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Gators Baseball Begins Official Practice

Sophomore infielder Josh Tobias The Florida Gators baseball team is in full preparation for the 2013 season as the team took the diamond for their first official practice of the season Friday afternoon at McKethan Stadium. Despite the fact the Gators lost an extremely talented group of players, the Florida …

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Charlie Strong Turns Down Offer To Tennessee

Former Gator assistant coach and current Louisville head coach Charlie Strong has declined a contract offer from Tennessee.  Strong was offered the contract Wednesday morning but decided to decline it a few hours later. Tennessee fired head coach Derek Dooley after an embarrassing loss to Vanderbilt.  There are now reports that they …

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UF Women’s Basketball Hosts Troy Tonight

The Florida women’s basketball team returns to Gainesville to host the Troy University Trojans tonight.  The last meeting between these teams was way back in 1979. Florida is returning from a four game road trip over the past two weeks.  On the trip they compiled a record of 2-2 beating out N.C. State and …

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Newberry High School Loses State Semifinals In OT

The Newberry High School Panthers were defeated at home by the top ranked and undefeated Trenton High School Tigers 36-35 in overtime in the Class 1A state semifinals Friday night.  Trenton moves on to play for the state championship on December 7th. The teams kept a tight scoreboard the entire game.  They had tied scores …

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SEC Championship Game Preview

Atlanta is anticipating the arrival of the Alabama and Georgia football teams on Saturday for the annual SEC Championship Game; the winner likely moves on to face undefeated Notre Dame for the BCS National Championship.  The loser could be out of the BCS Bowl picture with Florida expected to play in the Sugar Bowl, …

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Eastside Football Shuts Out Anclote In First Round of Playoffs

The Eastside High School Rams football team finished tonight with a 37-0 victory against Anclote High School in the Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinal.  Eastside’s defense shut out Anclote’s offense with several interceptions and forced fumbles.  The closest Anclote got to scoring a touchdown was late in the second quarter when Anclote had a first and goal …

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