A lot of sports to talk about today in our Friday Sports Update including college football, NFL, high school football, Gator sports, baseball and more. ** Not a great night for some teams in the SEC in college football.   Vanderbilt was drilled 37-7 by Temple and Steve Spurrier’s South Carolina …

The Columbia Tigers broke the hearts of the Gainesville High School faithful on Thursday night with a 44-43 overtime victory at Citizens Field. With the game tied at the end of regulation, Gainesville quarterback Caelan Christian tossed a 25-yard touchdown to Dock Luckie to draw first blood in overtime to …

The Friday night lights will be turned on one day earlier than usual for a few local high schools. The Oak Hall Eagles will travel up to St. Augustine to play the Florida School for the Deaf on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Gainesville Hurricanes will host the Columbia Tigers. Oak Hall …

College football kicks off in earnest, high school football too, baseball, more money for an NBA coach and more in our Thursday Sports Update… ** The college football season kicks off with an SEC flavor tonight as South Carolina hosts Texas A&M.  Also, Ole Miss plays Boise State and Vanderbilt …

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter says this season will be his last and that he will retire at the end of the 2014 season.   That leads our Thursday Sports Update… ** The Gator lacrosse team is now 1-1 after beating Jacksonville 21-5 yesterday; UF hosts High Point Saturday. ** …

If you like basketball, you will really like today’s Thursday Sports Update… ** Lots of area women’s high school basketball tonight in regional quarterfinal action.  Buchholz plays Apopka Wekiva in Class 7A, Region 1 while in Class 6A-Region 1 Gainesville hosts Pensacola.   Class 5A-Region 2 has Eastside hosting Crystal River …

Today starts a new week for prep football as playoff positions continue to pan out. Gainesville High School (8-1) is already a lock in 6A play having won 15 straight at Citizens Field. They now gear up for the final game of the regular season tonight against a formidable Crawfordville Wakulla …

Two prominent college football programs face player arrests, local high school football steps up tonight and much more in our Friday Sports News And Notes… ** The football programs at nationally ranked TCU and at Missouri face player suspensions on the eve of their games on Saturday.   At TCU, starting …

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 …

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 …