges after a woman said he sexually assaulted her. But the Florida State quarterback can’t seem to move on from the case as a possible civil lawsuit and potential punishment from the university looms ahead. The bottom line: it’s not over. Legal experts say the woman has four […]

HBCU Sports, NCAA

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An attorney said Florida State is investigating the sexual assault case involving Jameis Winston in an effort to determine if the Seminoles quarterback violated the student code of conduct policy. Baine Kerr, one of the attorneys for the woman who said Winston sexually assaulted her, said Thursday the university interviewed his […]

In a move that is unprecedented in college sports, Florida State University will pay one of its top athletes the big bucks. CBS Sports reports: Earlier this summer Florida State QB Jameis Winston bought a $10 million insurance package, split evenly between permanent disability and loss of value policies. Typically that would yield a steep […]

HBCU Sports, Newsletter

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 […]

RPMS Audio, Russ Parr Morning Show

“The Russ Parr Morning Show” is honored to induct Florida State University’s Jameis Winston into the Dumb Negro Syndrome Society (DNSS). Listen to how a “crab incident” not only got Winston inducted, but also got him suspended from the FSU Seminoles’ baseball team. Keep Up With The Russ Parr Morning Show … LIKE Him On Facebook!

NFL

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston was issued a civil citation after sheriff’s deputies said he walked out of a supermarket without paying for $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish. The 20-year-old Florida State quarterback said he forgot to pay for the food. The offense was relatively minor but drew attention […]

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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 […]

National News

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — After a regular season filled with blowout victories and easy fourth quarters, Jameis Winston and Florida State showed they could close like champions, too. No. 2 Auburn wobbled the top-ranked Seminoles by jumping out to an 18-point lead in the first half, and then put Florida State on the brink of […]