After a week off for final exams and much-needed rest, the Florida Gator women’s basketball team returns to the court rejuvenated and ready to get back at it. The Gators host the Gator Holiday Classic this week. Florida’s first matchup is Wednesday afternoon against Chattanooga. Finishing Strong When looking at …
Read More »The Ones Who Defied the Odds: Top 10 Undrafted NBA Players of All Time
The NBA is without a doubt, one of the toughest leagues to make a living in. A roster of 15 players per 30 teams doesn’t give much room to average players (although there is such thing as the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks). Meanwhile, the NFL is too familiar …
Read More »FEATURE: The Evolution of Former Florida Linebacker James Bates
The beginning Nestled up in the Smoky Mountains, sitting in the eastern part of Tennessee is the city of Sevierville. It’s a small city, one that just over 16,000 residents call home, and one best known for being the hometown of country singer Dolly Parton. It’s also the hometown of …
Read More »SEC Power Rankings: Part 3…With Tiers!
We’re roughly a third of the way through the NCAA regular season and the SEC looks a bit different than it did in our last power rankings. Now, once again, power rankings are not my prediction of how the league will finish at the end of the year. It has …
Read More »Top 5 NBA Gators
The Florida men’s’ basketball team is on the rise once again. From missing out on March Madness altogether in 2016, but then reaching the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament the following year. Now that they’re back towards the top, many of the players should move on to the NBA …
Read More »Jalen Hudson Takes Charge in OBC
Jalen Hudson, a starter in Saturday’s Orange Bowl Classic as the Gators faced off the Clemson Tigers, can add another game on his resume as top scorer. The redshirt Junior Guard dominated on the court. Hudson took charge and was the only player for Florida to successfully shoot and make …
Read More »FEATURE: Irish Skill, Not Irish Luck brought Sean Flood to Santa Fe
Sean Flood: His Beginning Sean Flood and his family are from Dublin, Ireland. Soccer reigns supreme as the main sport in Europe and as a child, Sean played both basketball and soccer. Sean’s mother, Margaret, played basketball herself and pushed Sean from a young age to play the sport. Starting …
Read More »Gator Volleyball Falls Short of First National Championship
The Florida Gator volleyball team made history all season long. Unfortunately, it could not finish in that fashion as they fell short of their first national championship, losing to Nebraska three sets to one. It was a rough night offensively as the Huskers gave the Gators all they could handle. …
Read More »No. 22 Florida Loses First Orange Bowl Classic In 8 Years to Clemson
The Clemson Tigers ended Saturday evening’s Orange Bowl Classic on a 14-3 run, winning the game 71-69. The loss marked the Florida Gators’ first defeat in the Orange Bowl Classic since the 2009-2010 season. UF made one shot in the final 5 minutes and 39 seconds of play. Jalen Hudson …
Read More »FEATURE: A Coach and His QB
An SEC champion, three-time All-SEC honors and a 14-year NFL career. It’s easy to say that Shane Matthews knows how to be a quarterback. With his playing days behind him, Matthews is using his knowledge to guide his son Luke and the Gainesville Purple Hurricanes’ offense. Luke, GHS’s starting quarterback, …
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