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The Back Nine comes at you after an emotional weekend that will lead to a very long celebration of life for my father and no more lectures about how important family is. I’ll let you figure that out for yourself. 10. I’m going to start out with some football, which …

Saturday’s doubleheader for Gators Softball provided differing opposition. The opening game welcomed Western Kentucky to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Gators used the first and sixth innings to run away from the Hilltoppers. Later, the Gators played an exhibition game against Canada Softball, which they lost 5-2 in an abbreviated …

The road woes keep going for Florida. To open the series against the Tennessee Volunteers, the Gators take a 6-4 loss. The Gators kept the game close, but they could never get on top. Mace Gets Put in Check It was an unusual night for the Gators’ Friday starter, Tommy …

The No. 12 Florida Gator baseball team (20-9, 5-4 SEC) hits the road for an SEC weekend series with the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers (25-5, 7-2 SEC). The Gators enter this weekend’s matchup after back-to-back midweek victories. On Tuesday night the Gators defeated Stetson 7-6 and followed up with 10-0 …

The Front Nine comes at you on a day when the world says goodbye to my sweet and loving father with a celebration of a life well-lived. I’ll try to keep it together. 1. The reason I am such a sports nut is because of my Dad. It was ingrained …

GAINESVILLE, FLA.- Gators women’s basketball adds former Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ guard Zipporah “Zippy” Broughton to its Roster. Zippy joins the Gators after spending three seasons at Rutgers University. She appeared in 61 games and started 12 contests for the Scarlet Knights. In 2018, she won the Alabama Gatorade Player of …

Gators softball (29-4) will play two games against Western Kentucky (15-5) and an exhibition against Softball Canada this Saturday and Sunday. Florida head coach Tim Walton announced the addition of Western Kentucky to the schedule on Tuesday. The Gators previously only had Softball Canada on their schedule for the weekend. …

Charla Echols stepped to the plate in the first inning of  the first game of a doubleheader against USF with two runners on base. She blasted the third pitch in the at-bat over the fence in right-center field to give the Gators an early 3-0 lead in the first game …

One of the few remaining players from the last coaching regime in Florida, Brett Heggie has set his eyes on the league. He will hope to join his fellow NFL-chasing Gators for the 2021-22 season. Tough beginnings While Heggie came in during Jim McElwain’s two year stay at UF, the …

Gators men’s basketball gains another man in the transfer portal. Guard Myreon Jones is leaving Penn State to join Florida. On Wednesday afternoon, he posted his move on twitter. The Gators twitter page tweeted it. https://twitter.com/MyreonJones21/status/1379888674536574978 Jones was key player on the Nittany Lions starting five. He averaged 30 minutes …