Today faculty and staff and nearly 500 student athletes are enjoying the brand new state-of-the-art Otis P. Hawkins Center for Academic and Personal Excellence at Farrior Hall. The 25 million dollar newly renovated center opened on Monday after 21 months of planning, design, and construction. UF President Kent Fuchs, Director of Athletics Jeremy …
Read More »Game Preview: Rays and Mariners Continue Series
The Tampa Rays are riding high after Tuesday night’s 8-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners. When Mariners starter Taijuan Walker left during the fourth inning with an apparent achilles injury, the bullpen was tasked with holding on to a three-run lead. It was not to be as the Rays came firing back. The Tampa Bay Rays look to …
Read More »The Quiet Cavaliers Ready for NBA Finals
All the attention in the NBA is on the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors just completed a monumental come back after being down 3-1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals and are now making their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance. The Warriors won an NBA record 73 games during the regular …
Read More »MLB Preview: Marlins at Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays are home to take on the Miami Marlins in the third game of the series. The Rays are looking for their sixth win in the last seven games of the Citrus Series. Matt Andriese toes the rubber tonight for the Rays and is looking for his forth …
Read More »Warriors Must Win Final 3 Games To Reach Illustrious 73 Wins
The Golden State Warriors became the second team in NBA history to finish with 70 wins in a season after taking down the San Antonio Spurs at Oracle Arena on Thursday night, 112-101. The Warriors must win their final three games to finish with a 73-9 record. Those 73 wins …
Read More »Warriors on Pace to Dethrone Jordan, ’96 Bulls
The 1996-1997 Chicago Bulls, a team described with dreamlike success, may no longer be imagined in the same surreal setting they have been for the past two decades. The Golden State Warriors stand at 66-7 and must go 7-2 in their final nine games to finish 73-9, one game better …
Read More »Preview: Florida Takes on Ohio State in 1st Post-Season Matchup Since the Glory Days
The Gators have not squared off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the post-season since Gainesville, FL was Titletown, U.S.A. Back then, Joakim Noah and Al Horford commanded a dominate front-court, while Corey Brewer, the 2007 NCAA Tournament’s MOP, led the squad’s offensive attack. This Sunday, the stakes are different. Instead …
Read More »Florida Takes Down UNF in 97-68 Rout, Advance to Second Round of NIT
An NIT let down? The Gators answered that question early in Tuesday night’s 97-68 victory over North Florida in Jacksonville. Two days after learning their NIT fate and playing amid the reality of all their home games being played on the road due to the renovations at the O’Connell Center, …
Read More »NCAAW TOURNAMENT: Gators’ Season-Long Chomp Allows Them To Go Dancing
March 14th was the date and 7 p.m. was the time for the NCAA Selection Show to showcase the teams in the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Gator women’s basketball team earned the fifth seed in the Sioux Falls Region and will battle it out against 12th-seed Albany (NY) …
Read More »Free Agency Begins in the NFL
That’s right football fans… after days of rumors, trades, and news, today is the day the deals become official. NFL free agents can begin to sign today, Wednesday, at 4 p.m. Some of the teams with the most cap room to work with include the Oakland Raiders, the Jacksonville Jaguars, …
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