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There he stood. Under a basket at Princeton University’s Dillon Gymnasium. In his basketball practice uniform. Still sweating from a demanding workout. Now he caught questions, not basketballs, passed to him by the acclaimed writer John McPhee. On...

Martin Newton got calls from several friends telling him that the athletics director job at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., was open and would he be interested. Since Newton had left his marketing job with Nike 18 months ago to become director...

This column marks another milestone for me, as it is my 800th Net Xpress column. As a young child, my dream was to become a school teacher but, there was a slightly different plan waiting for me in life. Even so, in a way, this column actually has become...

Davaxha Trollinger is used to weekly trips to the hospital to treat the tumors all over her body. But on Friday, the 13-year-old was back at Chris Evert Children's Hospital in Fort Lauderdale for a different reason -- to get ready for her first prom....

Sun-bronzed women in teeny bikinis, leather miniskirts and skin-tight tube tops have become as much a fixture at Leesburg's annual Bikefest as the motorcycles that jam Main Street. Leesburg native Thom Weekly likes to stroll down Main Street, where...

Andrew Barber deals almost exclusively with young men who have come into money. Some are newly rich; some started poor and worked their way to comfortable; and others, arguably his bread and butter, are not wealthy yet but stand to make a chunk of change....

Sanuk, the Irvine footwear firm known for selling its quirky sandals in surf specialty shops, is coming to beachy Santa Monica this week with its first-ever company-owned store. The flagship shop on the Santa Monica Promenade opens Friday. The lo-fi...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--Australian Open, same-day tape, 10 a.m. (ESPN2), 8 p.m., 2:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Women’s College Basketball--Iowa State at Oklahoma State, Noon (FXSP); Maryland at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m. (ESPN2); Alabama-Birmingham at...

TV SPORTS High School Football--All-America game, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Men's College Basketball--Cleveland State at Valparaiso, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Memphis at Tennessee, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Hockey--Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Holy...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Women’s College Basketball—Oklahoma State at Texas, 11:30 a.m. (FXSP); Nebraska at Penn State, 1 p.m. (ESPN2); Wisconsin at Michigan, 1 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Baylor at Kansas, 1:30 p.m. (FXSP); California at Stanford,...

|TV SPORTS| High School Football--All-America game, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Men’s College Basketball--Cleveland State at Valparaiso, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Memphis at Tennessee, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Hockey--Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha, 6:30 p.m....

Some looks dominated the 2012 fashion scene: 1.      Leggings. The perfect accessory for the coolest Florida winters designed to keep your legs warm. 2.      Ombre. From brown to blonde hair or blue to pink clothing, many have enjoyed the explosion of...