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In his second year as the University of South Florida head football coach, Willie Taggart and his staff are mixing up the offense and defense. The Bulls seek to improve from the disappointing 2013 season where they finished the season on a six-game losing streak for a 2-10 record. Sophomore quarterback Mike White will open
Fans may have thought when the South Florida women’s basketball team was left out of the NCAA Tournament that it was a snub, but the team didn’t have time to dwell on the exclusion from one tournament because they had to get ready for another one. After a 20-12 season and a third-place finish in
The USFSP Bulls’ club baseball team lost to the Kansas Jayhawks Friday night, ending their 11-game win streak. In their inaugural season, the (11-4) Bulls attempted to keep the momentum going against the Jayhawks, but were haunted by six costly errors and were defeated 7-4 at home. The Jayhawks’ junior starting pitcher, Matt Carrillo, threw
U.S. Figure Skating, the governing body of the sport in the United States, has more than 140,000 members. The chances of being among the four skaters that compete in the pairs competition at the Winter Olympics is 0.000003 percent. On Wednesday, USF St. Petersburg’s Felicia Zhang and her partner Nathan Bartholomay finished 12th in the
Willie Taggart was hired in early Dec. 2012. That gave him only a couple months to assemble his recruiting class. A year later, Taggart has had an entire season to recruit players and the extra time seems to have payed off. South Florida’s 2014 recruiting class, which was signed last Wednesday, was one of the
Allison Jolly described her entry into sailing as an “accident.” The USF women’s varsity sailing coach and 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist in sailing grew up in St. Petersburg before most houses had air conditioning. To stay cool during the summers, she said there were four choices: go to the only air-conditioned department store downtown, swim,
Valerie Nyitray, a senior in interdisciplinary social sciences at USF St. Petersburg, bounces a tennis ball off cement walls at Jack Puryear Park in St. Petersburg. She runs agility and blocking drills for 45 minutes. “I do it to test my reflexes, the quick reactions I need as a lineman,” Nyitray said, bouncing the green
There will be no bowl game for the Bulls in 2013. USF’s 23-10 loss to Memphis on Saturday night in Tampa dropped the Bulls to 2-7 and made them ineligible to qualify for a postseason bowl. Until four minutes left in the game, the score was close at 6-3. Memphis and USF combined for 24
Central Florida’s Blake Bortles connected on a game-winning touchdown pass with 23 seconds left to give the Golden Knights the upset win over then eighth-ranked Louisville on Friday night. UCF scored 24 straight points to take a fourth quarter lead. But the Knights gave the lead back with three minutes remaining. Running back Dominique Brown
It’s been a long time coming. It wasn’t a full 60-minute effort for the South Florida Bulls. They played well in stretches but ultimately it came down to survival in their 26-20 win against the Cincinnati BearCats. “It’s about putting together four quarters of winning football,” head coach Willie Taggart said. “Our guys don’t give
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