Things are underway today as the NHRA Tire Kingdom Gatornationals at the Auto-Plus raceway in Gainesville. Eliminations and qualifying are the order of the day today and Saturday with the event finals on Sunday. The defending Funny Car champion is Mike Neff while the defending champ in Top Fuel is …
Read More »Gator Softball Opens SEC Schedule; Sports News And Notes
The Gator softball team opens up its SEC schedule today and a very popular NFL quarterback will have a new home as we talk Sports News And Notes for this Wednesday… ** The 19-1 Gator softball team opens SEC play today when it travels to play Mississippi State. Florida will …
Read More »Florida Falls to Kentucky in Regular Season Finale
The 12th ranked Florida Gators fall to #1 Kentucky 74-59 to close out the regular season. The final score does not tell the whole story, after going into the half with a 40-32 deficit, the Gators came out strong behind center Patric Young who finished the game with 21 points …
Read More »MLB Adds Two More Teams To Postseason
Major League Baseball expanded its postseason to ten teams on Friday, adding one more wild-card team to each league. Under the new playoff format, the two teams with the best records who do not win their divisions will meet in a one-game, wild-card round to begin the postseason. Baseball Commissioner Bud …
Read More »Daytona 500 Postponed To Monday
The Daytona 500 will race Monday after being postponed Sunday night. This is the first time the Daytona 500 was postponed in its 54 year history. Eight previous Daytona 500s survived rain delays and the most recent one was the 2009 edition. NASCAR officials spent four hours waiting for a window …
Read More »Friday Sports News And Notes; Super Bowl Sunday Too!
There is a lot of sports news to talk about today in our Friday Sports News And Notes… The Super Bowl will finally be played Sunday as New England faces the New York Giants; you can hear the game live on WRUF Sports Radio 850 with our coverage starting at …
Read More »Thursday Sports News And Notes
A legendary boxing trainer dies and the Santa Fe Saints get into baseball and basketball in our Sports News And Notes… The trainer for Muhammad Ali and many others, Angelo Dundee, passes away at the age of 90. He also was in the corner of Sugar Ray Leonard, among others. …
Read More »Rutgers Chooses Assistant To Be New Coach
Rutgers University didn’t look far when choosing a coach to replace Greg Schiano who left to become the coach of the Tampa Bay Bucs. Rutgers assistant Kyle Flood is now the new coach of the team. Flood was chosen amid rumors that Florida International University coach Mario Christobal was the …
Read More »Thursday Sports News And Notes
The Indianapolis Colts have a new head coach, the Australian Open continues and more in our Thursday Sports News And Notes… The Indianapolis Colts have hired Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano as their new head coach, replacing the fired Jim Caldwell….will he mesh with quarterback Peyton Manning? The Australian …
Read More »Tuesday Sports News And Notes
The Orlando Magic have a new all time franchise leader in points and the Oakland Raiders have a new head coach as those stories lead our Tuesday Sports News And Notes… Center Dwight Howard has become the Orlando Magic’s all time leading scorer after he scores 14 last night in …
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