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The University of Florida baseball team begins practice Friday for its 2014 season which will open February 14th against Maryland at McKethan Stadium. The Gators will look to improve on their 29-30 finish from a year ago. The Orange and Blue played the toughest schedule in the country as their opponents went …

The sixth ranked Florida men’s basketball team earned its 10th consecutive win Thursday evening after beating Alabama in the Coleman Coliseum 68-62. Michael Frazier II led the Gators putting up 18 points with the help of five 3-pointers. Late in the first half Frazier nailed a 3-pointer and a foul shot, then had back-to-back …

[jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/Dan-Wallace-Q-and-A.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/Dan-Wallace-Q-and-A.mp4] WRUF’s Tori Petry caught up with SEC Swimmer of the Week Dan Wallace to talk to him about the honor and find out a little more about the Scottish-born athlete for this week’s Gator Spotlight. Wallace earned the honor after winning all of his individual events …

The Florida women’s basketball team dropped its third consecutive game in an 89-69 defeat to the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers Thursday in Knoxville. The Gators now sit at 13-6 on the season and 3-3 in the SEC. One of the stories of the game was the three-point shooting by both teams. The …

The Florida women’s basketball team (13-5, 3-2 SEC) will face another road test Thursday  when it heads into Knoxville to take on the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (14-4, 3-2 SEC) for the 50th matchup in the teams’ history. The Gators will be looking to turn it around on this one-game trip. The team …

The Florida Gator men’s basketball team will travel deep into Tide country in Tuscaloosa Thursday to take on Alabama. The Orange & Blue look to remain undefeated in conference play and extend their current win streak to 10 games.  The Gators (15-2, 4-0 SEC) current nine-game win streak is tied for …

Here’s a look at some things happening in our Thursday Sports Update… ** In SEC men’s basketball, Ole Miss and Georgia move to 4-1 in league play with wins on Wednesday.   Ole Miss downs Vanderbilt 63-52 while Georgia clobbers South Carolina 97-76.  Mississippi State is 3-2 in the league after beating …

Gainesville native and GHS wide receiver Kenric Young verbally committed to the University of Utah today at a ceremony at Gainesville High School. “For the next three to four years I will be taking my talents to Salt Lake City and to the University of Utah to play wide receiver on …

From the Innovation News Center at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, WUFT/WRUF’s Trevor Sikkema has your one-minute sports update. [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/Sports-Update-1-21-14.mp4″ html5_file=http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/wruf/Sports-Update-1-21-14.mp4]

A new verbal commitment for Gator football, some former Gator football players in the news and more in our Tuesday Sports Update… ** The Gator football program gets its 21st verbal commitment in the 2014 class when athlete Deiondre Porter verbally commits.   He had been a verbal to South Florida but …