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The Tampa Bay Rays now find themselves on the outside looking in of the American League wild card race after losing to the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Thursday.   The Rays, losers of five of six, wild card leader Oakland by two and a half games and second wild card …

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 …

Two former Gators are cut by the NFL, the U.S. Open continues in tennis and much more today in our Tuesday Sports News And Notes… **Former Gators Jabar Gaffney and Gerard Warren were cut by the New England Patriots as teams had to get their rosters down to 75 players.   …

Adrian Beltre had three hits and drove in four runs to help the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 Monday night.   Texas maintains a five and a half game lead over Oakland in the AL West after the A’s blank Cleveland 3-0.  The Rays fall behind Baltimore by …