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In another late coaching move in the NFL, the Indianapolis Colts have decided to fire head coach Jim Caldwell. Caldwell leaves after an injury riddled 2-14 season with the Colts, but also leaves amid some confusion. There were numerous reports Tuesday that Caldwell would be retained but a few hours …
Read More »Kentucky And LSU Get SEC Hoop Wins
Second ranked Kentucky beat Arkansas and Florida’s next opponent, LSU, beat Auburn in SEC men’s basketball action on Tuesday. The Wildcats tame Arkansas 86-63 at home as freshman Anthony Davis scores a career high 27 points and also sets a new school record for blocked shots in a season as …
Read More »Elway Says Tebow Deserves A Chance To Be Broncos Starter
Hall of Fame quarterback and Denver Broncos executive John Elway says Tim Tebow deserves a shot to be the starting quarterback next season in Denver. Elway and head coach John Fox held a season ending news conference on Monday following Denver’s 45-10 playoff loss at New England where Tebow finished …
Read More »Former Gator Matthews Takes High School Coaching Job
Former Gator quarterback Shane Matthews is venturing into high school coaching after being named the head coach at Jacksonville Nease High School. Matthews played under Steve Spurrier in the early 1990’s and has had a taste of coaching experience after being a volunteer coach at GHS a couple of seasons …
Read More »More Top College Players Opt For NFL Draft
More top college players are opting to leave school early to enter the NFL Draft. At Oregon, quarterback Darron Thomas will leave early, joining teammate and running back LaMichael James in declaring early for the draft. And it looks like LSU will lose its main deep threat receiver to the …
Read More »NFC And AFC Title Game Teams Now Set
The NFL now has its AFC and NFC title games set up after action this weekend. In the AFC, Baltimore will visit New England in the title game after the Ravens at home edge Houston 20-13 while New England dismantles Tim Tebow and Denver at home 45-10 as Tom Brady …
Read More »NFL Playoffs Continue This Weekend
The NFL playoffs continue this weekend and you can hear all but the Denver-New England game on WRUF Sports Radio 850. On Saturday, New Orleans travels to face San Francisco and the Denver-New England matchup also takes place in the AFC. On Sunday, the New York Giants are at Green …
Read More »Gator Women's Hoops Loses; Men At South Carolina Saturday
The Gator women’s basketball team sees its SEC record fall to 1-3 aftre losing 61-55 at Georgia Thursday night. The Gators dug themselves a first half hole and played spirited basketball in the second half but a rally fell short. Florida trailed 29-16 at halftime and stayed within striking distance …
Read More »Gator Gymnastics Has Home Opener; Sports News And Notes
The Gator gymnastics team has its home opener tonight as that story leads our Friday Sports News And Notes… The Gator gymnastics team competes in one of only five home meets this year tonight when it hosts Illinois-Chicago. Florida won its opening meet of the year as did Illinois-Chicago. Gator …
Read More »Kentucky Avoids Auburn Upset Bid In Hoops; Gator Women Play Tonight
The second ranked Kentucky Wildcat men’s basketball team survives a road scare by Auburn in beating the Tigers 68-53 Wednesday night. Kentucky has now won 14 straight against Auburn but the Wildcats had to end the game with a late run to finally put the Tigers away. In other SEC …
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