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The Front Nine comes at you on a day when the world says goodbye to my sweet and loving father with a celebration of a life well-lived. I’ll try to keep it together. 1. The reason I am such a sports nut is because of my Dad. It was ingrained …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that had a little bit of everything. 10. There were a lot of people poised to Tweet out how the women’s Final Four was blowing away the men’s Final Four after those two amazing women’s games and Baylor’s blowout of Houston …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that could have been spent indoors but shouldn’t have been. It was so nice outside, right? 10. Maybe this is just me, but I don’t think it is. We root like crazy for the underdogs on the first weekend, but then …

The Front Nine comes at you after another one of these weeks that went by too quickly. Maybe that’s what happens when you get old. 1. I get a sense that Dan Mullen likes the 2021 football team he will put on the field, but now it is up to …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend where I literally had too much to watch and starting to feel a little anxiety about what I was missing. I need a fourth TV. 10. There are no easy losses in the NCAA Tournament. There are some that are just …

The Front 9 comes at you as we get ready for the Big Dance and all of the other stuff we are preparing to watch either in person or on the telly. My wife has been watching so many of those British shows it’s rubbing off. 1. Obviously, I am …

The Back Nine comes at you after a warm and wonderful weekend here in America’s City, and now we start working on excuses not to go to work Friday when the Madness really begins. 10. Apparently, Florida’s game against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament didn’t mean anything. In fact, I’m …

The Front Nine comes at you with the best weekends of the year on the horizon. Let’s just home the only Madness of March takes place on the courts and not in the labs. 1. Even though Florida won its opening game in the SEC Tournament on Thursday, this team …

As Florida prepares for another SEC Tournament, Pat Dooley of The Tailgate radio show takes a look at a half-dozen (plus one) moments he will never forget. They are not all good times, but they were certainly interesting. 1.Grown men cried. The first one is always the most emotional. I …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend where I still somehow managed to avoid long pants. Of course, I also watched a lot of basketball, which is an indoor sport for me. 10. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room and, to be honest with you, I’m …