Every sport has it’s own traditions. The “Gatorade Bath” in the NFL, the “Playoff Beard” in hockey, Indy 500 winners drinking milk, but baseball is a sport more than any other rooted in it’s past and superstitions. In baseball you have the “Ceremonial First Pitch”, the “7th inning stretch”, not …

The Florida women’s basketball team will travel to Philadelphia on Sunday to take on the La Salle Explorers.  The Gators are 7-3 so far this season while the Explorers are 1-8. Florida is on a two game win streak and come into this game after a week off for final exams. …

This Friday a few local Alachua County high school football teams will square off in the semi-final round of the state high school playoffs. In the District 1A round Newberry will take on undefeated and number one ranked Trenton.   Newberry has won close games all season and look to pull off …

The Purple Hurricanes of Gainesville High School battled the Hernando Leopards Friday night in their first playoff game of the season.  Gainesville dominated from start to finish with a quick offense and aggressive defense, beating Hernando 60-3.  Gainesville head coach James Thomson said after the game that he’s pleased with his team’s …

This Friday the Florida Gator soccer team will look to further advance in the NCAA Tournament.  The No. 2 regional seed Florida (18-4-1, 11-2 SEC) will play host to UCF (17-4-2, 8-3 C-USA) on Friday in 2nd round action of the NCAA Tournament.  Florida coach  Becky Burleigh says advancing in the tournament has …

This evening the Florida Gator women’s basketball team travels to Tallahassee to take on the Florida State Seminoles (2-0). The Gators are 2-0 also after beating Fairfield and Georgia State. This will be the 73rd meeting of the two teams in series history. Last year the Gators played the Noles at …

This Friday the Florida soccer team will host Florida Gulf Coast in first round action in the NCAA Tournament.   This is the second consecutive year the two teams will meet in the NCAA opening round; last year it was the Eagles’ first time playing in the tournament and the Gators beat them 3-0.  …

This weekend the Florida volleyball team will host both Georgia and Tennessee at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.  Coming into this week’s action, the 13th ranked Gators lead the SEC with a perfect 12-0 record.   Florida head coach Mary Wise says her team will prepare for Georgia, and make a quick …

The Florida soccer team tries for an SEC championship tonight when it plays its final regular season game of the year at South Carolina.  Florida had a nine game winning streak snapped last Friday by Alabama and Gator head coach Becky Burleigh says the team’s loss was an eye opener. After …

The Florida men’s basketball team is preparing for this season coming off a 26-11 record and an Elite Eight appearance last season, but early season injuries have already become a problem for the Gators.  Damontre Harris, a 6’10” junior transfer from South Carolina suffered a dislocated shoulder and a torn labrum …