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Ever since he was a kid, Steve Russell only wanted to do three things: be a professional baseball player, be a coach or be a teacher. He realized early on that professional baseball wasn’t in the cards for him, so he needed to find another way to combine his love …

Missouri has had an up-and-down season, to say the least. A team with high preseason expectations that have gone by the wayside for various reasons. Still, it’s crucial for Missouri to get healthy and rebound after a couple of bad losses this season, most notably last week’s beatdown by the …

The Houston Texans managed to hold off the Indianapolis Colts 23-20 Sunday, but many of the talking points from the game were not about who won. The Colts had a situation not many in the sports world had seen. Former Florida Gators standout quarterback Anthony Richardson left the game for …

Twenty-five years after Gators soccer’s first and only National Championship, the story of the 1998 team will air on SEC Storied. SEC Storied: “Kick Start” featuring head coach of the 1998 team and founder of the soccer program, Becky Burleigh, debuts on Oct. 29 on SEC Network. The 1998 is …

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Tuesday that allows athletes to be paid directly without following the NCAA rules. Instead, athletes are being offered compensation for their name, image and likeness. At the start of the next academic year, athletes will be able to collect money via NIL …

The Back Nine comes at you after an incredible weekend that included a little bit of everything: golf, birdwatching and, oh yes, some baseball games. 10. No words. No words are possible to explain how Kevin O’Sullivan has taken this team to Omaha. This Florida team won what is arguably …

It’s funny how being semi-retired makes you not care about game times being released. We used to agonize over those Mondays when we would be told the following week’s game time, peaking at the news through spread fingers. The High Five gives you what used to matter and the game …

Iowa senior guard Caitlin Clark made history Thursday night. Clark scored a career high and single-game school record 49 points against Michigan to become the NCAA women’s all-time scoring leader. How Clark Made History Clark needed eight points going into Thursday’s contest to move past Kelsey Plum’s record of 3,527 …

Laura Rutledge, host of NFL Live and SEC Nation, joined Sport Scene Thursday to discuss the NFL Playoffs, NIL, the transfer portal, conference realignment and the state of Gators athletics. Rutledge’s Stance on the NFL Playoffs Rutledge discussed the Philadelphia Eagles wild-card exit and how Eagles coach Nick Sirianni needs …

The Florida Gators are set to travel to Baton Rouge and take on No. 18 LSU Saturday night. https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/1721883953441751229 Gators Struggles After an upset loss in overtime to Arkansas, the Gators have now fallen to 3-3 in SEC play this season. Florida had an uphill battle since the first quarter …