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The man responsible for a racist Facebook post suggesting Florida State University coach Willie Taggart should be lynched has been fired from his job at Hilton Grand Vacations, the company said in a statement Monday. Social Media user Tom Shand allegedly wrote the offending comments posted using a Facebook account featuring his name. Florida State president John […]

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College football owns Labor Day weekend and has turned it into five-day football holiday. Sure, it would be nice to have a few more of these enticing neutral site games played on campuses instead of NFL stadiums. Looking at you Alabama, Florida State, Michigan and Florida. And for every juicy nonconference opener, there are a […]

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State University has settled a Title IX lawsuit with a former student who said the school failed to adequately investigate allegations that she was raped by former star quarterback Jameis Winston. The settlement was announced a day before Winston’s accuser, Erica Kinsman, had been scheduled to give a deposition in […]

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Footage of Florida State University freshman quarterback De’Andre Johnson punching a woman in the face was released today, leading to several battery charges lodged against…

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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 […]

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida State University alumnus and attorney who shot three people at the school’s library early Thursday believed the government was targeting him for persecution, detailing his thoughts in a journal and in videos detectives obtained, authorities said. Officers fatally shot Myron May (pictured below), 31, during an exchange outside the […]

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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 […]