The Southeastern Conference named University of Florida senior gymnast Bridget Sloan the Roy F. Kramer SEC Female Athlete of the Year on Thursday—the icing on the cake to end an extremely impressive career at Florida. Sloan is Florida’s career leader for all-around wins with 27, event titles with 95, and 10.0 marks with …
Read More »Rays End Series With Angels as All-Star Break Approaches
Around a month ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were in a decent position to make a wild card push; but after a terrible 3-21 stretch since June 16, the Rays find themselves in last place in the division and 16 games under .500. The struggles were put on display last night as …
Read More »Dwyane Wade Headed to the Chicago Bulls
Shockwaves were sent through the NBA last night when free agent Dwyane Wade chose to sign with the Chicago Bulls instead of re-signing with the Miami Heat, a team he spent 13 seasons with while also winning three NBA championships. The Heat wanted to re-sign Wade and offered a two-year $40 million …
Read More »Richie Martin, From Gator to Major League Prospect
Richie Martin may be a major league prospect but he will always be a Gator first. Martin played for the University of Florida Gators for three years spanning 177 games.Martin had a solid career here at UF. His career numbers in 177 games at Florida included a .284 Batting Average with 136 runs 81 …
Read More »NBA Free Agency Winners and Losers
With the first week of NBA Free Agency wrapping up, it is safe to say that it has been quite a rollercoaster. With Kevin Durant signing a blockbuster deal with the Warriors and Mike Conley becoming the highest paid player in the league, it’s safe to say that the addition …
Read More »Marlins Fall to Mets
Despite Giancarlo Stanton’s two big home runs at Citi Field, it wasn’t enough to hold back the New York Mets Wednesday afternoon. Wilmer Flores’ multi-homer game made a bigger influence giving the Mets the win. Flores produced his second two-homer game in a four-day span in this game, resulting in the …
Read More »Cubs and Red Sox Lead All-Star Selections
The 2016 MLB All-Star rosters were announced Tuesday night with the Chicago Cubs making history. The young organization became just the second team in MLB history to have its entire infield start in an All-Star game. Anthony Rizzo (1B), Ben Zobrist (2B), Addison Russell (SS), and Kris Bryant (3B) join …
Read More »Wimbledon Coming to an End
Wimbledon is beginning to wind down but some of the sport’s big names remain alive in the tournament. The men’s single’s quarterfinals are being played Wednesday as Roger Federer plays against Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic faces Sam Querrey, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga goes up against Andy Murray and Lucas Pouille plays Tomas Berdych. There will also be action in men’s and …
Read More »Angels Dominate Rays in Game 2 of Series
The Tampa Bay Rays (34-49) will take on the Los Angeles Angels (34-50) Wednesday at home after dropping the second game of a four game series by a score of 15-5 Tuesday. The Rays have now lost 17 of their last 20 games. Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi did not have a good outing, giving up …
Read More »Rays Look for Another Win Against Angels
The Tampa Bay Rays (34-48) will take on the Los Angeles Angels (33-50) in game two of their four-game series tonight. The Rays defeated the Angels 4-2 in game one on Monday night and earned their first win at home on July 4 since 2008. The Ray’s are coming off of only their third win in …
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