The No. 23 Gators take Florida Field for their season opener against Bowling Green on Saturday. After going 7-6 last year and finishing their home schedule with a loss to Florida State in the Swamp, redshirt sophomore and offensive lineman Chaz Green says the team, especially the offense, is looking …

The  22nd ranked Gator soccer team travels to Tallahassee tonight to take on the top ranked Florida State Seminoles. The Gators are 1-1-1 so far this season with a loss to Miami, a tie with North Carolina, and an upset win over previously #2 ranked Duke. Florida head coach Becky Burleigh  says …

College football kicks off, the NFL preseason ends and much more in our Friday Sports News And Notes… ** South Carolina and Vanderbilt helped kick off the start of the college football season on Thursday and the Gamecocks escape Nashville with a 17-13 win.   UCF hit the road to face …

Four catches for 73 yards, three touchdown receptions, and one interception return for touchdown. Those were the numbers put up by Gainesville High School’s senior wide receiver, and recent University of Florida commit, Chris Thompson in the first half of the Hurricanes’ 51-28 victory over the Yulee Hornets on Thursday …

The Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes begin their 2012 regular season campaign tonight as they host Yulee. The Hurricanes are on the heels of a regional finals appearance last season where they fell to Armwood High School. GHS won their preseason matchup 23-12 over Dr. Phillips High School back on August 24. …

The 2012 college football season will kick off tonight, with teams across the country battling to take home their first win. Among the action is an SEC matchup, when ninth-ranked South Carolina travels to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt. The Southeastern Conference opener features two very different teams: an established …

The NFL will start the season with replacement referees; the U.S. Open Tennis championship continues and much more in our Thursday Sports News And Notes… ** With no new agreement between NFL officials and the league, it looks like the NFL will start the regular season using replacement officials as …

The Tampa Bay Rays use two Evan Longoria homers to defeat the Texas Rangers 8-4 Wednesday night to move closer to the American League wild card lead.   The Rays trail leader Oakland by a game and a half as the A’s beat Cleveland 8-4.   The A’s play the Indians tonight …

The Texas A&M Aggies will not open their football season this week and that story headlines our Sports News And Notes for Wednesday… ** New SEC member Texas A&M will not open its season this week as planned.   The Aggies had to postpone their opener due to Hurricane Issac and …

There were some shutouts thrown in big league baseball Tuesday night and all of them involve our so called “local” teams. In the National League, the Miami Marlins rip Stephen Strasburg and beat the Washington Nationals 9-0 as Ricky Nolasco throws a complete game.   Atlanta moves to within four games …