The Florida Gator football team kicked off their 2016 season Wednesday afternoon with media day. Head coach Jim McElwain, defensive coach Geoff Collins and offensive and quarterback coach Doug Nussmeier all took their turn at the podium to talk about the upcoming season. https://twitter.com/cierrarosec/status/760930425921470464 Nussmeier spoke after the media had the …
Read More »Rays And Marlins Still Struggling
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Miami Marlins continue to struggle as the Major League Baseball calendar moves into August. The Chicago Cubs (65-41) beat the Miami Marlins (57-50) 3-2 on Tuesday night while the Rays lost to the Kansas City Royals by the same score. Jose Fernandez started on …
Read More »USA Men’s Basketball Ready For Olympics
Team USA wrapped up it’s last exhibition game before “wheels up” to Rio in just a few short days. In Monday night’s game USA outscored Nigeria 110-66 in Houston. Nigeria was lead by Chamberlain Oguchi, who scored 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting and Alade Aminu added 13 points. However, that was …
Read More »Hargreaves and Fowler in Full Swing at NFL Training Camps
With NFL training camp underway two former Florida Gators, Vernon Hargreaves and Dante Fowler, are doing big things. Hargreaves was picked up by the Tampa Bay Bucs in the first round of the 2016 draft while Fowler was the third overall pick by Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2015 NFL Draft. As a college student,Hargreaves not …
Read More »Yankee Closer Aroldis Chapman Traded to Cubs
The New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs finalized a deal on Monday that brings reliever Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs. By acquiring Chapman the Cubs have added a critical piece to their championship ambitions. Cubs president Theo Epstein says the Cubs pulled off this trade for one reason, to win a World …
Read More »USA Basketball Wins Second Exhibition Game
Just a few short days after their big win over Argentina, team USA won its second of five exhibition games leading up to the Olympics in Rio. Team USA outscored team China by a final score of 106-57 on Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Though this Chinese …
Read More »Tabor Takes NYC
While Florida football Head Coach Jim McElwain was in Bristol, Conn. yesterday, taking his turn at ESPN’s annual “Car Wash,” Gators junior defensive back Jalen Tabor hit the Big Apple with a packed scheduled. Tabor kicked off his morning on the set of Good Morning America. .@_31Flavorz is on set at @GMA! …
Read More »Rays Struggles Continue in Colorado
The Tampa Bay Rays look to bounce back from their disappointing loss against the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. With the Rays 7-4 loss to the Rockies, the Rays have now dropped 25 of their last 29 games. Rays Manager Kevin Cash says he likes the way the team played but …
Read More »Two Gator Receivers Arrested and Charged with Felonies for Shooting BB Gun
With football season right around the corner and Gator football practice set to start on August 4, two Gator freshmen standouts have allegedly gotten themselves into some trouble. According to the Orlando Sentinel, freshmen wide receivers Tyrie Cleveland and Rick Wells were arrested early Monday morning and charged with felony criminal mischief …
Read More »Giancarlo Stanton Breaks Home Run Derby Record
To kick off the All-Star break week, Giancarlo Stanton really hit it out of the park during Monday night’s home run derby—61 times to be exact. The Miami Marlins slugger and highest paid player in the MLB broke Bobby Abreu’s measly 41, set back in 2005, by a landslide. Stanton hit 20 homers in the final …
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