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The Dates for the Jaguars' organized team activities (OTAs) have been released by the NFL.

He's only in seventh grade, but St. Johns Country Day guard Cam Cooper has already received four college scholarship offers. And that's only the beginning.

It came down to the goalkeepers in penalty kicks and Jacksonville's Nick Rulle got the better of Miami United's Peterson Occenat to give the Armada the win in the first round of the U.S. Open Cup Thursday at UNF's Hodges Stadium.

Jacksonville’s Kaitlyn Schroeder has won a lot of golf tournaments, but she admits she’s never played in an event quite like the one she will next weekend at Augusta National, the home of the Masters.

On Thursday, the Jacksonville Armada will play in the U.S. Open Cup for the first time since 2018.

The first round of The Players Championship tees off Thursday morning. Here are five tips to make your visit to TPC Sawgrass as smooth and enjoyable as possible.

The Jacksonville Jaguars placed their franchise tag on tight end Evan Engram.

Emily Sisson claimed her third straight women’s title in Saturday’s Gate River Run, but this year’s $5,000 Equalizer Bonus went to the man who caught her on the Hart Bridge off-ramp: Olympic steeplechaser Hillary Bor.

In a move that is anything but unexpected, the Jaguars are moving on from cornerback Shaq Griffin, according to a report from ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Ribault can advance to the state championship game in boys basketball with a win on Thursday.

Mother Nature and Emily Sisson. And a lost minute. These are the three biggest storylines heading into Saturday’s Gate River Run, the national championship 15K.

On Saturday, the Gate River Run will be held for the 46th year, and for the first time in recent years, runners won’t have to adapt to a new course.

Seven local teams are still alive in the state high school basketball playoffs. Among them, Ribault and Bishop Kenny, who will face one another at Ribault on Friday.

After Oakleaf lost in the playoffs last season, it didn’t take long for the leaders on the girls’ basketball team to start working toward a better season. Now, the Knights are back in the final four.

Florida State battled back from a 19-point deficit but came up short at home, losing 75-69 to Boston College.

Playing without their best player, Florida struggled to score, falling on the road to the Razorbacks 85-64.

Since the girls' soccer postseason began, Stanton has been on a roll. Friday, they face the defending state champions for spot in the stat finals.

St. Johns Country Day girls soccer has been so successful — they’ve won 14 state titles, including the last 11 in a row — that head coach Mike Pickett treats everything before the playoffs as a warmup. He picks some of the best teams in the nation to make up one of the most difficult schedules in the state for a reason. He wants his team to be challenged. On Friday, the Spartans play for a spot in the regional finals, the next step toward another championship.

There are a few high school sports dynasties in our area. Bolles swimming and St. Johns Country Day girls soccer jump right to mind. But we should include the cheerleading program at West Nassau in that list.

Although the team doesn't have a name or stadium yet and the games aren't scheduled to begin until 2025, JAX USL, the group bringing a USL Championship soccer team and women's professional team to town have begun building their front office by hiring former Jacksonville University men's soccer coach Mauricio Ruiz.

The Ospreys sank 13 three-pointers, the most allowed by JU this season, in a 65-58 win, their second in as many games over the Dolphins.

UNF jumped out to an early 17 point lead and never trailed as the Ospreys took the first game of the River City Rumble over Jacksonville University 76-63.

Nease quarterback Marcus Stokes, once a Florida commit, signs with West Florida.

After a dream season came to an end with a loss in Kansas City, the Jaguars leadership will now look to an offseason unlike any they have experienced in recent history.

As the Jaguars are set to play the Chiefs in Kansas City, many fans will get together and cheer them on — some 1,100 miles away, in Jacksonville.

The 2022 season has the arrow pointing up for the Jaguars' future success, but this team has set its sights on the Lombardi Trophy.

Three days after the Jaguars pulled off the third-largest comeback in NFL playoff history, Jacksonville is still buzzing. And Trevor Lawrence admitted they may have gone past the 24-hour rule in celebrating the comeback win over the Chargers.

The Jaguars made some big moves this past offseason, but none were bigger than hiring Doug Pederson as head coach.

Planning and preparations are underway as thousands of Jaguars and Chargers fan plan on attending Saturday’s AFC wild-card game in Jacksonville.

Jaguar fans are in the midst of euphoria after the improbable season Jacksonville just pulled off.

The Jaguars know who they will play and where they will play them in the playoffs. But what about tickets to the game?

Doug Pederson took a team from back-to-back seasons with the worst record in the league, then brought them back from 2-6 to the brink of the playoffs. And it only took a few months.

Trevor Lawrence is playing the way everybody thought he would when he was drafted with the first pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. It just took a little longer to happen.

Pro Football hall of Famer Ed Reed has been hired as the new football coach at Bethune Cookman.

The Jaguars placed two veterans, left tackle Cam Robinson and defensive lineman Dawaune Smoot on injured reserve on Monday, meaning they will miss the rest of the season.

The Mustangs opened the season 9-0, outscoring the opposition by 40 goals. The average score of a Mandarin game this year? 9-1.

A day after the Jaguars celebrated their 17-point come-from-behind win over the Dallas Cowboys, the team learned that they will have to play the rest of the season without starting left tackle Cam Robinson.

They’re No. 1 in the nation but they’re not talking about it.

One year ago today, Shad Khan fired Urban Meyer. What a difference a year makes. One year on, there isn’t a hint of the strife that was left in Meyer’s wake. The infighting, the lack of vision and trust, and most of all, the lack of respect. You won’t find that in Jacksonville now.

The Jaguars can make the playoffs, with only a little help. And they can even afford a loss in the final four weeks of the season.

The Fortegra Invitational may soon need to add Providence to the tournament’s title.

Whether Trevor Lawrence plays or not, the Jaguars know they must play better Sunday against the Titans if they want to end the nine-year winless streak in Nashville.

Trevor Lawrence says he’s planning ahead as if he is playing on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. He’s just not taking snaps in practice.

Traditionally, Notre Dame and South Carolina have brought big crowds to bowl games. Will we see the same at the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl this year?

For the fourth time in four years since taking over as the head coach at Bolles, Matt Toblin is preparing for a final four game. This time, the most successful program in the history of high school football all in Florida will play the role of the underdog.

After upsetting AFC North-leading Baltimore, the Jaguars travel to Detroit to face the Lions in search of their first winning streak of the season.

For the first time since 2016, two of the most storied high school football programs in northeast Florida will meet when Raines faces Bolles in the regional finals.

Ten games into Doug Pederson's first season, the Jaguars' head coach seems prophetic. When hired, he said it would not be an overnight fix. While the team has shown improvement, it has been a slower-than-hoped-for process.

Among the playoff games on Friday, Baldwin hosts Baker County in the 2S regional semi-final. The meeting is a rematch of a game won by the Indians 30-7 earlier in the season. That game was part of a historic season for Baldwin, who had not beaten Baker County since 1968 and had never won a district championship in football. They accomplished both feats this season.

Entering their bye week at 3-7, there are major improvements for the Jaguars to make. But the team is staying positive as they look to finish the season strong after the break.