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With star-man Ricardo Kaká leading the way, the Orlando City Lions open up their 2016 MLS campaign against Real Salt Lake. A sell-out crowd of over 60,000 is expected at the Citrus Bowl when the Lions take the pitch Sunday afternoon. The home crowd will be in full voice as they look for Orlando City to start …

The Florida Gator softball team picked up a pair of wins on the second day of the Aquafina Invitational. The two victories now improves the team’s record to 20-0. In the first game, the Gators defeated South Alabama 9-0. Kelsey Stewart and Nicole DeWitt opened up the game by scoring a pair …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla— On Friday afternoon, the fourth seeded Florida women’s basketball team was knocked out of the SEC Tournament by fifth-seed Kentucky 92-62 in Jacksonville. This is the first time the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament has been hosted in Florida, and in a year of many firsts for the Gator …

GAINESVILLE, Fla— On Tuesday night, the final whistle blew and the game clock hit zero. The Florida men’s basketball team left the court defeated by the No. 22 Kentucky Wildcats, 88-79 and with it, perhaps their NCAA Tournament hopes as well. The Stephen C. O’Connell Center was filled with Gator fans dressed …

Jimmie Johnson is celebrating today after a victory yesterday in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick led for 131 laps, but Johnson took the lead after making a faster green-flag pit stop than Harvick. Towards the end of the race, Johnson led Harvick by about …

Both of Florida’s NBA teams notched wins Sunday night. The Orlando Magic snapped their two game losing streak defeating the Philadelphia 76ers, 130-116. The Magic got off to a fast start, scoring 40 points in the first quarter alone. The 40 points was the highest number of points the Magic have scored …

The Gator women’s basketball team (22-7, 10-6 SEC) won its final game of the regular season at the O’Connell Center on Sunday afternoon after it defeated the Auburn Tigers (18-11, 8-8 SEC), 56-49. The Tigers did their best to spoil Senior Day for the UF veterans after they rebounded from …

GAINESVILLE, Fla— Gainesville Police Department’s Officer Bobby White… the “Basketball Cop,” continues to draw up game-plans for local teenagers and his aim continues to be right on target. On February 24th Officer White reinforced his efforts to promote and bring awareness to, “Hoops Not Crime.” Kids growing up in Gainesville …

An important SEC match-up this Saturday as the Arkansas Razorbacks head to Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville to face the Tennessee Volunteers. Both teams are currently close to one another in the bottom half of the standings. The Volunteers, sporting a 13-15 overall record and a conference record of 6-9, are coming …

Hitting the home stretch of the regular season in college basketball and in state rivals Auburn and Alabama have a rematch in Tuscaloosa on Saturday. The last time the two teams met up was at Auburn and the Tigers defeated the Crimson tide 83-77. This win was also coming off of …