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The NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship madness has invaded Los Angeles this week, and the No. 1 team in the land, the Florida Gators, are hoping this year is better than the last. Go back one year to the 2012 NCAA Championship. The Gators trailed defending champion Alabama by 0.025 going …
Read More »Florida Baseball Opens Weekend Series Against Missouri
The Florida baseball team is riding a season high six-game win streak as they get set to open a weekend series against Missouri. The Gators are 20-18 overall and 8-7 in SEC play. The newest member in the SEC East is 12-20 so far and 4-11 against conference foes. The …
Read More »Thursday Sports News And Notes…
The NBA regular season is over, the new NFL schedule is set to be released and a big win for Gator softball in our Thursday Sports News And Notes… ** The NBA regular season is now over after action Wednesday night. The playoffs start this weekend with Oklahoma City and …
Read More »UF softball faces in-state rival for second season match up
The Gator softball team heads into a week of non-conference play, starting with a trip to Tallahassee in hopes of taking down their rival FSU for the second time this season. The match up back in March ended with a 7-3 rout by Florida, thanks to sophomore Briana Little’s walk-off grand slam …
Read More »Pat Summerall, “The Voice of Football,” dead at 82
Legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall, best known for teaming with former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden for 21 seasons, died on Tuesday. He was 82. Summerall spent more than 40 years in broadcasting with CBS and Fox. Although he’s most remembered for his NFL coverage, he was also the voice of …
Read More »MLB: Rays, Braves and Marlins
The Tampa Bay Rays dropped their fourth-straight game Tuesday night against the Baltimore Orioles 5-4. This was the Rays seventh loss out of their last eight, and Tampa’s 4-9 record matches a franchise-worst start set in both 2001 and 2005. The game wasn’t all bad, however. Desmond Jennings got a homer on …
Read More »Reports: Gator football hires new assistant; Wednesday Sports News and Notes…
Reports that Florida has hired a new assistant coach; the Atlanta Braves stay hot and Gator softball faces a familiar foe, all in our Wednesday Sports News and Notes… ** Gator football coach Will Muschamp has hired Texas El Paso defensive coordinator Jeff Choate to a position on the Gator staff. He …
Read More »The Orlando Magic and Miami Heat meet Wednesday to close out regular season
The Miami Heat and Orlando Magic will meet Wednesday to close out the NBA regular season. The teams are moving in opposite directions; the Heat have their eye on a championship while the Magic are in a rebuilding stage. The Heat are coming off a 96-95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers despite …
Read More »Florida baseball soars past FGCU Eagles
The Florida baseball team topped Florida Gulf Coast 5-3, extending its win-streak to six games Tuesday night at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. The Gators got a little revenge after being swept by the Eagles back in a February series at McKethan Stadium. UF improved to 20-18 on the season and FGCU fell …
Read More »Rattled by bombings, country rallies around Boston
The country is still in shock today after the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday. The impact reached far, and for many, the tragic events hit close to home. Orlando Magic general manager Rob Hennigan, a Worcester Massachusetts native, has been to the event dozens of times and said …
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