Vanderbilt begins the college football season with a grueling task ahead. The Commodores will host a rare SEC conference game in Week 1 when No. 3 Georgia comes to Nashville on Saturday night. Because of recent events, it seems like the match should garner even more national attention than initially …
Read More »FEATURE: Relentless Effort: Ida Jarlskog’s Journey from Sweden to Florida
Ida Jarlskog and the Florida women’s tennis team’s practice had ended. Coaches began claiming stray tennis balls, while players gathered their belongings and refueled by the Gatorade coolers. The 5-foot-7-inch Swedish sophomore stayed on the court. “One more time,” she yelled to a Florida assistant. Rep after rep, volley after …
Read More »PREVIEW: Men’s tennis team hosts SEC Tournament
The Florida men’s tennis team hasn’t lost a match in two months. Coming off its first outright SEC regular-season championship since 2005, the Gators are ready for postseason play as they prepare to host the SEC Tournament at the Ring Tennis Complex all week long. Entering play as the No. …
Read More »Who will win MVP? Top 8 NBA Players in the MVP Conversation
With the NBA Playoffs less than a month away and players seemingly breaking different records every day, basketball and sports fans alike debate the burning question: Who will win the 2018-2019 Most Valuable Player Award? This list breaks down which players are most deserving of the highly coveted MVP award …
Read More »Magic streaking at right time, look to make a splash in playoff hunt
It’s been seven years since the Orlando Magic played basketball in May. Led by Jameer Nelson and Glen Davis, the NBA landscape and the Magic roster was very, very different in 2012. Not one player from that team, which was ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the …
Read More »PREVIEW: Oregon rides 10-game win streak into Sweet Sixteen
Oregon is arguably one of the hottest college basketball teams in the country. Virginia is arguably one of the most complete. Both will put it all on the line in Louisville, Kentucky, as they face off in the Sweet Sixteen. The winner will advance to the Elite Eight to take …
Read More »PREVIEW: Can Ole Miss overcome struggles against Oklahoma?
Ole Miss enters the NCAA Tournament losing five of its last seven games. These losses were not just to teams like then-No. 7 Tennessee and then-No. 6 Kentucky. Three of these losses came to non-tournament teams in South Carolina and Arkansas during the regular season and an early second round …
Read More »Preview: Alabama-Ole Miss clash in SEC Tournament
Both Alabama and Ole Miss enter Nashville with something to prove. The Crimson Tide, sitting at 17-14 and an under-.500 conference record, hope to make a run in the SEC tournament and showcase to the committee why they deserve to be selected on Sunday for the NCAA Tournament. The Rebels, …
Read More »Harbaugh comments on Lamar Jackson’s potential
Recent discussions in the NFL have centered around an athletic quarterback who shocked the college football world through his legs and arms en route to a Heisman trophy. No, not Kyler Murray. This QB already plays in the NFL and led his team to a 6-1 finish as a starter, …
Read More »Former Gator Assistant Locksley Prepares for First Season at Maryland
Alabama offensive coordinator and former Gators assistant coach Mike Locksley has returned home. The former running backs coach and recruiting coordinator for Florida landed a head coaching gig at the University of Maryland in early December. After working on staff with Nick Saban and Alabama as the offensive coordinator, the …
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