A large poster of one of my personal heroes sits behind my desktop screen. The hero in question, the image’s focus—Muhammad Ali. He’s towering over Sonny Liston, who failed to escape the first round. You’ve seen the image, you’ve heard the story. 51 years after that image was captured, on June 3, …
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The first winner’s bracket game of the 2016 NCAA Gainesville Regional saw the Florida Gator baseball team (49-13) earn a nail-biting 6-5 victory over the University of Connecticut Huskies (38-24) on Saturday. Florida junior Dane Dunning earned the win for Florida, improving to 5-3 on the season after giving up one …
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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74 after a short hospital stay in Arizona. He had been hospitalized just a few days ago for reported respiratory problems. “The Greatest” was not in good health over the past few years, as Ali suffered increasingly from the …
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The Florida Gator baseball team (48-13) started NCAA Regional play with a 9-3 Friday night victory over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (29-26) in Gainesville. Florida starting pitcher Logan Shore improved his record to 11-0 with the win, while Wildcat pitcher Tyler Norris fell to 6-4 on the season and took the …
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With 64 teams heading into 16 different regionals, the 2016 baseball championship has graced us with it’s presence once again. Three different teams from the state of Florida are hosting a regional. This triple set from the Sunshine State includes, Florida, Florida State, and Miami. With home-turf advantage, these foes …
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The Florida Gator baseball team (47-13) enters the NCAA Tournament as the top team in the land. The Gators earned the No. 1 overall seed and will face Regional No. 4 seed Bethune-Cookman (29-25) Friday night in the opening day of the NCAA Gainesville Regional. It's already been a record-breaking year, but we're just …
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Professional baseball in the state of Florida has always been a fickle thing. More often than not, one team trends towards mediocracy while the other tries to put together a decent season. That trend looks like it will continue this year. The Tampa Bay Rays are eight games under .500 and …
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The reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors started off the NBA finals with a 1-0 lead thanks to a 104-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals Thursday night in Oakland. The Warriors showed they were more than just the Splash Brothers—in fact the duo of Steph …
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The UConn Huskies baseball team will be entering the NCAA tournament, starting this weekend, for the 19th time in school history. The Gainesville regional, hosted by the No. 1 seeded Gators, will run from June 3-6 at McKethan Stadium. The No. 3 seed Huskies will open play against No. 2 seed Georgia …
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The No. 16 Georgia Bulldogs continue in the Softball World Series after pulling an upset over the No. 8 Florida State Seminoles. It’s the second straight win against a top 10 ranked team. The Bulldogs upset the No.1 Florida Gators to get to the Women’s College World Series. The Seminoles committing a season high …
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