It certainly wasn’t pretty, but it was what the Gators needed to do to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive. The Florida Gators pulled out a 68-61 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the second round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday afternoon. While neither team shot above 40 percent, …
Read More »QB Competition Starts for the Gators
The Florida Gators have a quarterback competition entering spring practice. Redshirt sophomore Luke Del Rio, fifth-year senior Austin Appleby, and true freshmen Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask are competing this spring to sort out roles for the Gators offense. Although Del Rio sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules, …
Read More »Miami Heat Fall to Milwaukee Bucks 114-108
After stringing together five consecutive wins for the first time this season, the Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Miami Heat’s longest winning streak of the season after winning 114-108 on Wednesday. For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 24 points, Jabari Parker put up 23 points and Khris Middleton added 22 points and …
Read More »Florida Softball Sweeps Visiting South Dakota in a Doubleheader
The top ranked Florida softball team is 24-0 after sweeping South Dakota (2-20) on Wednesday by identical 9-0 scores. Florida’s first game saw some major offensive production from centerfielder Kirsti Merritt. In the first inning, she drove in Kelsey Stewart with a sacrifice fly and later rattled off home runs in both the …
Read More »Gators Take the Mid-Week Sweep against North Florida
The top ranked Florida baseball team will go into a weekend match up against Harvard with a 14-1 record after beating the University of North Florida 5-4 Wednesday night in Gainesville. The Gators are now on an eight game winning streak. Freshman righty Jackson Kowar got the start on the mound for Florida and …
Read More »Free Agency Begins in the NFL
That’s right football fans… after days of rumors, trades, and news, today is the day the deals become official. NFL free agents can begin to sign today, Wednesday, at 4 p.m. Some of the teams with the most cap room to work with include the Oakland Raiders, the Jacksonville Jaguars, …
Read More »With Callaway Out, Who’s Next?
College football is back, with spring practices happening all across the country including at the University of Florida, where practices began Wednesday. Florida coach Jim McElwain announced that quarterback Treon Harris and wide receiver Antonio Callaway will not practice with the Gators this spring. McElwain did not specify why they were suspended, …
Read More »Arkansas Men’s Hoops Prepares for Florida
The Arkansas Razorbacks men’s basketball team looks for revenge against the Florida Gators on Thursday in the first round of the 2016 SEC Tournament. The Razorbacks are the No. 9 seed, while the Gators are No. 8. The Florida Gators (18-13, 9-9) hosted Arkansas (16-15, 9-9) in the teams’ only meeting of the regular season …
Read More »Gators’ Chiozza Looking Forward to Arkansas, SEC Tournament
The last time Florida (18-13, 9-9) and Arkansas (16-15, 9-9) met, back in a February matchup in Gainesville, Chris Chiozza had arguably his best game of the season. He led the Gators to a 87-83 win over the Razorbacks with a season-high 17 points to go along with 8 assists. Florida will take …
Read More »Lightning Fall to Bruins Behind Marchand’s OT Goal
The Tampa Bay Lightning (39-23-5) lost a heart-breaker at the hands of the Boston Bruins (38-23-7) Sunday night, falling to their Atlantic division rival 1-0 in overtime. Lightning and Bruins goaltenders Ben Bishop and Jonas Gustavsson had a combined 74 saves on 74 shots faced in regulation, before Boston forward …
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