Several local high schools will be home tonight to play high school football. Buchholz is at home against Ocala Vanguard while Newberry, coming off its first win of the year, will host Williston. Hawthorne is also at home tonight facing Hilliard while the red hot Santa Fe Raiders try to …

There is a new starting quarterback already in Jacksonville and that leads our Sports News And Notes for Thursday… The Luke McCown days as the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback are over, at least for now. He’s yanked after only two games as the Jags starter and he is replaced by rookie …

The Tampa Bay Rays fell two and a half games behind the Boston Red Sox in the American League wild card chase after losing two games to the New York Yankees Wednesday by identical 4-2 scores. The wins also gave the Yankees the AL East title. Boston also lost, 6-4 …

Gator offensive coordinator Charlie Weis says he is a little “disappointed” about where the offense is right now. While praising many things with the offense, he said he is not very happy with the turnovers the offense has made and he is not happy with third down conversions where Florida …

The New York Giants beat the St.Louis Rams 28-16 on Monday Night Football to even their record at 1-1 while the Rams fall to 0-2. In other Monday Sports News And Notes… The Jacksonville Jaguars struggling offense may get a new starter at quarterback as coach Jack Del Rio says …

The moves, both public and behind the scenes, continue for some major schools and conferences as they gauge the landscape of change in college athletics. On Monday, Board of Regents officials at Texas and Oklahoma have given their school presidents the authority to act on a possible proposal to move …

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera became the all time saves leader in baseball history when he picks up the save Monday in a New York 6-4 win over Minnesota. Rivera now has 602 saves, one more than former leader Trevor Hoffman. He pitched a perfect ninth inning to get …

The Tampa Bay Bucs rally from a 17-0 halftime deficit on the road to defeat the Minnesota Vikings 24-20 Sunday. LeGarrette Blount scored from four yards out with less than a minute to go to seal the comeback win for the Bucs. The news wasn’t as good for the other …

The Gator football team is now ranked 15th in both major polls after defeating SEC rival Tennessee Saturday. Florida now gets set for its first SEC road game against Kentucky, a loser Saturday to Louisville. The top five in both the AP Poll and The USA Today Coaches Poll are …

Pittsburgh and Syracuse will leave the Big East to join the ACC. The move was announced Sunday and the ACC might not be done expanding; sources say the league has not ruled out adding more teams. For the Big East, this is another round of trying to fill in for …