The Florida Panthers now trail their best of seven series with the New York Islanders after losing a hard fought 4-3 match up on Sunday. Right-winger Reilly Smith got Florida on the board first and the Panthers would go up 3-1 until Islanders center Frans Nielson tied it on a power …
Read More »With Pitching And Hot Bats, the Rays Win First Series Of The Season
With the hot bat of Brandon Guyer and tremendous pitching of Matt Moore, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Sunday afternoon. This is the first series win of the season for the Rays. Brandon Guyer tied a career high with four hits in the game. He singled to …
Read More »Braves Snap Losing Streak After Sweeping Marlins
The Atlanta Braves ended their 0-9 start to the season this weekend after sweeping the Marlins in Miami. The Marlins were unable to pull out a come back win and dropped Sunday’s game 6-5 in extra innings. Miami is now 0-5 at home to start the season. Marlins manager Don …
Read More »Heat Torch the Hornets in First Game of Series 123-91
The Miami Heat set a team record for points in a playoff game in their Game 1 blowout of the Charlotte Hornets. The team got off to a quick start, scoring 41 points on the Hornets in the first quarter alone. The Heat were led by forward Luol Deng, Who contributed …
Read More »Carl Edwards Cruises to Victory at Food City 500
After starting at the pole position, Carl Edwards led 276 of 500 laps at the Bristol Motor Speedway Sunday on his way to victory lane. Edwards beat runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the finish line by .766 seconds, and cruised to victory with the fastest car so far in the …
Read More »Florida Softball Completes Sweep in Top-Five Matchup
The Florida Gator softball team is 41-3 after this weekend’s three game homestead against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (32-6). The Gators wrapped up the weekend sweep with a 3-0 victory over ULL and Delanie Gourley earned the win for Florida after striking out eight batters in four innings. Florida …
Read More »Gator Baseball Sweeps Series Over Arkansas With Late Surge
Behind a five run sixth inning and a strong performance on the mound, the second ranked Gator (33-5/11-4 SEC) baseball team defeated Arkansas (21-15/4-11 SEC) 8-2 to sweep the weekend series. This is the first sweep the Gators have gotten over the Razorbacks since 2001. Head coach Kevin O’Sullivan likes how his team …
Read More »Gator Softball Wins Doubleheader in Style
The top-ranked Florida Gator softball team (40-3) earned two huge victories at home over the fifth-ranked University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns (32-5) on Saturday. The first game was a 5-1 victory for Florida, while the second game had to be called 14-1 midway through the fifth after a …
Read More »NBA Playoffs Preview
Can anyone stop the Golden State Warriors? That will be the question on everyone’s mind as the NBA playoffs begin Saturday. The defending champions followed up last year’s title with a record-breaking 73 wins in the regular season, eclipsing the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls. Golden State’s road …
Read More »Preview: Tampa Bay Rays Welcome the Chicago White Sox for Weekend Series
The Tampa Bay Rays host the White Sox as they open a three-game weekend set tonight on Jackie Robinson Day. Jake Odorizzi will start for the Rays. The 6’2″ pitcher is 0-1 with an ERA of 3.86. On the mound for the series opener vs. @WhiteSox is Illinois native @JakeOdorizzi. …
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