The Orlando Magic suffered a loss on Thursday to the 26-33 New Orleans Pelicans. Orlando is now 1-1 with New Orleans for the season after an overtime win in their last game together. The Pelicans won 135-100. The Pelicans Six players for New Orleans scored in the double digits for …
Read More »Arkansas-South Carolina, Vanderbilt-Mississippi State highlight this weekend’s action
SEC baseball’s dog days are officially upon us. Conference play for the 14 squads began five weeks ago and concludes in four weeks. Contenders are starting to separate themselves, but there is still time for others to step in. This weekend could still decide how the rest of the season …
Read More »Anthony Davis Returns From Injury, Rejoins Depleted Lakers
A struggling Los Angeles Lakers team regained one of its stars as Anthony Davis returned to the lineup Thursday night against the Dallas Mavericks. Davis played 17 minutes in his first appearance after a 30-game absence. On the way … tonight. pic.twitter.com/69LLcY2bg4 — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) April 23, 2021 …
Read More »Weekend SEC Softball Preview
It’s a busy weekend around the SEC with top teams in action and a couple of top 25 matchups. Here’s everything you need to know for this weekend. No. 15 LSU at No. 14 Kentucky The Tigers will travel to Lexington to wrap up a stretch of three-straight road series’ …
Read More »The Giants defeated the Marlins 3-0
The Miami Marlins fell to the San Francisco Giants in game one of their four-game series on Thursday night. Final // https://t.co/yJlYGXoost pic.twitter.com/SQJryuiYd7 — Miami Marlins (@Marlins) April 23, 2021 Giants dominated early The Giants started with a 3-0 early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Darin Ruf …
Read More »Football World Preparing For 2021 NFL Draft
6 Days Away The penultimate moment. That time in sports that young children dream of one day achieving. For some that moment occurs early in life by winning a high school state championship. For others that is receiving a scholarship offer to compete at their dream university. The select few …
Read More »FEATURE: Santa Fe Raiders Baseball Powers Through Adversity
As Travis Yeckring tosses pitches to his players during practice, there’s a light-hearted energy about him. He yells, “What are you doing swinging at that?” now and then, but the tone of the comment is purely instructional and relational. Any unknowing fan walking by would think Yeckring has been the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine April 23rd
The Back Nine comes at you in a bit of a panic because it is only three weeks until the 26thBob Dooley Invitational and I’m starting to freak out. This is, of course, an annual occurrence. 1. Because we live in football town (and remind me to tell you about …
Read More »Softball Looks to Continue SEC Dominance Against South Carolina
The third-ranked Gator softball team (33-6, 12-3 SEC) is set to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks (23-18, 2-13 SEC) in a three-game series starting Friday. Saturday, the Gators will hold their annual Senior Day, as the team is set to honor four seniors in Katie Chronister, Jaimie Hoover, Kendyl …
Read More »Lightning Down Blue Jackets 3-1
The Tampa Bay Lightning (31-14-2) defeated their division rival Columbus Blue Jackets (15-25-9) 3-1 on Thursday evening. The low-scoring affair was Tampa’s fourth win against Columbus this year moving the Lightning ahead in the season series 4-3. https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1385421919843987462?s=20 Columbus struck first when defenseman Seth Jones scored on a power play …
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