It is all smiles for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they earned their fourth Stanley Cup Championship title in franchise history. The Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals Sunday night. A power-play goal by Brian Dumoulin started the scoring and continued with Patric Hornqvist …
Read More »Rays Take Series From Astros as Marlins Continue to Struggle
The Tampa Bay Rays (29-32) played a home series against the Houston Astros (30-35) over the weekend taking two of the three games in the series. #Rays blank Astros for their 3rd SHO on 2H or less—tying LAD for most in MLB. #RaysUp Read: https://t.co/DiRV1VbO6Q pic.twitter.com/p5S8pT6ZQD — Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) …
Read More »Joey Logano Wins Sprint Cup Race In Michigan
Joey Logano was the first to cross the finish line on the 200th lap in the FireKeepers Casino 400 at the Michigan International Speedway—Logano led 138 of the 200 laps. Logano dominated the race. The biggest challenge came on the 117th lap when Chase Elliott took the lead from Logano. Logano …
Read More »Florida Baseball Bounces Back in Super Regional Elimination Game
The Florida Gator baseball team (51-14) staved off elimination with a 5-0 win over Florida State (41-21) in Sunday night’s Super Regional match up from Gainesville. Logan Shore got the win for Florida, pitching his 17th consecutive victory in his final start at McKethan Stadium. Tyler Holton shouldered the loss for …
Read More »Florida Baseball Blanked in Super Regional by In-State Rival FSU
The top-seeded Florida Gator baseball team (50-14) fell 3-0 against in-state rival Florida State (41-20) in Saturday night’s NCAA Super Regional game from McKethan Stadium. The loss marks the first time the Gators have been shut out at home in an NCAA tournament game. Drew Carlton improved to 8-3 on …
Read More »Hockey Legend Gordie Howe Dies at Age 88
Gordie “Mr. Hockey” Howe 1928 – 2016 The sports world now mourns the loss of another legend…after the news broke, the sports world’s heart shattered. The name “Mr. Hockey” was given for more reasons than one. Howe helped the Detroit Red Wings compile four Stanley Cups, he racked up six Hart Trophies, …
Read More »NCAA Baseball: Super Regionals Get Underway
As the college baseball season starts to enter its final days of the year, the competition is at its highest point. Teams all over the country will start competing this weekend for their ticket to Omaha as the NCAA Super Regionals begin. 16 teams will play for eight spots in …
Read More »NBA Finals Preview: Cavaliers Host Warriors in Game 4
After back-to-back losses, it looked like the Cleveland Cavaliers were done. The Cavs had lost by over 10 points to the Golden State Warriors in the first two games of the NBA Finals, and there didn’t seem any hope of coming back. But, the Cavaliers began clicking in Game 3 and blew …
Read More »Five Gators Selected On the First Night of the MLB Draft
On the opening night of the Major League Baseball Draft, five University of Florida juniors were selected in the first two rounds. In the first round left-handed pitcher AJ Puk was selected sixth overall to the Oakland Athletics. There were some who believed Puk might have been the overall number one …
Read More »Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Service Held In Louisville
Muhammad Ali, who died last Friday, was laid to rest in a traditional Muslim prayer service on Thursday, June 9, in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Thousands of people representing different creeds, races, religions, and cultures traveled from around the world to attend Ali’s jenazah, the Arabic word for funeral. …
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