Florida Highway Patrol Accused of Being too Soft with Tiger Woods
When Tiger Woods’ SUV crashed outside his home in the middle of the night, it did more than kickstart rampant rumors of extramarital affairs, it also ignited a flurry of hate e-mail to Law Enforcement officials.

Gambling, state budget on Florida Legislature's agenda
TALLAHASSEE -- Gambling talks continue in the Legislature Thursday, as the House committee charged with drafting a gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida considers the impact of Vegas-style casinos on the state's tourism industry and economy. Also, Senate budget committees will meet for the first time since Senate President Jeff Atwater released information on how much money they have to work with. Executives from the Las Vegas Sands made rounds through the Capitol Wednesday in...

Florida State Has Asterisks Everywhere [College Football]
FSU's Sod Cemetery contains grass from the sites of important road wins; some of which, according to the NCAA, are no longer wins. One fan of jurisprudence (and the Gators) took it upon himself to update the headstones. [ EDSBS ] Send an email to Barry Petchesky, the author of this post, at barryp@deadspin.com .

Olsen 'was a great athlete and an even better man'
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell called Merlin Olsen a "larger-than-life person, literally and figuratively" after the Hall of Famer died of cancer on Thursday. Olsen, a Logan native who was an All-American at Utah State, was 69. In a statement released by the NFL, Goodell also said Olsen leaves behind "an enormously positive legacy." Former Utah State athletic director Randy Spetman agrees. Now the A.D. at Florida State, Spetman said via e-mail from the Atlantic Coast...

Hate e-mail deluged FHP after Tiger Woods' Isleworth crash
When Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and his neighbor's tree in the early-morning hours after Thanksgiving, he did more than tear up an expensive SUV and set off weeks of revelations about hismarriage and sex life. He also made hundreds of people angry at the Florida Highway Patrol. An Orlando Sentinel review of more than 1,600 e-mails to and from FHP shows that in the days after the Nov. 27 crash outside Woods' home at Isleworth, hundreds of people flooded the agency with concerns or...

E-mails to Fla.: Tiger treated too easily
ISLEWORTH, Fla., March 11 (UPI) -- The Florida Highway Patrol received more than 1,600 e-mails, most of them criticizing the agency, after Tiger Woods 's car crash last year, officials said. The golfing great crashed his SUV into a neighbor's tree in Isleworth Nov. 27, prompting many e-mails saying Woods had been treated favorably by the Florida Highway Patrol and its umbrella agency, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, because he is a celebrity, the Orlando Sentinel...

Tiger Woods crash prompted hundreds of e-mails to patrol
ORLANDO - The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger Woods that led to him admitting to extramarital affairs. A review by the Orlando Sentinel found that the Highway Patrol and its umbrella agency, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, got more than 400 e-mails in the days after the November crash outside Woods' home near Orlando. Many of the e-mails accused the Highway Patrol...

Woman, 70, killed in Orange County crash
A 70-year-old Orlando woman was killed Wednesday when the van she was riding in was hit by a car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A southbound Chevrolet driven by Thomas Gladman, 50, of Oviedo drove over a raised median on Conway Road at Roy Street and hit the Dodge van head on about 12:55 p.m., troopers said. Harriet Holbrook was killed. The driver of the van, Rita Abellard, 40, of Orlando, was seriously hurt. Gladman received minor injuries. Copyright © 2010, Orlando Sentinel

Woods crash prompted hundreds of e-mails to patrol
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger Woods that led to him admitting to extramarital affairs. A review by the Orlando Sentinel found that the Highway Patrol and its umbrella agency, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, got more than 400 e-mails in the days after the November crash outside Woods' home near Orlando. Many of the e-mails accused the Highway...

Tiger Woods Investigation Prompted Hundreds Of Email Complaints
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger Woods that led to him admitting to extramarital affairs. A review by the Orlando Sentinel found that the Highway Patrol and its umbrella agency, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, got more than 400 e-mails in the days after the November crash outside Woods' home near Orlando. Many of the e-mails accused the...

Woods crash prompted hundreds of e-mails to patrol
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger Woods that led to him admitting to extramarital affairs. A review by the Orlando Sentinel found that the Highway Patrol and its umbrella agency, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, got more than 400 e-mails in the days after the November crash outside Woods' home near Orlando. Many of the e-mails accused the...

Virginia beats Boston College 68-62 in ACCs
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Sammy Zeglinski scored 16 of his season-high 21 points in the first half to help Virginia beat Boston College 68-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Mike Scott had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the ninth-seeded Cavaliers (15-15), who won their first game in a month and their first tournament game in four years. Virginia had lost nine straight heading into Greensboro, but pushed ahead late in the first half and led by as many as...

Johnson Leads 12th-Seed Miami Past Wake 83-62
Filed at 4:28 p.m. ET GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Redshirt freshman Reggie Johnson scored a season-high 22 points against his hometown school and 12th-seeded Miami routed fifth-seeded Wake Forest 83-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Johnson was 8-for-8 from the field and 6-for-6 from the line while James Dews added 15 points for the Hurricanes (19-12). They led by 25, shot nearly 52 percent against one of the league's toughest defenses and made a...

No. 4 Duke in familiar territory at ACC tourney
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke always has a target on its back, and the fourth-ranked Blue Devils figure it's gotten bigger lately. That's because they'll make the cross-state trip to Greensboro for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament this week as the defending champion and its No. 1 seed — the first time that's happened since 2006, when J.J. Redick was the star and the leaders of the present-day Blue Devils were still in high school. "Especially this year, because people are seeing how...

Vasquez, Williams Win Top Honors In ACC
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greivis Vasquez earned the 2010 Player of the Year and Gary Williams was voted the 2010 Coach of the Year as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its top individual awards on Tuesday. The voting was done by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Vasquez, a senior from Caracas, Venezuela, is the fifth University of Maryland player to earn ACC Player of the Year honors and the first since Juan Dixon earned the award in 2002. Len Bias won twice (1985,...

Radakovich says it's too early for 'any discussion' on Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt's status
Atlanta — Georgia Tech is down to one last opportunity to salvage its season. Athletic director Dan Radakovich wouldn't say Tuesday if the ACC tournament also is the last chance for coach Paul Hewitt to save his job. Georgia Tech, coming off a disappointing seventh-place regular-season finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference, plays North Carolina on Thursday night in the ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The disappointing 7-9 ACC record is the continuation of a downward trend since...

Duke in familiar territory
D uke always has a target on its back, and the fourth-ranked Blue Devils figure it's gotten bigger lately. That's because they'll make the cross-state trip to Greensboro for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament this week as the defending champion and its No. 1 seed — the first time that's happened since 2006, when J.J. Redick was the star and the leaders of the present-day Blue Devils were still in high school. “Especially this year, because people are seeing how well we've been...

Hate e-mail deluged FHP after Tiger Woods crash
When Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and his neighbor's tree in the early-morning hours after Thanksgiving, he did more than tear up an expensive SUV and set off weeks of revelations about hismarriage and sex life. He also made hundreds of people angry at the Florida Highway Patrol. An Orlando Sentinel review of more than 1,600 e-mails to and from FHP shows that in the days after the Nov. 27 crash outside Woods' home at Isleworth, hundreds of people flooded the agency with concerns or...

'America's Got Talent' to tape in Orlando
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SeaWorld, Family Try to Block Video
(NewsCore) - SeaWorld and the family of Dawn Brancheau, the 40 year old trainer killed by a Killer Whale last month, have teamed up to block the release of videos that may show the young woman's final moments, according to one local report. National media organizations have not yet aired video of the Feb. 24 incident that killed Brancheau in Orlando. But the park and her family are worried that once it is online, the floodgates will open, The Orlando Sentinel reported. SeaWorld has "offered...

SeaWorld Trainer's Family Wants to Prevent Release of Video Footage of Accident
The family of a SeaWorld Orlando trainer who was drowned by a Killer Whale after a Feb. 24 performance, is gearing up for a legal battle to prevent video footage of the incident from appearing online or on television, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Forty-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau died from multiple traumatic injuries and drowning after a 22-foot-long Whale pulled her into the pool by her ponytail after a performance. SeaWorld's cameras recorded the death, and the tapes were voluntarily...

'Jeopardy!': Orlando man competes tonight
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Woman shoots man near Orange gas station
Woman shoots man near Orange gas station Investigators are trying to determine what happened at a Citgo gas station on Narcoossee Road in Orange County. Check out Orlando Sentinel blogs