Early Career The Jacksonville Jaguars prepare for their season opener against the division-rival Indianapolis Colts in two weeks. Meanwhile, Gardner Minshew looks to build upon his rookie season. The 2019 sixth-round draft pick out of Washington State has been an underdog his entire career. After going a combined 3-14 in …
Read More »Fantasy Football: Where Former Gators Stand
The NFL season is just around the corner, which means fantasy football players are also gearing up for their fantasy drafts. With 52 former Florida Gators currently on an active NFL roster, there are a handful of Gators alumni who could find a way to make fantasy rosters this season. …
Read More »Heat, Donovan’s Thunder Back Tonight
The NBA Playoffs move into round two. The number of teams is down to eight. Two of these teams are the Miami Heat and Billy Donovan’s Oklahoma City Thunder. Another Florida Team for the Bucks The Miami Heat will face the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the playoffs. …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Starts New Tradition
The P.K. Yonge Blue Wave football program kicked off their 2020 season with a Friday night lights special that they are looking to make a tradition. The idea was collective among the players and coaching staff to emulate a combine and then follow it up with a blue versus white …
Read More »NBA to Resume Playoff Action Saturday; Other Leagues Voice Support
Over the course of the last few days, athletes from numerous sport leagues have taken a stand in the fight for racial equality in the U.S. Games not only in the NBA, but in the MLB, NHL, WNBA and MLS have all been postponed in response to the shooting of …
Read More »SEC Announces Scheduling Format for Remaining Fall Sports
Football is a little over a month away from kicking off in the SEC. And while all eyes have been dialed in on this sport for the last several weeks across the conference, questions have still loomed regarding the fate of the SEC’s other fall sports, as well. On Thursday, …
Read More »NBA Players Start Boycott that Stretches All Across Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks players began a boycott on Wednesday that reached the WNBA, MLS, Major League Baseball and the rest of the NBA. The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5, source tells ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020 Background on the boycott Players and coaches all …
Read More »Lightning Blow Out Bruins in Game 3 of NHL Playoffs
The Tampa Bay Lightning blew out the Boston Bruins 7-1 to take a 2-1 series lead in the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference semi-final series. https://twitter.com/TBLightning/status/1298837644021911556 Lightning get off to a quick start Tampa Bay got the scoring started in the first period with Ondrej Palat scoring the game’s first …
Read More »Seven Former Gators to Compete in the Inaugural Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball League
Seven athletes will represent the Florida Gators in a new professional softball league founded by Athletes Unlimited. The league is comprised of only four teams who will share the Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Chicago. The six-week 30 game season will kick-off this Saturday, August 29th at 1 p.m. ET. …
Read More »Dallas Baker: former Gator reflects on playing and coaching career
After becoming a national champion in 2007 at Florida, Dallas Baker is currently the wide receivers coach at Marshall. Earlier, Baker spoke with Steve Russell on Sport Scene about his time as a Gator, coaching career and more. Relationship with Urban Meyer Baker played for the Gators from 2003 to …
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