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The Tampa Bay Rays are days away from starting their 2021 season. As the team bids farewell to Blake Snell and Charlie Morton, they welcome back Chris Archer and the 162-game season. The Rays enter as the reigning American League champions–and a few question marks. With the Yankees and Blue …

A thriller, and contender for game of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Tournament, saw 11-seed UCLA knock off two-seed Alabama in overtime 88-78. UCLA is now the second team in NCAA Tournament history to reach the Elite Eight after playing in a First Four play-in game. Alabama came into the 2021 NCAA …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that could have been spent indoors but shouldn’t have been. It was so nice outside, right? 10. Maybe this is just me, but I don’t think it is. We root like crazy for the underdogs on the first weekend, but then …

College basketball’s long-standing principles of structure and order have held many of its student-athletes for the most part in one place. This year, with the NCAA opting to consider the 2020-2021 season of competition a wash for eligibility, that order is shaken. An influx of men’s basketball players has already …

Cheyenne Lindsey had a quiet first two games against LSU by her standards. Just two singles in her five at-bats is good, but Lindsey has been due for an offensive explosion. Leave it to a career day on Sunday to show her talents. A bases-clearing three-run double and a two-run …

Florida baseball fell captive to the Gamecocks and the wind on Sunday afternoon in an 8-5 loss in Columbia, South Carolina. In their first conference road series of the year, the Gators were not able to secure a win in any of the three games. South Carolina owned Florida over …

The Florida Gators soccer team (5-8-2) returns to action on Monday at 1 p.m. to take on the Georgia Bulldogs (3-7-2). This match was originally scheduled for Sunday, but due to anticipated bad weather in Atlanta, the soccer match has been moved to Monday. 🚨Schedule Update🚨 Due to anticipated 🌩️ …

It was a battle of freshmen Saturday afternoon as the UConn’s Paige Bueckers faced off against the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark in the Sweet 16. Game Recap While Clark averaged 26.7 points per game coming into the game, UConn was able to limit her to only 21 points, while …

Down by two with 3.1 left on the clock, Oral Roberts got the look they wanted to win it. Max Abmas caught the ball at the opposite free-throw line, took three dribbles through traffic up the right sideline, and rose up for a three at the wing. The sophomore guard …

After an incredible run to the final four in 2018, Loyola University Chicago had their season come to an end following their 65-58 loss to Oregon State in the Sweet 16. Game Recap The Ramblers came in as a number eight seed in the NCAA tournament.  They went 21-4 in …