Sports Update (9-24)

A new UF Hall of Fame class announced, another MLB team has clinched a playoff spot and more in our Wednesday Sports Update…

** Today, Florida football coach Will Muschamp is scheduled to talk about his team in the midst of a bye week.   We’ll see if Muschamp announces any personnel changes following Florida’s loss to Alabama last week.

** UF has announced members to its 2015 Hall of Fame class.   Among those going in are basketball star Matt Bonner, golfers Camilo Villegas and Camilo Benedetti and volleyball player Nicole McCray.   A banquet to honor all the inductees will take place next April.

** In baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates clinch a playoff spot with a win last night over Atlanta and a loss by Milwaukee.   Pittsburgh has now made the postseason in back to back years.

** Tampa Bay beats Boston 6-2 while Miami blanks Philadelphia 2-0 in other MLB games involving Florida teams.

** Texas football coach Charlie Strong has dismissed a ninth player from his team when offensive lineman Kennedy Estelle was let go for a violation of team rules.

** Mississippi State will be without center Dillon Day after he was suspended by the SEC for “multiple flagrant and unsportsmanlike acts” in a win over LSU last week.

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