The Gator track teams shined through on Day Three of the 72nd Pepsi Florida Relays, despite the rainy start in Gainesville. Florida’s women’s 4 x 100 medley relay team of Robin Reynolds, Shayla Sanders, Skylar Ross-Ransom and Kyra Jefferson claimed the Walter Welsch Award with an NCAA-leading time and second best …
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A Bigger…And Deeper…Look At Gainesville High School’s TE/DE Jordan Giberti
GAINESVILLE, Fla—If you were to ask someone, “Who is Jordan Giberti?” That person would probably say, the son of Joey and Kimberly Giberti, Austin Giberti’s younger brother, and one of Morgan Giberti’s older brothers. Maybe that person would mention they remember seeing him compete on Westwood Middle School’s football and basketball …
Read More »Golfing for a Cause-Tim Tebow Foundation Tournament A Success
The Tim Tebow Foundation held its sixth annual Celebrity Golf Classic tournament Saturday at TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Verda Beach, Florida. A wide variety of celebrities took part in the event, including Chris DiMarco, Billy Horschel, and Zach Johnson. Heisman Trophy winners Marcus Allen, Archie Griffin and Danny Wuerffel …
Read More »Manning Says ‘Goodbye’ in Tearful Press Conference
Today an icon walked away from professional football. In front of a room filled with family, friends, former teammates and coaches, Peyton Manning announced his retirement from the NFL after 18 seasons. A visibly emotional Manning took to the podium and began recounting his first season in the league. Manning’s first season was …
Read More »Jeremy Foley Gives UF Athletics Update
With one of the most pressure-packed jobs in all of college sports, Jeremy Foley has thrived as Florida’s athletic Director since the day he took over on March 9th, 1992. Wednesday afternoon Foley was on set to talk about all things Florida with ESPN 95.3’s own Steve Russell. One of …
Read More »Florida Football Recruiting Heating Up
With the highly anticipated National Signing Day coming up Wednesday, February 3rd, this is when all the fun starts. Maybe not so much for the coaches and actual athletes involved, but watching everything unfold is pretty darn fun. Last season the Gators had a pretty good NSD, snagging five stars …
Read More »Santa Fe College Baseball Team Opens Season Versus Hillsborough Community College
The Santa Fe College Saints will open their 2016 baseball season versus Hillsborough Community College on Friday. The Saints went 31-12 last season with a 17-6 record in conference play, finishing second in the Mid-Florida Conference. The team went 1-2 in the playoffs. During the fall, Santa Fe performed well offensively, …
Read More »McElwain Gets His Kicker, JUCO Commits Sign to Florida
While kicker is not usually the position of emphasis when it comes to recruiting, Jim McElwain hopes he found the guy to own the job at Florida. Eddy Pineiro, the nation’s number 1 kicking prospect in the nation, committed to the Gators on Tuesday night and plans to enroll early. …
Read More »Kentucky Wildcats 2015 College Football Season Preview
After orchestrating an impressive two year turnaround, Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops is entering his third season with high expectations for the team. Last season, the Wildcats improved from 2-10 (0-8 SEC) to 5-7, earning two conference wins. As the 2015 college football season nears, Kentucky fans hope that Stoops can continue making improvements. Kentucky’s inexperienced …
Read More »Friday Sports Update (7/10)
A former Gator is honored, another charged, an NFL great passes, Wimbledon, MLB and more in our Friday Sports Update… ** Former Gator Lauren Haeger is named the SEC Female Athlete of the Year. The Gator softball star recently completed her senior season, helping the Gators win a national …
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