College football is finally making it’s return to the Swamp. Just in case you haven’t been keeping count, it has been 244 days since the Florida Gators played their last football game on New Year’s Day. Coach Jim McElwain and the team have the opportunity to start the season on …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Buchholz vs Eastside
High school football is officially back in the Gainesville area. The season started off with a tightly contested game between Gainesville High and Columbia High Thursday evening. The Columbia Tigers got the edge on the Hurricanes in a 17-12 game at Citizens Field Thursday night. For the first Friday of high school football action, Citizens Field …
Read More »Cox Set to Be A Driving Force For Gator’s D-Line
Last year, there were only four schools in the FBS who had more sacks than Florida (40). The tough news for the Gators heading into this year is knowing that nearly a third (13 to be exact) of the sack total left with Jonathan Bullard and Alex McAlister. Luckily, the Gator’s …
Read More »USA Continues to Dominate at Rio 2016 Olympics
The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics have been a predictable story thus far. The United States are winning the medal count, the US men’s basketball is dominating, the American swimmers are breaking records, and other countries such as China, Great Britain, and Russia (despite the limited number of athletes) are right …
Read More »Preview: Gator Defensive Line
After UF Media Wednesday, ambitions are running high for the Gators football team this year. One unit that’s looking to help be the driving force for the team—the defensive line. Last year, the Gators’ defense was tied for fifth in the nation in total sacks (40), and was 12th in total yards allowed. Head Coach …
Read More »Marlins Look To Start A Serious Playoff Push
The Miami Marlins are playing good baseball right now. Miami defeated Philadelphia yesterday 11-1, helped by an early Giancarlo Stanton home run that manager Don Mattingly says helped the team take a lead early. Marlins pitcher Adam Conley had an impressive game by pitching 6 2/3 innings without giving up a run. The Marlins won’t have …
Read More »Marlins To Close Out Series With The Phillies
The Miami Marlins are in the middle of a crucial ten game span against NL East foes. Tonight, Miami will finish their four games series with the Philadelphia Phillies before facing the New York Mets at home on Friday. Following the series with the Mets, the Marlins get face the Phillies …
Read More »Second Half Of MLB Season Begins
The All-Star Break is a good time for teams to rest up and reform themselves during such a long regular season. For the Tampa Bay Rays, the All-Star Break came too late to help. The Rays were on the worst stretch in the league leading up to last weekend. Now …
Read More »Rays End Series With Angels as All-Star Break Approaches
Around a month ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were in a decent position to make a wild card push; but after a terrible 3-21 stretch since June 16, the Rays find themselves in last place in the division and 16 games under .500. The struggles were put on display last night as …
Read More »MLB Weekend Outlook
For the baseball teams in the local area, it hasn’t been the best of seasons up to this point. The Atlanta Braves have the second worst record in baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays are in last place in the AL East, but the Miami Marlins have shown promise by climbing to second …
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