Florida State is set to take on conference foe Louisville in a top-10 matchup this Saturday, but they will be without standout sophomore safety Derwin James for “some time” after suffering a knee injury against Charleston Southern. The USA TODAY Sports preseason All-American was extremely disruptive in No. 2 Florida State’s …
Read More »AL East Teams Dominate Wild Card Race
The Boston Red Sox currently lead the American League East by a single game over the Toronto Blue Jays, who lead the American League wild card by, you guessed it, a mere one game over the Baltimore Orioles. However, with 23 games to play, those three teams will all be …
Read More »Second Overall Pick Carson Wentz to Start for Eagles
Sunday’s news that Sam Bradford was headed to Minnesota in exchange for a 2017 first round pick and a conditional fourth round pick in 2018 meant that the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback spot was open. On Monday, Carson Wentz, the second overall selection in the 2016 NFL Draft, was just hanging …
Read More »MLB Hunt for October
With under 30 games to play in the 2016 Major League Baseball season, three divisions are separated by five games or less, and both wild card spots are crapshoots with six AL teams within five games vying for that second spot, and four NL teams within four games. Let’s get …
Read More »A Look Back at Gators Track in Rio
Whether you’ve heard this stat or not, the fact that if the University of Florida was its own country they would be ninth in the world in gold medals during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Eight golds were won with 30 Gator letter-winners competing spanning four sports, with a total of 13 …
Read More »Rays Continue Homestand; Marlins Hot Off Sweep
The Tampa Bay Rays (52-70) have won six of their last seven games, and ride that momentum into a four-game home series against the Boston Red Sox (69-54). After sweeping the Padres, Tampa Bay won two of three against the AL West leading Texas Rangers. This series against the Red Sox will cap …
Read More »Wednesday Night NHL Playoff Wrap-Up
It was a physical night in the NHL Wednesday, with all four games finishing one goal apart. Florida Panthers and New York Islanders are tied 2-2 in the Series The Panthers needed a win Wednesday night in Brooklyn and after seeing another goal get disallowed after review, Alex Petrovic decked a …
Read More »Florida Panthers Host Islanders in First Round Playoff Game
It’s been 1,449 days since the Florida Panthers were last in the playoffs. On April 26, 2012 the New Jersey Devils won game seven in double overtime over the hosting Panthers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Florida returns to the postseason after a record season, 103 …
Read More »North Dakota Wins Eighth Men’s Hockey National Championship
The North Dakota Fighting Hawks are the 2016 NCAA Men’s Hockey National Champions after a 5-1 victory over Quinnipiac on Saturday night in Tampa. The score wasn’t indicative of the game, as it was a one goal contest at the end of the second period before the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player Drake …
Read More »North Dakota and Quinnipiac Advance to Frozen Four Championship
The “Frozen Four” college men’s hockey championships are taking place in Tampa. North Dakota 4, Denver 2 In the nightcap North Dakota and Denver put on a show for the 18,037 fans in attendance in a rematch of the 2005 national championship. The two schools are very successful hockey programs and have seven national …
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