Last Friday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum named baseball legend Roger Maris to their 10-person Golden Days Era Committee ballot. A former Gainesville resident, Maris would be elected to the Hall of Fame with 75 percent of the vote. Maris’ Career During a 12-year career, Maris played …
Read More »College Football Playoff ranking released
The College Football Playoff Selection Committee released its latest rankings on Tuesday night. This is the second playoff ranking released this season and there have been some notable changes since Week 9. Top 25 Ranking https://twitter.com/CFBPlayoff/status/1458261683873452032?s=20 This second edition of College Football Playoff ranking includes a top four of undefeated …
Read More »Florida men’s basketball opens season with a win
The 2021-22 college basketball season is officially underway. The Florida men’s basketball team kick-started their year with a 74-61 victory over the Elon Phoenix on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1458279617173860353 Florida men’s basketball wins big in season opener Following an NCAA Tournament berth, Florida enters the season with seven upperclassmen players, six of …
Read More »Cincinnati Bearcats keep pace
The college football playoff committee released the second college football playoff ranking Tuesday night. Georgia stayed at number one, followed by Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State. At number five are the undefeated Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bearcats climbed one spot from the initial ranking of six. If the Bearcats want to play …
Read More »SEC Kicks Off College Basketball Season
The 2021-22 college basketball season is officially back as a number of SEC programs held their season-opener Tuesday. The conference looks to bounce back, coming off a year with no team making it to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament. Tuesday’s slew of games were outshined by the heavenly …
Read More »Lightning Fall To Hurricanes In Overtime
The Tampa Bay Lightning fell just short in overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes won their 10th game of the season, beating the Lightning 2-1 in overtime. Tampa Bay is now 6-3-3 on the season. A Scoreless First Period Your #CARvsTBL starters! Scratched: Katchouk, Sustr pic.twitter.com/BFGME4S2m4 — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) …
Read More »Gator great Ronnie Williams passes away
The all-time leading scorer in Florida Gators men’s basketball history, Ronnie Williams passed away Sunday night. Williams fought against brain cancer for two years. Ronnie Williams is a New York native. When Monte Towe, at the time was an assistant coach at North Carolina State, went to a summer league …
Read More »Gators Women’s Basketball Wins Season-Opener
The Florida women’s basketball team wins its season opening game at home against Georgia State on Tuesday, winning 84-70. Gators Starts Slow Both teams experienced early game jitters, combing for 15 turnovers and 38 percent from the field in the first quarter. Nevertheless, both teams started to settle down as the …
Read More »Men’s Basketball Season Tips Off With Champions Classic
It’s not the Final Four, but it could be. The men’s college basketball season tips off with two big matchups at the Champions Classic. There is a huge slate of games planned for Tuesday, but the headlining games will be featured in the Champions Classic, which is taking place at …
Read More »Former Gator Al Hortford Trying to Turn Around Celtics Amid Slow Start
Al Horford is in his 15th year in the NBA as he returns to the Boston Celtics after a year in Philadelphia and Oklahoma City respectively. The veteran center has started off the year averaging 13.5 pts and 9.4 boards, but the Celtics are still struggling out of the gates …
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