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It was looking bleak for the top-ranked Florida Gators baseball team as they headed into the top of the ninth inning on Sunday with a two-run deficit as eighth-ranked Miami led 5-3. But then Miami imploded. Closer E.J. Espinosa and reliever Chris Diaz couldn’t find the strike zone and the …
Read More »Florida Falls to Kentucky in Regular Season Finale
The 12th ranked Florida Gators fall to #1 Kentucky 74-59 to close out the regular season. The final score does not tell the whole story, after going into the half with a 40-32 deficit, the Gators came out strong behind center Patric Young who finished the game with 21 points …
Read More »Gators Baseball Rocks the Hurricanes in 13-5 Win
After getting off to a slow start Saturday night, the top-ranked Gators baseball team kicked it into high gear in front of a packed house to beat the eighth-ranked Miami Hurricanes for the second night in a row and clinched the series, 13-5. Florida provided the fans with plenty to …
Read More »MLB Adds Two More Teams To Postseason
Major League Baseball expanded its postseason to ten teams on Friday, adding one more wild-card team to each league. Under the new playoff format, the two teams with the best records who do not win their divisions will meet in a one-game, wild-card round to begin the postseason. Baseball Commissioner Bud …
Read More »Florida Ends Regular Season With Rematch Against Kentucky
The thirteenth ranked Florida Basketball Team will collide with the top ranked Kentucky Wildcats in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Sunday afternoon. Florida is 22-8 overall and 10-5 in SEC play this season. The Gators are currently in the midst of a two-game losing streak. The most recent loss came …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball At Vandy Tonight
The Gators men’s basketball team tries to bounce back from a poor road performance at Georgia Saturday tonight as it travels to face the Vanderbilt Commodores. You can hear live coverage of the game starting at 8:25pm on WRUF Sports Radio 850. Both teams do a nice job on the …
Read More »Union County And Hawthorne Play In State Semifinal Boys Hoops Game Today
Two local schools, Union County and Hawthorne, will play each other this morning in a Class 1A state semifinal game in boys basketball. The game will be played in Lakeland. You can catch live coverage of the game starting at 11am on WRUF Sports Radio 850. Union County is 15-13 …
Read More »Kenseth Wins Daytona 500
In a race filled with fiery crashes, Matt Kenseth comes out of the pack and wins the Daytona 500 run on Monday night. The victory was Kenseth’s second Daytona 500 win but the win was a little overshadowed by a big crash when Juan Pablo Montoya hit a safety truck …
Read More »Gators Women’s Track And Field Crowned 2012 Indoor SEC Champs
The number six Florida women’s track and field team is celebrating today after taking home the 2012 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championship on Sunday in Lexington, Kentucky. The championship makes Florida’s second in three years and seventh SEC title overall. Scoring a total of 132 points in the meet, the Gators topped second …
Read More »Daytona 500 Postponed To Monday
The Daytona 500 will race Monday after being postponed Sunday night. This is the first time the Daytona 500 was postponed in its 54 year history. Eight previous Daytona 500s survived rain delays and the most recent one was the 2009 edition. NASCAR officials spent four hours waiting for a window …
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