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After securing two road wins against the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, the Washington Wizards are preparing to take on the Bulls at home in Game 3 tonight. The Wizards won Game 2 101-99 in overtime. Former Gator Bradley Beal was the game’s high scorer in the …
Read More »Miami is Heating up in NBA Playoffs, Ready to Take on Bobcats in Game 3
The playoffs are starting to heat up for the Miami Heat. The two time defensing champs are now 2-0 against the Charlotte Bobcats after a close win on Wednesday night. Despite a 10-0 run for the Bobcats in the fourth quarter, Miami power forward Chris Bosh managed to throw up a 3-pointer to …
Read More »Northwestern Football Players To Vote On Union
Football players at Northwestern University are voting to decide whether or not they want to become unionized. A recent ruling now allows football players playing for private institutions to have the right to vote to possibly unionize. The NCAA has vigorously opposed unionization and, pending full approval by the NCAA, …
Read More »UF Diving Coach Donnie Craine Dies In Accident
Long time University of Florida diving coach Donnie Craine has died in a boating accident off the coast of Bokeelia in Lee County in Florida. Craine died Thursday and leaves behind a wife and three children. Craine spent 30 of his 37 years coaching at Florida, beginning in 1976 when …
Read More »Florida Baseball Set To Take On Tigers Friday Night
The Florida baseball team will have to rebound this weekend against Missouri if they hope to stay atop the SEC East. The Orange and Blue dropped back-to-back games earlier this week to JU and Florida A&M. This was just the fifth time all season that the Gators were defeated in …
Read More »Friday Sports Update
The NBA playoffs, the NHL playoffs, big league baseball and an important NCAA move all in our Friday Sports Update… ** Some favored teams are in trouble in the NBA playoffs. East top seed Indiana falls at Atlanta 98-85 to now trail 2-1 in the series. West two seed Oklahoma …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins Continue Season
The Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays are having to come back from losses as they begin play this weekend. The Rays lost 9-7 to Minnesota to drop their record to 10-12 and the Marlins fell to 10-12 after losing to Atlanta 3-1. Marlins starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi said he thought he …
Read More »Miami Heat hold on to defeat Charlotte Bobcats 101-97
The Miami Heat are showing why they are serious contenders for a three-peat. Even though Wednesday night’s game was a bit challenging for the defending champions, Lebron James and company held on to walk away with a 2-0 series lead after beating Charlotte 101-97. Miami is the only home team …
Read More »Thursday Sports Update
The Miami Heat win in the NBA playoffs, the NHL playoffs roll on and there’s some baseball and football news too in our Thursday Sports Update… ** The Miami Heat go up 2-0 in their Eastern Conference playoff series with the Charlotte Bobcats with a 101-97 win. Game 3 will …
Read More »Gator Softball Bullies The Bulls for 10th straight victory
For the second time in the last three games, the No. 3/5 Florida softball team brought the bats in a very big way. On Saturday, the Gators (41-8, 11-7) destroyed Texas A&M by scoring 17 runs on 16 hits and on Wednesday night the South Florida Bulls received that same treatment. The …
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