Steve Russell

Monday Sports Update (1/12)

The national championship in college football, NFL playoffs, college hoops, Gator sports, NBA and more in our Monday Sports Update… ** College football’s national title game is tonight as Ohio State takes on Oregon; you can hear all the action live on ESPN 850 WRUF starting at 7 pm. ** …

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Friday Sports Update (1/9)

Today we’ll talk hoops, football, playoffs, hires and Gator sports too in our Friday Sports Update… ** The Florida women’s basketball team falls 64-57 at home to Ole Miss as the Gators are now 1-2 in SEC play; next a road trip to Missouri Sunday. ** The Florida men’s basketball …

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Thursday Sports Update (1/8)

We will talk some SEC hoops, Gator sports, NBA, NFL, college football and more in our Thursday Sports Update… ** The Florida women’s basketball team returns to action tonight hosting Ole Miss.   Florida is 1-1 in conference play.   You can hear the game live at 6:45 pm on ESPN 850 …

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Wednesday Sports Update (1/7)

Gator men’s basketball opens its SEC season, a close call for the top team in men’s basketball and new Hall of Fame members in baseball in our Wednesday Sports Update… ** The Florida men’s basketball team brings a 7-6 record into its SEC opener tonight at South Carolina.   You can hear …

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Tuesday Sports Update (1/6)

The 2015 Hall of Fame class for baseball is announced today, some college football and pro football news and more in our Tuesday Sports Update… ** The 2015 Hall of Fame class for baseball is officially announced at 2 pm today.   Most expect pitchers Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and John …

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McElwain Makes New Staff Additions

New University of Florida football coach Jim McElwain made official today some new hires for the staff he is putting together at UF. Only one member the current Gator staff is scheduled to be on the new staff at this point, that being offensive line coach Mike Summers. McElwain has …

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Humphries To Go To NFL; Bullard To Return To UF Football

As expected, Florida junior offensive lineman D.J. Humphries is making himself available for the 2015 NFL Draft; he made the announcement via twitter. Meanwhile junior defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard says he will return to UF for his senior season. And, as expected, ESPN 850 WRUF has confirmed that quarterback Jeff …

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Driskel To Play Final Season At Louisiana Tech?

Several media outlets are reporting today that former Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel will transfer to Louisiana Tech to play his final college football season. Driskel asked for and received permission to transfer from new Florida football coach Jim McElwain.   Driskel did play for the Gators in their bowl game when …

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Monday Sports Update (1/5)

The NFL playoffs, a win for Florida women’s basketball, NBA and some baseball news too in our Monday Sports Update… ** The first weekend of the NFL playoffs is in the books with Baltimore, Indianapolis, Dallas and Carolina coming out victorious.   Next week’s games have Baltimore at New England and …

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Gator Football Hangs On To Get Bowl Victory

The Florida Gator football team, despite losing starting quarterback Treon Harris and several other players, hangs on to defeat East Carolina today 28-20 in the Birmingham Bowl in the final game of the year for both teams. Florida (7-5) did a nice job offensively in the first half but stalled …

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