Gainesville native and former Buchholz pitcher Andrew Miller has been named to the American League All-Star team. The team’s roster was announced Wednesday and Miller is one of three Yankees chosen for the game. The 6’7″ lefty is 5-1 on the season for the New York Yankees and is sporting a …
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The U.S. Olympic Swimming trials are underway in Omaha Nebraska and 10 Gators, past and present, have competed in preliminary rounds today.Gator great Ryan Lochte won his heat and turned in the fastest prelim time for the 200-meter individual medley this morning at 1:58.05. Lochte's time of 1:58.05 in the 200 IM …
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OMAHA, Neb. – There wasn’t much sunshine for the sunshine state at the 2016 College World Series. The top seeded Florida baseball team’s season just did not end the way they had expected it to. The Gators quickly dropped into the losers bracket after Sunday’s loss to Coastal Carolina. Their …
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OMAHA, NEB. – The Florida baseball team will take the field at TD Ameritrade Park Sunday night in Omaha for their first game of the 2016 College World Series. The Gators will face off with a team that has never played a game in Omaha before, the Chanticleers of Coastal …
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The 2016 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska is in full swing. On the day before the World Series officially starts play, all the coaches held press conferences and then all eight teams had an hour to take the field at TD Ameritrade Park to practice. The Gators started practice …
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After tallying two hits on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres, Ichiro Suzuki raised his career total hits to 4,257, passing Pete Rose’s Major League hit record. Suzuki’s total hits are a combination of those from both his Japanese and American professional careers. 1,287 of Suzuki’s hits came from his time in Japanese …
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Tonight is the night. The 2016 Major League Baseball Draft will be in full swing beginning at 7 PM. The three day event consists of 40 rounds and a total of 1,186 picks. Rounds 1 and 2 tonight will be televised on MLB Network; all the other rounds can be …
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The UConn Huskies baseball team will be entering the NCAA tournament, starting this weekend, for the 19th time in school history. The Gainesville regional, hosted by the No. 1 seeded Gators, will run from June 3-6 at McKethan Stadium. The No. 3 seed Huskies will open play against No. 2 seed Georgia …
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University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley joined ESPN Gainesville’s Steve Russell on Sportscene Wednesday to talk Gator sports. Listeners called and emailed in questions to ask Foley, and he spoke on a wide variety of topics. Some of the most consistent talking points brought up were about improvements to athletic facilities, football’s …
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The Tampa Bay Lightning fell 5-3 to the New York Islanders in Game 1 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On the same day he was named one of the three finalists for the Vezina Trophy, Lightning goalie Ben Bishop let through four goals on 14 shots. Bishop was taken …
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