The Back Nine comes at you after we have pretty much cleared the decks of Gators sports for the academic year (I know, I know, there is still track and field). Hopefully, no Gator fans were injured slipping on banana peels during the making of these orange and blue postseasons. …
Read More »SEC Baseball Tournament Round One Results
The first round of the 2021 SEC Baseball tournament wrapped up Tuesday night in Hoover. Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss advanced after their victories. https://twitter.com/SEC/status/1397410628134920192 Florida vs. Kentucky The Gators took the lead early against Kentucky and set the momentum for the remainder of the game. Florida pitcher Tommy …
Read More »Florida Men’s Tennis Celebrate First National Title
It was long overdue and patiently waited for. The Florida Gators men’s tennis team claimed the program’s first national title on Saturday night, defeating No. 1 Baylor 4-1 in the NCAA Championship. After losing three previous trips to the Final Four, the fourth time was the charm for the No. …
Read More »Gators Lacrosse Face Syracuse in NCAA Elite Eight
The No. 6 seed Florida Gators will face Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament. The Gators are coming off a 17-3 victory over the Jacksonville Dolphins, while Syracuse dominated Loyola 20-8. The game will be taking place on Saturday, May 22 at the SU Soccer Stadium …
Read More »Florida Athletics Moving Toward Normal Operation
After a year of mask wearing, physical distancing and limited stadium capacity, Florida Gator sports will begin to return to pre-pandemic conditions. The recent announcement from the Center for Disease Control regarding mask wearing for fully vaccinated people has led some communities to begin changing COVID-19 restrictions. On Monday, the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine May 17th
The Back Nine comes at you after a perfect day for The 26th Bob Dooley Invitational and a nice day for baseball that followed except for the lack of clutch hitting. Sorry there was no Front Nine last week, but the tournament kind of took precedent. 10. I feel like …
Read More »Finebaum Talks Tebow Controversy And More
Paul Finebaum, an American sports author and former columnist, spoke with Steve Russell about what’s trending in college football. Tim Tebow in NFL Speculations about Tim Tebow joining the Jacksonville Jaguars as a tight end have made quite an impression on the NFL community despite nothing official. Tebow‘s last appeared …
Read More »Keyontae Johnson awaiting medical clearance and hopeful for return
The Florida Gators basketball star Keyontae Johnson made a big announcement on Twitter Wednesday. The forward gave fans hope he will return back to the court for the 2021-2022 season. After a unexpected and terrifying collapse on the court last December, the forward announced that he will not be entering …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine April 19
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that had a lot of positive results for the Gators so we’ll skip over the bad ones. Naw, we have to deal with those, too. 10. I know there are some of you out there who are lamenting that there were …
Read More »NCAA Reportedly Passes One-Time Transfer Rule
About 1,400 players sit in the NCAA Basketball Transfer Portal currently. A number seeming to grow when the NCAA’s Division One Council reportedly approved a one-time transfer rule Wednesday, per The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach. Altogether, this ruling will grant liberty to all athletes looking to transfer without sitting out a …
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