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The Gate River run is March 5. We asked the defending men’s champion Clayton Young and our race analysts, former Olympic marathoner Keith Brantly, five-time First Coast Cup winner Julie Stackhouse, and Ironman triathlon competitor and former Jaguars’ head athletic trainer Mike Ryan to provide some tips for runners to consider. Here’s what they said.

With days remaining in the regular season, the Jaguars' coaching search continues to roll on. The latest interview? Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, the former New York Jets head coach.

The Jaguars will face a top 5 offense and a top 5 defense Sunday when they host the Buffalo Bills, team that offers unique challenges for Jacksonville.

So much new. When the Jaguars face the Texans in Houston Sunday, there will be so many new faces on both teams and on both sidelines that it will almost feel like a matchup of two expansion teams. Instead, it's an AFC South divisional game featuring two franchises heading in opposite directions. Here are my four biggest questions for the Jaguars in their opener in Houston.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Trinity Christian alum Austin Martin heard his name called as the fifth pick of the Major League Baseball draft on Wednesday, taken by the Toronto Blue Jays. Martin had a standout career at Vanderbilt, including hitting .392 last season. This year, he was off to another good start before the season was shut down, hitting .377 through 16 games. His former coach at Trinity, Gil Morales, said that he can pinpoint the moments that Martin turned the corner as a prospect. Two weeks later, Martin faced Windermere Prep’s top arm, Austin Bergner and took him yard.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Hundreds gathered at a graveside service and even more afterward at a celebration of life for legendary high school football coach Corky Rogers. The celebration of life at Deerwood Country Club drew perhaps a thousand people, including several of Rogers’ longtime assistant coaches, rival coaches, and former players. We were together since 1982 when he coached me,” Wayne Belger, who played for Rogers at Lee then joined him as an assistant coach at Lee and Bolles and succeeded Rogers as the Bulldog’s head coach said. One of the coaches that felt the genius of Rogers was Deran Wiley, who coached against Rogers when his Raines teams were in the same district with Rogers’ Bolles teams. “I told (longtime Bolles assistant) Mike Barrett and Wayne Belger, 'You guys are a humongous reason why we (Raines) had success.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Many have nostalgia for ceramic Christmas trees. They’ve become popular again. Last Christmas, the trees were being sold for close to $700 on eBay. This year, discount grocer Aldi is selling the trees for $24.99. According to the store’s weekly specials, the Merry Moments 14 Nostalgic Tree is valid through Nov. 26.