After suffering a brutal 44-35 loss in their season opener to Southern Mississippi in Lexington last week, the Kentucky Wildcats open up their SEC schedule on Saturday against the Florida Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Despite trailing 35-10 towards the end of the second quarter, Southern Miss scored 34 …
Read More »Tim Tebow signs minor league deal with the New York Mets
Former Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow was signed to a minor league contract by the New York Mets on Monday. Tebow will begin his baseball career as part of the Mets’ instructional league in Port St. Lucie, Florida. We have signed OF @TimTebow to a minor league contract. He will …
Read More »AL East Teams Dominate Wild Card Race
The Boston Red Sox currently lead the American League East by a single game over the Toronto Blue Jays, who lead the American League wild card by, you guessed it, a mere one game over the Baltimore Orioles. However, with 23 games to play, those three teams will all be …
Read More »Lamar Thomas returns to Gainesville
Lamar Thomas will be stepping into The Swamp in a much different position Saturday, than the last time he was there. Thomas, who is now the wide receivers coach at the University of Kentucky, grew up in Gainesville and played football at Buchholz High School—even playing a few games in …
Read More »NFL Preview: Carolina Panthers v. Denver Broncos
Thursday night marks the beginning of the NFL season as Von Miller and the Denver Broncos host Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers. The game marks a rematch of Super Bowl 50, a game that will forever be known for two things, Peyton Manning’s last ride and a very disappointing …
Read More »NFL Opening Weekend Key Games
Week one of the NFL is looming and there are no shortage of big games this weekend. Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers (Sept.8 at 8:30 p.m. ET) The 2016 season kicks off with a Super Bowl 50 rematch and there are big changes on each side. Most notably, future Hall …
Read More »State of U.S. Soccer; The Fans’ Perspective
Jacksonville, FL — Ahead of the kickoff between the United States and Trinidad & Tobago we spoke to several fans attending the match on what they think about the direction of the team. After a fourth place finish in this summer’s Copa America Centenario tournament, the U.S. has turned their …
Read More »USMNT Trounces Trinidad and Tobago
By: Jonathan Acosta and Josh LaSelva Jacksonville, FL – Jozy Altidore continued his strong return to the U.S. Men’s National Team’s starting lineup, filling in the void left by Clint Dempsey’s absence. Altidore looked extremely impressive in a two goal performance that earned him man of the match honors, and …
Read More »Hurricanes Back In AP Top 25 Poll, Play FAU Next
One week. That’s all it took for Mark Richt to bring the Miami Hurricanes football program back into the spotlight of the AP Top 25. Miami slid into the 25th spot, a slot previously held by the Florida Gators (UF fell from its ranking despite a week 1 win over UMass). …
Read More »Tuesday Practice Takeaways: Gators Seek Improvement For SEC Opener
The Gators welcome in the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday afternoon to kick-off SEC play. Florida has out-shined Kentucky dating back to the year 1987—making it the longest win streak in Southeastern Conference history. However, the only history the Gators seemed to be focused on is last week’s game history and what …
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