The Buchholz boy’s baseball team has started this season on a tear. The Bobcats won their two preseason games by a combined 26 runs, shutting both teams out in the process. They began the regular season with an 11-1 win over Lake Weir on Tuesday night and have looked unstoppable …
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Two new high school football coaches are welcomed to Gainesville
Two schools will have different head coaches heading into the 2020-21 football season — Gainesville High School and Eastside High School. From Gator to Hurricane Former Florida Gator DB Dock Pollard was named the new coach of Gainesville in January after six seasons at Santa Fe (head coach last two …
Read More »Hawthorne Girls’ Basketball Advances to State Semifinals with win over Wildwood
In a physical battle that saw everything from bloodied noses to fan ejections, the Hawthorne girls’ basketball team outfought Wildwood. They won 47-41 in the Regional Finals to advance to the State Semifinals for the second year in a row. Story of the game: Physicality In a game between a …
Read More »Florida men’s basketball seeks its fifth win of the month against Arkansas
The Florida Gators (16-9, 8-4) host the Arkansas Razorbacks (16-9, 4-8) tonight at 7. Florida looks for its ninth conference win before facing a difficult closing stretch that includes Kentucky twice. Arkansas enters tonight’s matchup on a four game losing streak, coming off a last-second loss to Mississippi State. The …
Read More »NBA All-Star Game 2020 Features The Elam Ending
The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday featured Team LeBron beating Team Giannis with a final score of 157-155. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Sunday’s game was the inclusion of the Elam Ending format, with a few tweaks. The Elam Ending stops the clock at the first play that ends …
Read More »NBA All-Star Game Honors Kobe Bryant
The 2020 NBA All-Star Game is normally a time of celebration. However, this year’s game in Chicago had a cloud of somberness hanging over it as the league honored the late Kobe Bryant. It’s been almost three weeks since the Laker legend was tragically killed in a helicopter crash with …
Read More »Gators Men’s basketball Defeats Vanderbilt 84-66 as Former Gator Coach Billy Donovan Honored
It was a night of honor for the Gator community as they paid homage to two-time national champion and former Gator head coach Billy Donavan. Surrounded by thousands of fans, colleagues, and past players of the program, all embraced him as the Gator Basketball court was named after him. Big …
Read More »Billy Donovan Memories Stretch All Across UF Athletic Department
The playing floor at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center will have a new name come Saturday night, as the Gators will unveil “Billy Donovan Court” at halftime to honor their former legendary men’s coach. Donovan spent 19 years as the head man of the Florida basketball program before departing for …
Read More »Gators host Vanderbilt as they honor Billy Donovan
Saturday night is going to be a special night for Florida Gators basketball. Former head coach Billy Donovan, who led the program to back-to-back national championships, returns to Gainesville. The court inside Exactech Arena will be named after Donovan at halftime. In the midst of all the fanfare of Donovan’s …
Read More »Sophomore Trio Leads Florida to a 78-61 Win over Texas A&M
It was a tale of two halves for the Gators. In the first half, Florida’s offense was fueled beyond the arc. The cost of this success from deep was no inside presence. Then, the script flipped for the Gator offense in the second half. Florida finally found a presence inside …
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