A big NHRA event starts up in Gainesville, the Miami Heat win streak continues and more in our Thursday Sports News and Notes… ** Gatornationals roars into Gainesville starting today and running through the weekend; almost all of the biggest names in NHRA racing will be in town to run …

Things are underway today as the NHRA Tire Kingdom Gatornationals at the Auto-Plus raceway in Gainesville. Eliminations and qualifying are the order of the day today and Saturday with the event finals on Sunday.   The defending Funny Car champion is Mike Neff while the defending champ in Top Fuel is …