Basketball

The Palatka Panthers and the Santa Fe Raiders will face off Tuesday night for a spot in the 2017 FHSAA Boy’s Basketball 5A Regional Championship. How they got here Palatka reached the semi-final round by eliminating Eastside in a competitive 57-53 quarterfinal game. Santa Fe advanced  to the regional semi-final more …

A strong performance from forward Eveylyn Akhator and a 26-13 run spanning most of the third quarter and half of the fourth propelled Kentucky to a 67-48 blow-out win over the Florida women’s basketball team on Sunday in Lexington. The loss drops the Gators to 13-14 overall and 4-10 in …

While Florida men’s basketball seems to have an NCAA Tournament berth all but assured, its next opponent, a young and inexperienced Mississippi State team, is trying to find some consistency.   The Bulldogs record stands at 14-11 and it looks like they would have to win the SEC Tournament to …

As the regular season comes to a close, several teams continue to fight for conference superiority. One game to look out for is the top-five match up between Kansas (third in the AP poll) and Baylor (fourth). Both teams already played each other once, with Kansas emerging victorious 73-68. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5kNoBjSdU …

The Florida Gators hosted the Missouri Tigers, and where defeated in a back-and-forth match up. On Thursday night, the Tigers put up 74 points to the Gators 67. Game Recap It was neck-and-neck in the first quarter. However, in the second Missouri pulled ahead scoring 24 points to the Gator’s 11. …

The best of the NBA is back to New Orleans for the All-Star Weekend for the second time in four seasons. All-Star Game tip-off will be Sunday, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Eastern Conference: Starters: Kyrie Irving, DeMar DeRozan, LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jimmy Butler. Reserves: Isaiah Thomas, John Wall, Carmelo Anthony (in replacement …

The Buchholz Bobcats will travel to Jacksonville to take on the Jacksonville Lee Generals in the Class 8A Regional Quarterfinals of the FHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament. The 14-12 Bobcats have lost four of their past six games, and are 3-6 overall on the road this season. This is the …

The No. 1 ranked Cowboys (21-4) will host the Panthers (13-15) in the Region 3- 1A semifinals tonight at 7. The Newberry Panthers have accepted their role as the underdogs and are looking for a bracket-breaking upset. The Panthers will be led by their dual-sport FSU defensive lineman signee Cory Durden, who …

The Gainesville High School boys’ basketball team has made it into the FHSAA State Championship. The Gainesville Hurricanes finished the regular season with a 23-2 record that propelled them into the district and state championship bracket. In the district championship last week, Gainesville High School lost to Vanguard High School …

The Cleveland Cavaliers cannot catch a break recently as the injury bug has bitten the defending champs hard. Following their 125-109 win over the Denver Nuggets Sunday, Kevin Love complained of soreness, which resulted in an immediate MRI. The results detected a “loose body” in his left knee. Love then …