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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 …
Read More »Florida Baseball Falls To Florida A&M Wednesday Night
Florida A&M upset the Florida baseball team Wednesday night, winning 4-3 to give the Rattlers their first ever win over Florida. This is the second straight game that Florida has lost to a sub .500 team, losing to Jacksonville on Tuesday. Florida head coach Kevin O’Sullivan was impressed with Florida A&M’s outing. …
Read More »Third-Ranked Gator Softball Hosts In-State Rival USF
The No. 3 University of Florida softball team returns home Wednesday to face Sunshine State rival USF (33-13, 7-5 All American) at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium. The Gators (40-8, 11-7 SEC) are coming off a sweep of No. 21 Texas A&M this past weekend. The win on Sunday marked …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning Season Comes to An End
The Tampa Bay Lightning lost 4-3 and were officially swept in the first round of the NHL’s Eastern Conference playoffs by the Montreal Canadians. The last time the Lightning won a playoff series was in the 2010-2011 season when they advanced all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing …
Read More »Miami Heat Look to Take 2-0 Series Lead Agaisnt the Charlotte Bobcats
In the Eastern Conference, the second-seeded Miami Heat are preparing to take on the seventh-seeded Charlotte Bobcats tonight in Miami in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs in the NBA. The Heat defeated the Bobcats 99-88 on Sunday behind 27 points and 23 points from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, …
Read More »MLB Tuesday recap: Marlins vs Braves and Twins vs Rays
It was a pitcher’s duel on Tuesday night in Atlanta, as the Miami Marlins defeated the Atlanta Braves 1-0, behind 14 strikeouts from Jose Fernandez. The 14 strikeouts tied a career high for Fernandez, as he pitched eight innings of shutout baseball, giving up three hits and no walks. Marlins …
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