The Gator gymnastics team has its home opener tonight as that story leads our Friday Sports News And Notes… The Gator gymnastics team competes in one of only five home meets this year tonight when it hosts Illinois-Chicago. Florida won its opening meet of the year as did Illinois-Chicago. Gator …

The second ranked Kentucky Wildcat men’s basketball team survives a road scare by Auburn in beating the Tigers 68-53 Wednesday night. Kentucky has now won 14 straight against Auburn but the Wildcats had to end the game with a late run to finally put the Tigers away. In other SEC …

The Gator men’s basketball team bounces back from a poor road performance at Tennessee on Saturday to defeat the Georgia Bulldogs 70-48 at home Tuesday night. The Gators jumped out to a 7-0 lead and didn’t look back as they led by as many as 25 points in the second …

The University of Florida has formally announced the hiring of Boise State offensive coordinator Brent Pease to the same position with the Gators. Florida football coach Will Muschamp talked about the hiring at a noon press conference on Wednesday. The Associated Press reports Pease has agreed to a three year …

Former Gator basketball star Chandler Parsons is a rookie in the NBA but he had a nice game on Tuesday for the Houston Rockets, leading our Wednesday Sports News And Notes… **Parsons scores 20 points to help the Rockets down the Charlotte Bobcats 80-72. Houston broke a four game losing …