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 …
Read More »Florida Sports Roundup
Wednesday is a busy day for Florida professional sports. There are five teams in action across four different sports. In addition, several teams played on Tuesday. Florida baseball teams seek series wins Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Rays (20-11) beat the Baltimore Orioles with a solid pitching performance by Tyler Glasnow. …
Read More »Dolphins, Hurricanes to Allow Fans at Home Opener
Cue the infamous phrase “what could possibly go wrong?” Both the Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes will allow spectators to attend their home openers. According to the Associated Press, the plan is to allow up to 13,000 fans. This is about 20 percent of the max capacity at Hard Rock …
Read More »Heat Sweep as Magic Fall Again
These two teams are not in the exact opposite situations. However, it is pretty close to it. The Miami Heat completed their sweep of the Indiana Pacers. Meanwhile, the Orlando Magic lost to the Milwaukee Bucks to fall behind 3-1 in the series. Heat Torch the Pacers The Pacers finally …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Fall Against Boston Bruins in Game 1 Of Playoff Series
The Tampa Bay Lightning lost their first game of their Eastern Conference semi-final series with the Boston Bruins, losing 3-2 on Sunday. Boston’s win was achieved behind goaltender Jaroslav Halak‘s 35 stops. This is his fourth-straight win as a starter since starter Tuukka Rask opted out of the playoffs. Lightning goalie …
Read More »O’Sullivan Talks Gator Pitchers in the MLB, New Stadium
Two former Gators pitchers were recently called up to pitch for their respective major league teams. Brady Singer and Dane Dunning made their MLB debut this season. Gators baseball head coach Kevin O’Sullivan recalls their years at Florida and points out their improvements since going pro. Dunning made his MLB debut …
Read More »Centralized Conference Realignment
How many different ways has it been said that this year has been a dumpster fire? For college athletics, the chaos of 2020 has unearthed deep cracks in a system of dysfunctional leadership divided by geography, politics, and mixed messaging. A single multi-billion dollar business in which a multitude of …
Read More »Doug Marrone on Jags camp
Head coach Doug Marrone gave updates about his Jacksonville Jaguars in his press conference. The Jaguars, like every other NFL team, haven’t had the conventional offseason. COVID-19 has stopped nearly all offseason activities, so now teams are trying to get back into the swing of things. Marrone on the Jags …
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