The NFL’s preseason gets underway all this weekend and some games were played on Thursday night. The Jacksonville Jaguars ventured to play the New England Patriots and got hammered 47-12. Rookie Blaine Gabbert made his NFL debut for the Jags in the game. Seattle downs San Diego 24-17 and Philadelphia …

In just two days of meetings, the leaders of the NCAA and college presidents could have begun a process that could reshape college athletics as we know them. Meeing in Indianapolis over the last two days, these groups have set the stage for possible changes in the NCAA which could …

The Tampa Bay Rays used a five run ninth inning rally to defeat the Kansas City Royals 8-7 Wednesday night in St. Petersburg. Trailing 7-3 going to the ninth inning, the Rays rallied to win to move them eight games over the .500 mark. In other American League games, Minnesota …

The last of golf’s major championships, the PGA, begins today at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Georgia. U.S. Open champ Rory McElroy is in the field as is British Open champion Darren Clarke. Last week’s winner of the Bridgestone Open is in the field as well in Adam Scott and …

Former University of Florida linebacker Channing Crowder has announced he’s retiring from the NFL at the age of 27. He made his announcement yesterday on a radio station in Miami where he works. Crowder had been released by the Miami Dolphins a couple of weeks ago and he said despite …

The Gator football team continues practice today in preparation for the start of the 2011 season. Today is scheduled to be Florida’s first contact practice with pads after three days basically in shorts. Gator coach Will Muschamp said after practice Tuesday that there have been no major injuries during training …

The Atlanta Braves continue to lead the wild card race by four games in the National League after beating the Florida Marlins 4-3 Tuesday night. In the game, second baseman Dan Uggla was only 1 for 6 but the hit extends his hitting streak to 30 games. In other National …

The University of Florida football team suffered its first major injury of training camp when head coach Will Muschamp announced Wednesday that freshman tight end A.C. Leonard tore his miniscus and will be out 6-8 weeks. Muschamp said the injury occurred Saturday and was of the non-contact variety and that …

Dan Uggla extends his hitting streak to 29 games as the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 8-5 Monday night in Miami. In other National League games, New York came back from a late 8-4 deficit to nip San Diego 9-8 as Lucas Duda hit a game winning two run …

If you watched ESPN television at all yesterday, you know how much you saw the Florida Gator football program highlighted in an “all access” day of Gator football. The man doing the hosting was none other than former Gator quarterback and now ESPN analyst Jesse Palmer who took fans to …