South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer received the Football Writers Association of America’s Steve Spurrier First-Year Coach of the Year Award, Monday. During the ceremony, which took place at Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille in Gainesville, Beamer spoke about the Gamecocks’ 2021 season. Positive Debut South Carolina had a bevy of …
Read More »Local High School Boy’s Basketball Teams in Regionals
Class 1A Regional Finals: Hawthorne vs Trenton Hawthorne Coach Greg Bowie has his team in the regional final against Trenton. On the Sportscene with Steve Russell sports show, he said he just wants to win and advance. Reflecting on Hawthorne’s last game Bowie said the boys played a “pretty good …
Read More »Team Lebron wins NBA All-Star game
Team Lebron is officially 5-0 in the All-Star Game after their 163-160 win over Team Durant. Starting Lineups Team Lebron and Team Durant each consisted of 12 of the best players from the league. The starting lineup was Lebron James, Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokic, Demar Derozan and Giannis Antetokounmpo. For …
Read More »Vikings Look Towards The Future With New Coaching Hire
On Wednesday morning, the Minnesota Vikings officially announced Kevin O’Connell as their new head coach. Formerly the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams, O’Connell is the tenth coach in Vikings history. A new era of #Vikings football pic.twitter.com/qHuzvB00ja — Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) February 17, 2022 2021 Struggles. The Vikings …
Read More »Florida Baseball Opens Season
It’s a beautiful 73 degrees in Gainesville. Partly cloudy, the sun breaking through the cracks to illuminate the University of Florida and its students. Perfect baseball weather. Swinging Right Back The Gators have had a long time to think about the end of last season, eight months in fact. While …
Read More »No Bull: Jeff Scott’s Plan for Success at USF
After a less-than-stellar 2021 season, Coach Jeff Scott is building the Bulls back better. This week, Scott joined Steve Russell for an episode of Sport Scene to talk long-term success, the potential of a few quarterbacks and the ever-growing transfer portal. A Team Built to Last Looking back at USF’s …
Read More »Los Angeles celebrates with parade After Rams Super Bowl Win
After 38 years without a Super Bowl ring, the Rams were able to end the drought for Los Angeles. Before this year’s triumph 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, the city of Los Angeles hadn’t seen a super bowl win since 1984, when the Raiders brought one home. In 1984, …
Read More »Kendra Falby Scores 3, Pitchers Shine As Gator Softball Beats Jacksonville 8-0
The Gator softball team is six games into the season with six wins after the Gators beat Jacksonville University 8-0 Wednesday in Gainesville. The Gators have a nice mix of veteran players and young ones who are contributing early to the Gator success such as Kendra Falby, Lexie Delbrey, and …
Read More »DeLisha Milton – Jones Enters the Hall of Fame
Former Gator DeLisha Milton-Jones will enter the 2022 Women’s basketball Hall of Fame. DeLisha Milton Entering HOF DeLisha Milton- Jones is a former college athlete from the University of Florida. As a Gator, she was known for being a well-rounded player. In her time at Florida she added many accolades …
Read More »James Harden Talks Trade to Philadelphia 76ers
James Harden wanted out of Houston. Roughly a year later, he was unhappy in Brooklyn playing with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. As both the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers push for a title, they decided to swap unhappy superstars as Harden went to the 76ers with Paul Millsap and …
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