The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics have been a predictable story thus far. The United States are winning the medal count, the US men’s basketball is dominating, the American swimmers are breaking records, and other countries such as China, Great Britain, and Russia (despite the limited number of athletes) are right …
Read More »USA Basketball Wins Second Exhibition Game
Just a few short days after their big win over Argentina, team USA won its second of five exhibition games leading up to the Olympics in Rio. Team USA outscored team China by a final score of 106-57 on Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Though this Chinese …
Read More »NHL Playoff Roundup
Thursday night featured a nice slate of games as the Penguins dominated the Rangers, the Ducks took down the Predators, the Lightning escaped past the Red Wings and the Blackhawks pulled out a narrow OT win vs. the Blues. The Penguins took a 3-1 lead in their series against the …
Read More »Jessica Thielmann Prepares for Summer Olympics
The Gators women’s swimming season officially came to a close near the end of March but Olympic hopeful Jessica Thielmann remains hard at work. The Gators senior phenom hails from Newcastle, England and looks to represent her country in 2016 at the summer games in Rio de Janeiro. The right to participate …
Read More »Gator Track And Field Shines on Second Day of Florida Relays
Although the second day of the Florida Relays was on April Fool’s Day, the Gators did not play around. Several collegiate, personal best and even world leading times were made by current and former Gators on Saturday. In the women’s 100 meter hurdles Florida sophomore Skylar Ross-Ransom placed seventh overall and ran …
Read More »Day of Joy and Disappointment for US Soccer
On a day in which the U.S. Men’s national soccer team had their backs against the wall in both World Cup qualifying and Olympic qualifying, the results on the pitch left a mixed bag of reactions. For the senior team, the 4-0 victory against Guatemala on Tuesday night in Columbus, …
Read More »Gator Legend Abby Wambach Says Farewell to Soccer
At the 72nd minute of Wednesday night’s game, in front of a crowd of more than 32,000 people in New Orleans, Abby Wambach tossed her cleats toward the bench and walked away from the field for the final time. The 35-year-old soccer champion played her final game for the United …
Read More »VIDEO: Tuesday Sports Updates
From the Innovation News Center at the University of Florida College of Journalism, here’s your WRUF Sports in 60. Our own Trevor Sikkema talks Gator Basketball, Olympics, SEC basketball and more! Update on the 15’s [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/WRUF-Updated-2-11-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/WRUF-Updated-2-11-14.mp4] Update on the 45’s [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/WRUF-Update-2-11-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/WRUF-Update-2-11-14.mp4]
Read More »VIDEO: Tuesday Sports Update
From the Innovation News Center at the University of Florida, here’s Tuesday’s Sports in 60 previewing Gators Basketball, the Super Bowl, the Olympics and much more anchored by WRUF’s Trevor Sikkema! Update on the 15’s [jwplayer config=”wrufsports” file=”wruf/TS-Cut-In-1-28-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/TS-Cut-In-1-28-14.mp4] Update on the 45’s [jwplayer config=”wrufsports” file=”wruf/2TS-Cut-In-1-28-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/2TS-Cut-In-1-28-14.mp4]
Read More »Catching up with Azania Stewart
Azania Stewart Credit: Gatorzone Former University of Florida basketball player Azania Stewart has been busy since she graduated and played her last game as a Gator in the 2011-12 season. The 6’4” center from Great Britain spent the summer representing her country at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Although her …
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