A lot of NFL news, some good news for the Tampa Bay Rays and more in our Tuesday Sports News And Notes… ** The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to terms with first round draft choice Jistim Blackmon and he becomes the last first rounder to agree to contract terms. In other …
Read More »Olympics Roll On
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games continue today with track and field, volleyball and gymnastics the highlights. The U.S. men’s basketball team also plays its final group stage game against Argentina. On Sunday, Serena and Venus Williams team to win a gold medal and the U.S. women’s basketball team ripped China …
Read More »Gator Men’s Basketball Gets Another Verbal; Monday Sports News And Notes…
Another verbal commitment for the Gator men’s basketball program, a win for Jeff Gordon and more in our Monday Sports News And Notes… ** The University of Florida football men’s basketball team receives another verbal commitment as 6’9″ forward Schuyler Rimmer gives the program his verbal on Sunday. The Orlando native …
Read More »Arizona Makes CWS Final; South Carolina Stays In The Hunt Too
The Arizona Wildcat baseball team still has not lost a postseason game. At the College World Series Thursday, Arizona struck for six first inning runs on its way to a 10-2 pasting of Florida State to move the Wildcats to the finals of the CWS while the Seminoles are eliminated. …
Read More »Donovan Leads Under 18 Team To Gold Medal; Sports News And Notes
University of Florida men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan has led the United States 18 and under team to a gold medal after beating host Brazil 81-56 yesterday. The U.S. team won all five of its games to win the FIBA Americas 18 And Under world championship. In other sports news… …
Read More »College World Series Starts Today In Omaha
The 2012 College World Series starts today in Omaha, Nebraska with two games as former Gator coach Andy Lopez sends his Arizona team to face Florida State and CWS Cinderella Stony Brook faces UCLA. The Wildcats (43-17) don’t have a lot of power but part of that is because they …
Read More »Field For College World Series Now Set
The field for this year’s College World Series is now set after Super Regional play was completed yesterday. South Carolina beat Oklahoma 5-1 to get to the World Series to defend a title it has won two years running. The Gamecocks will open the CWS with a game against Florida. …
Read More »Tuesday Sports News And Notes…
The Los Angeles Kings are Stanley Cup winners, the NBA Finals start tonight and a local high school football coach is suddenly fired…these stories lead our Sports News And Notes for today… ** The Los Angeles Kings are Stanley Cup champions after beating the New Jersey Devils 6-1 Monday night …
Read More »College World Series Field Not Set Yet
A few teams are in, but the entire College World Series field will not be set in baseball until at least today. Florida, Florida State, Arizona, Stony Brook and UCLA have all made the field. Defending national champion South Carolina faces Oklahoma today with the score tied at 0-0 in …
Read More »Two Former Auburn Football Players Shot; Sports News And Notes
Two former Auburn University football players have been shot today by a gunman who also wounded three others at a pool party Sunday allegedly while fighting over a woman. This leads our Monday Sports News And Notes… ** In the shooting, former players Ladarious Phillips and Edward Christian were killed …
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