On the strength of 11 teams placing in the top five in their respective sports, Florida finished fourth in the 2023-24 LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings, the National Association of College Directors of Athletics announced Wednesday. Gators earns 4th in the Nation 🐊 🔸 Florida is the only program to finish …
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The Back Nine comes at you after a weird weekend. I know we have them all the time, but when Gator sports are over for the academic year, I feel a little lost. 10. Hey, we do have the Olympics, although, if they are as boring as the Trials …
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It’s not only a long way to college football season, but also a long way to SEC Media Days. Now that college sports at Florida are done until August, we are looking for answers to questions that have not really been asked. Seriously, what has changed in the last few …
Read More »College World Series: Florida’s Season Comes To An End In Semifinals
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Over the last month, the Florida Gators baseball team has put together one of the most action-packed and thrilling underdog runs in college baseball history. From winning three elimination games within a 24-hour span to advance past the …
Read More »College World Series: Gators Advance To Semifinals After 15-4 Win Against Kentucky
The Florida Gators have continuously thrived under pressure throughout the 2024 postseason. Spanning all the way back to the Stillwater Regional, Florida entered their matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats with a 4-0 record in elimination games. But on Wednesday afternoon, with their backs once again up the wall, the Gators …
Read More »Gator Great Horford Wins His First NBA Title
Al Horford won his first NBA title after 17 years in the league when the Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. Drafted third overall out of the University of Florida in 2007 by the Atlanta Hawks, Horford, a Dominican Republic native, contributed as a starter with nine points, …
Read More »Gator Great Grant Holloway To Compete In U.S. Olympic Trials
Later this week, both current and former Gator track and field athletes will compete for the opportunity to go to the Paris Olympics in July. Still a member of the Florida pro-group, Olympic silver medalist and Gator great Grant Holloway is set to begin action on Monday at the 2024 …
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The 2024 Men’s College World Series has already been filled with all kinds of thrilling matchups, and the Florida Gators have been no exception to this trend. From the moment when the Gators made their way onto the diamond to when the ball landed in Tyler Shelnut’s glove for the …
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The Back Nine comes at you after a humid weekend where we saw train wrecks at the Open and bad breaks for the Gator baseball team. 10. It wasn’t that great a catch. It was more that when Cade Kurland hit it, you thought it might be the game-winner. But …
Read More »DeChambeau Wins Second U.S. Open Title in Dramatic Fashion at Pinehurst
PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau stands atop the golf world once again, winning the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, capturing his second U.S. Open title on Sunday. DeChambeau outlasted Rory McIlroy, who suffered yet another major championship heartbreak. “I wanted to get this one done, especially at such …
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