“Jacksonville” on The Daily Caller

Everybody can use a helping hand now and again, and the New York Jets are no exception. Neither are the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. (more)

The longest — and most painful — run of the year against the Indianapolis Colts wasn’t reflected in the statistics Sunday and came after the game clock had expired. (more)

JACKSONVILLE — Here I am in Jacksonville. (more)

On Sunday, for the second year in a row, former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks organization hosted a 9/12 March on Washington in Washington, D.C. The focus of this year’s political rally was on the Contract From America, a plan FreedomWorks has been asking politicians to sign and pledge to follow. The Contract is aimed at reducing spending and government involvement in people’s lives. (more)

As I type this, I am watching former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on “The Wendy Williams Show” talking about his impending talk show on Fox and am reminded, not for the first time, that quite a few presidential candidates function as if they never expected or even wanted to be president in the first place. They ran to gain a media platform. But few have done so as brazenly as Huckabee, who typically ended his homespun stump homilies with pedestrian pluckings of his bass guitar. (more)

Former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas John Rood, a current Jacksonville, Fla. real estate developer, has filed a class action lawsuit against Governor and independent U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Crist seeking the return of campaign donations he made before Crist left the GOP. (more)

Former Massachusetts Governor and former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is widely viewed as a possible candidate for president in 2012, is taking sides in a contentious political race in Florida. (more)

A University of Florida professor and oceanographic expert says he believes the east coast of Florida might see the worst of the impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (more)

About 5,000 Tea Party protesters gathered in St. Augustine on Saturday to voice their concerns regarding Democratic control of Washington, staying mostly positive despite an apparent effort to disrupt their rally. (more)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cornell players jumped up and down near midcourt, exchanging chest-bumps and high-fives, then ran toward their fans. (more)

The National Football League is entering a new phase of the 2010 season, the player recruitment campaign will start on March 5 and there are new rules for this endeavor because the owners have decided to blow up the old collective bargaining agreement, a document that kept both owners and players relatively happy. (more)