The Gators women’s basketball team, who is coming off an impressive home win against Charleston Southern, returns on the road to begin their SEC schedule. SEC Play The Gators are opening up their SEC play today in Alabama against the Crimson Tide, after coming off their 4th home game of the …
Read More »Florida Women’s Basketball: Family makes Gainesville feel like home.
The life of a college athlete is undeniably challenging. Players sacrifice their free time, social life and many traditional college experiences to dedicate themselves to their team and sport. Athletes may leave their hometown to play at the collegiate level, some even their home state. But, few leave their home …
Read More »Lacrosse in Unexpected Places
Football is king in Florida. That’s safe to say with 44 of ESPN’s class of 2019 top 300 football recruits residing in the sunshine state. Six more recruits than the state of Texas’, which is known as the high school football capital, 38 recruits. With that said, lacrosse is up …
Read More »The UF Concussion Center Has Helped Shape How Teams Practice
UF has one of the few concussion research centers in the country and has worked with the NCAA to improve the game. I spoke with two members of that clinic and a local head football coach about the clinic’s findings.
Read More »The Legacy of the Whittemore’s at Buchholz High School
In 1990, the legacy of the Whittemore family at Buchholz High School began. Then a wide receiver at BHS, Mark Whittemore helped lead the Bobcats to the 1990 4A Florida State Championship, defeating Dillard 24-7. The victory delivered Buchholz their first and only state title in football. Fast forward 28 …
Read More »Get Your Head Out of the Game? Player Safety Movement Makes Its Way to High Schools
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The NFL and NCAA’s concussion crisis and player safety initiatives have been well-chronicled, praised, criticized and debated. However, the issue of player safety at the high school level has often been ignored, although that’s changing. “Youth exposure to repetitive head impacts in tackle football may reduce one’s …
Read More »Gators Women’s Basketball Walks out of 2018 With a Home Win
Gators Women’s Basketball ended 2018 on a high note with a home win against Charleston Southern yesterday afternoon. Gators Basketball The women’s basketball team was happy to be back on their home court after returning from their Dual in the Desert where they could not pick up a win. Although the …
Read More »Gators Women’s Basketball Hoping to Snap Three-Game Losing Streak
After stringing together three consecutive wins, Florida women’s basketball has dropped three straight games. The Gators (3-9) lost all of their matchups during their road trip against Ohio State, Utah and UNLV. On Sunday, the team will be back at home, where they have won their only games of the season. …
Read More »Gators’ Peach Bowl Blowout of Michigan Caps First-Year Turnaround Under Dan Mullen
ATLANTA — What a difference a year makes. At this point last year, Florida was coming off a 4-7 season. A season in which it fired it’s head coach (Jim McElwain), it’s young quarterback lost all his confidence (Feleipe Franks), and it took a back seat to other schools in …
Read More »Florida Wins Peach Bowl with 41-15 Beatdown Over Michigan
The first year of the Dan Mullen era is officially over, with the No. 10 Gators securing a 41-15 win over No. 7 Michigan Saturday in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Offensive Explosion With two of the top defenses in the country facing off, Saturday’s game was not expected to be …
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