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The third ranked LSU Tiger football team remains unbeaten after beating Mississippi State 16-6 on the road Thursday night. It was a far from pretty game for both teams but a game the LSU defense dominated as it completely shut down the Mississippi State running game while holding the Bulldogs …
Read More »Gainesville High School Beats Ocala Trinity Catholic In HS Football
The Class 6A, ninth ranked Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes remain unbeaten on the year after beating Class 3A, number 3 Ocala Trinity Catholic 29-6 Thursday night in Gainesville. Running back Ralph Webb led the way offensively by running for 159 yards on 38 carries as the Canes move to …
Read More »Rays Beat Red Sox To Cut Wild Card Deficit
The Tampa Bay Rays clobber the Boston Red Sox 9-2 Thursday in the first of a four game series between the two teams in Boston; the win moves the Rays to within three games of Boston for the American League wild card. In other AL games, Texas moves three and …
Read More »Big High School Game Tonight As GHS Hosts Trinity Catholic
One of the area’s more anticipated matchups in high school football takes place tonight at Citizen’s Field in Gainesville when Class 6A Gainesville High School hosts Class 3A Ocala Trinity Catholic. Both teams are ranked in their respective classifications; GHS is number nine while Trinity Catholic is number three. The …
Read More »LSU Faces Mississippi State Tonight In College Football
A big SEC matchup takes place in college football tonight when third ranked LSU faces 25th ranked Mississippi State in Starkville. The Tigers are 2-0 including a solid win over nationally ranked Oregon while Mississippi State is 1-1 after losing by seven points at the end of the game to …
Read More »Phils Clinch Playoff Spot Behind Halladay; Rays Lose
The Philadelphia Phillies become the first team in the National League to clinch a playoff spot after they beat the Houston Astros 1-0 Wednesday. Roy Halladay (18-5) picked up the complete game win for the Phillies. Clayton Kershaw won his 19th game of the year as Los Angeles beats Arizona …
Read More »Muschamp Says Demps, Floyd Will Play Against Tennessee
Gator football coach Will Muschamp said on Wednesday that running back Jeff Demps and defensive lineman Sharrif Floyd will both play Saturday against Tennessee. Demps has an injured shoulder and did not play after getting hurt early in last week’s game. Tight end Jordan Reed appeared to hurt his ankle …
Read More »Wednesday Sports News And Notes
A new coach in the NBA and a new Gator back on a big league roster highlights today’s Sports News And Notes… The Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA have announced a contract agreement to hire Rick Adelman as their new coach; problem is the league is still in a lockout. …
Read More »Rivera Gets 600th Career Save As Yanks Beat Mariners
New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera notched his 600th career save on Tuesday as the Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 in Seattle. Rivera joins Trevor Hoffman as the only pitchers to get to 600 career saves; Hoffman is the all time leader with 601. In other baseball action, Justin …
Read More »Cody Larson Back On Gator Basketball Team?
With his legal issues settled at least for the time being, Cody Larson could be reinstated to the Gator basketball team after accepting a deferred prosecution deal. Larson and teammate Erik Murphy were arrested in April for allegedly trying to break into a car in St.Augustine outside a bar and …
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