Year: 2022

This year’s US Open will be the first major golf tournament since the formation of the Saudi LIV golf league. The LIV golf circuit has created an unprecedented amount of controversy in the golf world. This is largely because many PGA Tour golfers have defected from the PGA to join the LIV league. This has […]

Bre Kelly is a sophomore on the Gators Volleyball team from Rockwall, Texas. Kelly achieved many things prior to coming to the University of Florida. In an interview on Tuesday on “SportScene With Steve Russell,” she mentioned that she has only been doing volleyball for the past four and a half years. Kelly started volleyball […]

The Gators Academic Progress Rate shines again this year. With an overall average APR of 989, they are above the NCAA average of 984. What is an Academic Progress Rate? In the early 2000s, institutions would determine their athletes’ academic success by graduation rate. This rate was found to be faulty, as it failed to […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning look to accomplish a feat that has not been done in 40 years. The reigning back-to-back Stanley Cup champions are hoping to three-peat for the first time since the New York Islanders did in the 1980s. The Islanders won four straight Cups in 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983. However, Tampa knows […]

Tuesday night in the Bronx, Gerrit Cole redeemed himself to help the New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 in the first of three games. The Yankees now extend their lead in the American League East to nine games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays and 10 games ahead of the Rays. Since […]

Phil Mickelson, a world-famous professional golfer, has won 45 events on the PGA Tour. Mickelson’s accomplishments include six major championships, three Masters titles, two PGA Championships, and one Open Championship. This past Monday, Mickelson attended the U.S. Open press conference at The Country Club in Massachusetts and made surprising comments about his recent move to […]

The US Rowing Youth National Championship wrapped up this past weekend at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota. Gainesville Area Rowing (GAR) had three teams and one solo, in Andrew Furlow, who qualified for the national championship. Big Standout Andrew Furlow is a senior at Eastside High School this year and came into the competition seeded […]

Longtime ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose joined Sportscene with Steve Russell to discuss the 2022 Stanley Cup Final between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche. In terms of matchups, hockey fans couldn’t have asked for a better one. Star Powered Final The Colorado Avalanche is a complete hockey team that dominated their way into […]

On Monday, Florida Baseball’s Head Coach, Kevin O’Sullivan announced that he has hired Taylor Black as the new assistant coach. Athletic Experience Prior to coaching, Black played collegiately for the University of Kentucky Wildcats. In his two years as a Wildcat Black started 110 of a possible 111 games for Kentucky. He played as the […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are set to take on the New York Yankees in a three-game series in New York. This will be the second meeting between the teams this season. The two teams split the first season series in May. AL East showdown The series is an important one for the American League standings. […]