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The new college football postseason was officially named the College Football Playoffs in a BCS meeting Wednesday. Florida Gators coach Will Muschamp says he’s good with name of the new system. The new playoffs are set to commence after the 2014 regular season. The championship game will be held January 12, 2015. …

Last year, LSU was one T.J. Yeldon screen pass away from playing in their second consecutive SEC football title game. Now, coach Les Miles and the Tigers look forward to next season. Things will look much different this year than last year, on both offense and defense. LSU lost seven starters on …

After running the Milwaukee Bucks out of the American Airlines Arena in the first two games in the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, the series, and potentially the momentum, shifts to Milwaukee. But the Heat, led by LeBron James, have outscored the Bucks in eight of the nine quarters that …

A promotion for a former Gator pitcher, some big league baseball action and an honor for a Florida women’s tennis player…all in our Thursday Sports News And Notes… ** Former Gator pitcher Nick Maronde has been called up to the big leagues by the Los Angeles Angels.  It is the …

University of Florida head football coach Will Muschamp introduced the newest member of his staff in special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach Jeff Choate. Choate joined Muschamp’s staff a week ago; he had been serving as Texas El Paso’s  defensive coordinator. Before that he was under Mike Leach at Washignton State as …

The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees will fight to take this week’s series in tonight’s third and final game of the match up. The Rays came out on top 5-1 in Monday’s game, but fell short last night in a close 4-3 rout from the Yankees at Tropicana …

Good news for Gator track, the Atlanta Braves fight off the cold and more in our Wednesday Sports News And Notes… ** The Gator men’s track and field team has been ranked number one in the latest U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll.  Florida spent six …

The Florida baseball team enjoyed a six-run fifth inning to top the USF Bulls 12-1 on Tuesday night at McKethan Stadium. The Gators snapped the Bulls’ 12-game winning streak, and they’ve now won 12 of their last 15 games. With the win, Florida improves to 23-19 on the season, and …

Florida (22-19/10-8 SEC) will meet one of the nation’s hottest teams in No. 25 USF (26-14/10-2 Big East) on Tuesday night at McKethan Stadium in its first of four games this week. The Bulls are currently on a 12-game winning streak, while the Gators have won 11 of their last …

The Miami Heat will play the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of their NBA Eastern Conference first-round series tonight in Miami. Game 1 saw the Heat crush the Bucks 110-87 Sunday night. Heat forward LeBron James finished the game with 27 points and made 9-of-11 shots. Despite his personal success during the game, James said …