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liar liar, leavitt fired

January 9, 2010Leave your thoughts!

Investigative Report Details Leavitt’s Lies: University of South Florida fired coach Jim Leavitt Friday for striking a player and repeatedly lying to investigators.

cell phones good for your brain?

January 8, 2010Leave your thoughts!

USF find may help reverse dementia : Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of South Florida say they have the first evidence that long-term exposure to the electromagnetic waves associated with cell phones can fight the memory loss of Alzheimer’s.

usf medical training center in the heights?

November 16, 2009Leave your thoughts!

USF is now considering building the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Tampa Heights

how did news outlets tweet usf threat?

October 6, 2009Leave your thoughts!

The Oracle did a good job getting information out yesterday as threats were reported and how police and students responded over at USF yesterday. Coverage included 28 twitter updates and nine blog entries, keeping their readers informed in real time. Meanwhile, the professionals did things the way they always do.

tampa can lead on rail

Mayor Pam wants TBARTA to put Tampa at the top of the list for rail. Of course they should.  Tampa is the center of the Tampa Bay universe, and moving folks moving in and out of downtown, Westshore, Tampa International Airport and USF will be a significant step toward a regional rail system. Even those that didn’t [...]

snow in tampa bay?

On Monday, National Weather Service meteorologist Jennifer Colson said “There’s a very, very, very slight off chance of snow flurries” in the Tampa Bay Area. You may remember that it snowed briefly in 1989, but didn’t stick to the ground.  It also snowed in Tampa on January 19, 1977 (recent Times story).  Visitors to that old [...]

final four back in tampa

November 19, 2008Leave your thoughts!

From Tampa Bay & Company: Tampa Bay & Company is proud to announce that the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has selected Tampa Bay, and the University of South Florida, to host the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Final Four Championship. I hope local media lays off the lesbian angle this time.  If local media is [...]

sunshine state college football rankings

October 1, 2008Leave your thoughts!

Few states take their college football as seriously as Florida, and almost everyone has a team they root for. So with that in mind we present rankings of all the Division 1-A teams in the sunshine state. It should be mentioned these rankings are strongly based on schedule played so far, and attempt to ignore [...]

sunshine state college football rankings

September 16, 2008Leave your thoughts!

The Sunshine State College Football Rankings according to Ski: It’s the second week of the college rankings for Florida, which means we can expect to see a good deal of shift at the top of the rankings from last week. An important note on my rankings, they are based largely on the schedule already played and [...]

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