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The NFL will start the season with replacement referees; the U.S. Open Tennis championship continues and much more in our Thursday Sports News And Notes… ** With no new agreement between NFL officials and the league, it looks like the NFL will start the regular season using replacement officials as …

The Tampa Bay Rays use two Evan Longoria homers to defeat the Texas Rangers 8-4 Wednesday night to move closer to the American League wild card lead.   The Rays trail leader Oakland by a game and a half as the A’s beat Cleveland 8-4.   The A’s play the Indians tonight …

The Texas A&M Aggies will not open their football season this week and that story headlines our Sports News And Notes for Wednesday… ** New SEC member Texas A&M will not open its season this week as planned.   The Aggies had to postpone their opener due to Hurricane Issac and …

There were some shutouts thrown in big league baseball Tuesday night and all of them involve our so called “local” teams. In the National League, the Miami Marlins rip Stephen Strasburg and beat the Washington Nationals 9-0 as Ricky Nolasco throws a complete game.   Atlanta moves to within four games …

Two former Gators are cut by the NFL, the U.S. Open continues in tennis and much more today in our Tuesday Sports News And Notes… **Former Gators Jabar Gaffney and Gerard Warren were cut by the New England Patriots as teams had to get their rosters down to 75 players.   …

Adrian Beltre had three hits and drove in four runs to help the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 Monday night.   Texas maintains a five and a half game lead over Oakland in the AL West after the A’s blank Cleveland 3-0.  The Rays fall behind Baltimore by …

It’s finally game week in Gainesville, and the Gators will begin their 2012 football campaign Saturday in the Swamp when they face Bowling Green. Besides the lone open practice of the fall a couple Saturdays ago, not much information has been made available since summer practice began. But if there is …

With Week 3 of the NFL preseason in the books, there’s been a lot of changes over the course of the weekend. The Tampa Bay Bucs edged out the New England Patriots 30-28 on Friday. The Bucs, who were dead last in sacks last year, dropped Pats quarterback Tom Brady twice. Rookie Bucs …

Number 23 Florida football opens its season against Bowling Green on Saturday. The Gators will look to improve from their 7-6 record last season. Florida head coach Will Muschamp says the Gators have to play hard and earn their ranking. Florida football has been impressive in its season openers historically. The …

Florida Gators Volleyball team had no problem taking the USA Credit Union Invitational Title this past weekend. The Gators playing shows promising signs for a successful season.