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Neil Ruth may have one of the most fascinating nicknames of any high school athlete in Gainesville. Any time Ruth enters the batter’s box for Oak Hall, you can hear his teammates in the dugout calling him “Shaq”.  Ruth does have a couple of things in common with the NBA …

Gators Lacrosse NCAA tournament journey ends against the Maryland Terrapins, losing 18-5. This was the Gator’s seventh quarterfinals appearance in the tournament in their 13-year program history. How it happened The Gators fell to the Terrapins despite a hard-fought first quarter. The Terrapins jumped out to an early lead, but …

Freshman Gabrielle Essix of Gators Volleyball spoke with Steve Russel on Sports Scene to talk about her freshman season, mental health, NIL deals and what’s next for Gators Volleyball. Standing 6 feet 3 inches tall Gabby Essix dominated the high school game. Her only question, where would she play next? …

Florida baseball finishes its regular season with a series against South Carolina. Last Time Out The Gators are entering the Thursday night game with a ton of momentum. Florida is coming off an electric walk-off win against its rival Florida State. Sterling Thompson was 0-2 before sending the Seminoles home …

The Florida Gator golf team, for the 55th time, punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament. https://twitter.com/GatorsGolf/status/1527002611953573889?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Palm Beach Regional After finishing third in the Palm Beach Regional tournament, the Gators got their ticket to the NCAA tournament. In their third-place finish, Florida shot two-under-par, highlighted by  Fred Biondi. Biondi …

Take in hearing Mick Hubert shout “Oh My!” while you can. As the Gators have a new head coach in both football and men’s basketball coming in, a new voice will be coming in too. After 33 years, Mick Hubert will be hanging up the headset. According to Florida Gators …

Chris Doering, former Florida Gator wide receiver, talked with Steve Russell on Sport Scene about the landscape of college football. Doering, a Gainesville native, attended the University of Florida and was drafted in the 1996 NFL draft. He played professionally in Indianapolis, Denver, Washington and Pittsburgh. During his time at …

Hamilton: An American Musical came out in 2015 and has established itself as one of Broadway’s most successful productions. The show tells the story of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It features themes of resilience, boldness and believing in something bigger than one’s self. Additionally, during the show’s most popular song …

The Back Nine comes at you after a very nice weekend that included a lot of golf and swimming. My goal this summer is to do one or the other every day it doesn’t rain. It’s not much of a goal.   Let’s start off with the gutsy performance by …

Florida Gators Softball faces off against perhaps their most difficult opponent of the season – the Arkansas Razorbacks. When these two teams last met, the Razorbacks swept the Gators 3-0. They were outscored 5-16. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1517650983207063552 What went wrong in April? In Game one, the Gators were able to keep things …