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Syracuse Hoops Coach Boeheim Reaches Milestone

Long time Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim gets his 902nd career win after the Orangemen defeat Central Connecticut State 96-62 on Monday.    Boeheim ties Bob Knight for second on the all time wins list; Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski leads with 939. Syracuse is ranked in the top ten this season …

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Several NFL Coaches, GM’s Sacked

Several NFL coaches and general managers are looking for new jobs today after a total of 12 are canned on Monday. The coaches sacked are Andy Reid in Philadelphia, Ken Whisenhunt in Arizona, Pat Shurmur in Cleveland, Norv Turner in San Diego, Romeo Crennel in Kansas City and former Gator …

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SEC Finally Starts Playing Bowl Games Today

It has been a long wait but finally some SEC teams will begin play in the college football bowl season today. The Music City Bowl has hometown favorite Vanderbilt facing NC State as the Commodores go bowling for a second straight season.   The Chick-Fil-A Bowl tonight has 10-2 LSU playing …

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NFL Playoffs Set As Regular Season Ends

The NFL playoff teams are now set after the regular season ended yesterday. In the AFC, Denver is the top seed after ripping Kansas City 38-3; New England is the two seed after blanking the Miami Dolphins 28-0; both the winners will receive first round playoff byes. In AFC games …

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Gator Men’s Hoops Faces Air Force

The 14th ranked Gator men’s basketball team continues its December road journey when it plays Air Force today in the Orange Bowl Classic. The Gators come off a loss on the road against Kansas State and now stand at 8-2 on the year.   Air Force will start five seniors including …

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Gator Women’s Hoops Beats Holy Cross

The Florida women’s basketball team improves to 11-3 on the year after beating Holy Cross 81-50 Friday in Gainesville. The win is Florida’s sixth straight in its final non-conference game of the season.  Senior post player Jennifer George, averaging almost a double-double this season, had her fifth double-double of the …

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Heat, Magic Lose, Sports News And Notes…

A bad night for the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat, a good day in New Orleans and more in our Saturday Sports News And Notes… ** The Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic both lose to a couple of the NBA’s worst teams on Friday; Miami loses 109-99 to Detroit …

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Gator Women’s Hoops Hosts Holy Cross

The Florida women’s basketball team plays its last non-conference game of the season tonight when it hosts Holy Cross in the O’Connell Center. Florida puts a 13 game home court winning streak on the line tonight as the Gators come off an 81-75 win over Central Michigan in their last …

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Reports: Patchan, Saunders To Transfer From UF

Several media outlets are reporting today that Florida offensive lineman Matt Patchan and safety Pop Saunders are leaving the UF program to transfer to other schools. Saunders has missed significant time since coming to UF for various reasons; the sophomore was suspended on more than one occasion in his career …

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