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Time to catch up on the sports scene and look ahead as well.

It's impossible to know whether Greg Olson, the Jaguars' newly hired quarterback coach, will transform Blaine Gabbert into a long-term solution at the NFL's most important and scrutinized position. There are likely more doubters than believers at thi...

As reports surface that Penn State football legend Joe Paterno's health is in decline, one of his former players with the Jaguars hopes that his enduring legacy will be of a coach that accomplished great things in his life, not of how his career ende...

When Cliff Avril returned my phone call Saturday, he seemed very relaxed and in good spirits. It's no wonder because for the first time in his NFL career, the Detroit Lions defensive end and Clay High product has what everybody in his profession want...

Hampden's Peter Fatse has signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.

By Gene Frenettegene.frenette@jacksonville.com read more...

It's almost comical to hear and read so much praise for Tom Coughlin these days, particularly from Jaguars fans, as if the New York Giants boss was commonly accepted as an elite coach for the past decade. How quickly people forget, especially after C...

On paper, it appears to have no chance of succeeding. NFL teams generally don't create this kind of work environment because it's, well, too darn uncomfortable. read more...

Sometimes, things that get reported about what a public figure says are done so without any context. That can significantly alter the perception of how it is received, which is exactly what happened to Jaguars owner Shahid Khan in the aftermath of co...