The 2018-19 NBA campaign is reaching its endpoint as it heads into the NBA Conference Finals. The Portland Trail Blazers will face the Golden State Warriors for the Western throne while the Toronto Raptors go head-to-head with the Milwaukee Bucks for Eastern kingship. Battle in the West Western Conference Finals …
Read More »Florida Gators Athletics Round-Up
Softball Over the weekend, the Gator (44-15) Softball team won the 2019 SEC Tournament. This helped them earn the No. 5 national seed for the NCAA Tournament. The Gators were able to rally past Alabama to take the crown in College Station. The Gators were led by seniors Kelly Barnhill …
Read More »Gators Earn the No. 5 National Seed
The Florida Gator softball team found out last night that Katie Seashole Pressley Stadium will be a host site for an NCAA Regional. This will be the 15th consecutive year that Gainesville will be an NCAA Regional Host. Not only did the Gators find out that they were named the …
Read More »Gators Softball Wins Fifth SEC Title
Just like Drake, Florida Gators softball went back-to-back. Florida defeated the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide to claim its second straight SEC Tournament title. It’s Florida’s fifth championship with all coming in the Tim Walton era. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1127406859328028674?s=19 “Our players not only did a really good job of staying focused, but did …
Read More »FEATURE: The Sports Trading Card Industry is Fueled by the Digital Age
During the first three years of the 1990s, when the baseball trading card industry was at its hottest, it generated more than $1 billion annually. By 2017, that number fell to a chilly $200 million. So says the Harvard Business School, and it raises some questions: What caused this decline? …
Read More »FEATURE: Alicia Boren’s Impact at UF
Alicia Boren may have finished her last routine ever for the Florida Gators Gymnastics team, but the legacy she leaves behind is impressive. Alicia finished her senior season by earning a share of the National Championship in the NCAA Gymnastics Championships’ floor exercise. By doing so Alicia claimed the 20th …
Read More »Barnhill, Adams Lift Gators to SEC Softball Final
Early success at the plate and Kelly Barnhill were the magic ingredients to Florida’s SEC Softball Tournament win on Friday. Barnhill pitched her second straight shutout and Hannah Adams had two clutch hits as Florida defeated the Auburn Tigers 3-0. The Gators now have the chance to defend its tournament …
Read More »Barnhill & Early Runs Fuel Gator Win
A few timely hits and a great day from Kelly Barnhill has Florida one win away from SEC Tournament championship. The ninth-ranked Gators defeated the number 10 LSU Tigers 3-0 in order to advance to the semifinal round of the SEC Tournament. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1126612812783026176?s=19 Florida’s national seeding and the chance of …
Read More »FEATURE: Gator Football Player Nick Sutton Goes from the Sidelines to the Playing Field
It was Thursday afternoon on March 14, 2018, when Nick Sutton’s dreams finally came true. The young, versatile athlete who has worked so hard to get where he is today, has now received a call that will forever change his life. He was sitting in his apartment by himself when …
Read More »Matthews Plays Hero Again for Gators Softball
It was a scene reminiscent of 2018’s Super Regional. Jordan Matthews at the plate with the game in her hands. And she delivered, again. The ninth-ranked Gators (41-15) defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks (36-17) 6-5 in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. They advanced thanks to a seventh-inning rally …
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