Flagler College is set to take a major step forward in its athletic future, announcing plans to join the Sunshine State Conference as a full member beginning with the 2027–28 academic year.

Siena flirted with pulling off an all-time shocking upset in March Madness when it faced No. 1 overall tournament seed Duke.

Duke barely avoided a shocking upset to open the NCAA Tournament before beating Siena 71-65.

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The NFC South can only be decided on Saturday if Carolina beats Tampa Bay.

Sandalwood is turning to a well-known name to try and lead its football turnaround.

Ridgeview and Sandalwood have high school football head coaching vacancies, and looking for new leaders to help turn their programs around.

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills own Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the regular season.

High school football season is back and so are our weekly predictions for local games. Each Thursday during the season, News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will offer his picks on the games.

High school football season is back and so are our weekly predictions for local games. Each Thursday during the season, News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will offer his picks on the games.

Varsity 4 has you covered every step of the way for Week 11 of the high school football season, including a big night of football on Thursday.

High school football season is back. That means our football predictions are back, too.News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will reveal his picks for the week each Thursday. All game times are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Week 4 of the high school football season is in the books and we've got all the scores and TV highlights in one place to catch you up on all the Friday night action.

It was a wet and nasty Friday night for area high school football programs in Week 3.

The Flagler College men’s tennis team will play for its first national championship in nearly 40 years after rolling to a final four win on Friday in the NCAA Division II tournament.

For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the weight loss drug Ozempic made perfect sense.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys soccer rankings will be published every Friday during the regular season — except during Christmas week. Records are through Dec. 7 games.

The Buffalo Bills haven’t looked like Super Bowl contenders in a month.

The Jaguars are on a roll, winners of four in a row and alone at the top of the AFC South standings. Jamal St. Cyr and Justin Barney look back at last week’s 31-24 win over the Saints and ahead to a big clash against the Steelers in this week’s Teal the Show+.

Jaguars fans were amped up for Thursday night’s primetime game against the Saints. Though it might not be a home game, fans still packed out Everbank Stadium to show support.

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Jaguars season is back and our News4JAX sports staff is back with its predictions as well. Each week, we’ll unveil our predictions for the week’s game. Jacksonville (4-2) visits New Orleans (3-3) on Thursday night at Caesars Superdome.

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The News4JAX girls lacrosse Super 6 will be published Monday through the end of the regular season. Records are through March 26 games.

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The Philadelphia Eagles are trying to win their second Super Bowl in franchise history.

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News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will reveal his high school football picks for the week each Thursday.

It’s Week 3 of Football Friday, and our game of the week is Raines High School at Sandalwood High School.

Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams will raise their Super Bowl banner Thursday night before kicking off the NFL season at home where they became the second straight team to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy in their own stadium.

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It’s Week 4 of the high school football season and quite a few teams look to stay unbeaten. Here’s a glance at our top four games of the week and the next four. All games are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

Josh Allen will miss Monday night’s preseason game against the Saints after being placed on the reserve/Covid list, the Jaguars announced.

Before practice on Thursday, Jaguars offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said that Trevor Lawrence would “probably” start at quarterback against the Saints.

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One of the best players in Flagler College basketball history isn’t going anywhere.

The Flagler College men's basketball team reached the NCAA Division II Final Four for the first time this season. The best season in Flagler College men’s basketball history came to an end on Thursday night. The Saints never led and couldn’t slow down heavyweight Northwest Missouri State in a 77-46 loss in the NCAA Division II national semifinals. Third-seeded Flagler (18-3) had never been to the national tournament since it made the move from the NAIA to Division II in 2009. 2 in the tournament, have won Division II national championships in 2017 and ’19, and will play for their third on Saturday afternoon against top-seeded West Texas A&M.

Flagler College's Jaizec Lottie was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II All-American Team on Tuesday morning. Next stop: the NCAA Division II Final Four. Third-seeded Flagler will face second-seeded Northwest Missouri State in the Final Four on Thursday at 9 p.m. Jaizec Lottie had 29 points for Flagler, Derrick Ellis had 17 and Chris Metzger had 10, none bigger than his final two. Truman State’s final shot was a heavily contested look by Turner Scott that never had a chance.

Flagler College's Jaizec Lottie was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II All-American Team on Tuesday morning. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jaizec Lottie added another first to Flagler College’s incredible basketball season. The Saints’ senior guard was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II All-American Team on Tuesday morning. He’s led the Saints to the NCAA Division II national championship’s elite eight for the first time. In NCAA Division II, the Saints had never been this deep into the postseason.

Flagler men's basketball, led by head coach Chad Warner (center) will play in the Elite Eight for the first time in school history after beating Alabama-Huntsville Tuesday night. For the first time in school history, Flagler is going to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight after an 89-75 win over Alabama-Huntsville. Flager is 17-2 on the season and has won 15 straight games heading into the Elite Eight in Evansville. They wound up adding six games against Division I teams, including regular-season games against Florida International, Central Michigan and UNF. He had led a similar transition at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia and he knows what it would take to win at Flagler.

“My coaches were on board, they all did a great job with the spot, with the calls, everything — they were spot-on. It was a great job.”That play is part of a pick-6 of great jobs — and great flops — with gutsy calls. PHILLY SPECIALThe Eagles led New England by three points approaching halftime in the Super Bowl for the 2017 season. Philadelphia went on to win its first Super Bowl. The Packers then won their second Super Bowl.

___7:07 p.m.Derrick Henry has become the eighth man in NFL history to run for at least 2,000 yards in a single season. Henry came into Sunday’s regular season finale needing 223 yards rushing to become the second man in franchise history to reach 2,000. Henry came in with 1,777 yards rushing this season, and he now is 88 yards away from becoming the eighth man in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards. The Titans lead Houston 17-9 at halftime with NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry running for 113 yards and a touchdown in the first half. The Green Bay Packers have set an NFL season record for second-quarter points.

(AP Photo/Mark Tenally)The Latest on Week 16 in the NFL (all times EST):___8 p.m.For the first time since 2014 there will be an NFL playoff team with a losing record. The winner will remain alive in the NFC East playoff race if Washington loses to Carolina. ___6:05 p.m.Washington is well on the way to blowing its first chance to clinch the NFC East. ___6 p.m.Eleven teams in the NFC are still harboring hopes of making a playoff run with Week 16 winding down. 1 seed in the NFC with a win Sunday night against the Titans and a Seattle loss or tie.

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The Pittsburgh Steelers have gone from dreams of matching the perfect 1972 Miami Dolphins to searching for another win. After winning their first 11 games for the first time in franchise history, the Steelers were upset at home two weeks ago against Washington. The last team to start 11-0 and then lose three straight was the 1969 Rams in a 14-game season. The losing skid carried over to the playoffs with a 23-20 loss to Minnesota, a fate the Steelers would obviously like to avoid. Jackson leads the way with 828 yards rushing and seven TDs with Murray having 741 yards and 11 touchdowns.

N4J pick: Bartram Trail 31, Oakleaf 30. N4J pick: Sandalwood 23, FPC 21. N4J pick: St. Augustine 33, Escambia 31. Baker County (7-2) at Raines (4-6), 7 p.m.: The Vikings defense against the Wildcats offensive front. N4J pick: Snyder 28, Out-of-Door 20..

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is warning the league's 32 teams of penalties including potential forfeits of games for violations of COVID-19 protocols that force changes in the schedule. In a memo sent to the teams Monday after a conference call involving NFL and club executives, Goodell reiterated the need to adhere fully to all of the league's health and safety guidelines. “Protocol violations that result in virus spread requiring adjustments to the schedule or otherwise impacting other teams will result in additional financial and competitive discipline, including the adjustment or loss of draft choices or even the forfeit of a game,” Goodell wrote in the memo obtained by The Associated Press. Victory Monday.”The negative test results returned Sunday included New Orleans Saints fullback Michael Burton, who falsely tested positive on Saturday. The Saints learned of the positive test after leaving New Orleans for Sunday’s scheduled game in Detroit and ran another series of tests on players and staff overnight.

FILE - Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater watches during an NFL football camp practice Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. The Panthers invested $63 million over three years in Bridgewater, and the QB has proclaimed, “this definitely feels like my team." I remember everybody was hurting in practice," Diggs said. Offensive coordinator Joe Brady, who worked with Bridgewater while with the Saints, is confident Bridgewater can be thrive in Carolina. “Knowing what I know now, I would just go back and tell myself the moment I was on the ground screaming in pain, ‘life is just a race,’” Bridgewater said.

NEW ORLEANS Drew Brees was sharply criticized by fellow high-profile athletes, including some of his own teammates, on Wednesday after the Saints quarterback reiterated his opposition to kneeling during the national anthem. In an interview with Yahoo, Brees was asked to revisit former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's 2016 protest of police brutality against minorities, in which Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem before games. I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States, Brees began, adding that the national anthem reminds him of his grandfathers, who served in the armed forces during World War II. Brees has said he supports those protesting police brutality but that he does not see the national anthem as the proper forum for that. In 2017, Brees participated with teammates who knelt before the national anthem, but then stood in unison when the anthem was played.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dennis Bartley played sports at Sandalwood and came back to teach and coach at the high school. Some of those former Saints would later return to the program to coach alongside Bartley, who is as well known of a Sandalwood alum as any the school has. He was a great man they just dont make them like Coach Bartley anymore, said Saints assistant coach Doug Pariseau. Current Sandalwood coach Adam Geis said that Bartley was a Saints institution. He always told me anything worth having is worth working hard for because if it is not, it doesnt exist.That type of statement was typical Bartley.

Sports Analyst Mark Brunell weighs in on the Jaguars loss to the Saints. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

The team handed out mustaches to fans on the way into the game at TIAA Bank Field. "Go Jags, Minshew mania, it's never stopping," fans said. Others aren't letting this loss concern them and are still thrilled about the excitement Minshew brings to the team. If you've got a mustache, Minshew mania's still there," Jags fan Michael Gulla said. The next home game for the Jags will be in two weeks when they take on the New York Jets.

Gardner Minshew looks to pass during Sunday's 13-6 loss to the Saints. The Jaguars couldn't do much of anything right offensively, mustered just two field goals and struggled in a 13-6 loss to New Orleans at TIAA Bank Field. One week after getting taken apart by Carolina, the Jaguars kept New Orleans out of the end zone for more than three quarters. "I thought we did a good job of putting the quarterback [Gardner Minshew II] on the spot where we wanted them, not allowing him outside," said Saints coach Sean Payton. I thought we did a good job of that.

A young fan is lifted up in the crowd during Sunday's 13-6 loss to the Saints. (George Varkanis, News4Jax)Hide Caption