It is the home stretch for the Florida Gators and their Sugar Bowl appearance tonight in New Orleans.   Gator coach Will Muschamp jokes about the 24 hours leading up to the game and the numerous team meetings and walk throughs that will occur. “We’ll bus to the Superdome and have a normal …

The Sugar Bowl is tonight and the coaches are making their final preparations before heading into the Superdome. However, when Louisville coach Charlie Strong steps foot on the turf, he will recognize a lot more faces than just the players dressed in white.  Strong was the defensive coordinator at Florida before he left …

New Orleans–     A year ago, the Gators were playing in the 2012 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl with a 6-6 record. After winning that game, the team began its journey to becoming the ball club it is today. A physical team who can run the ball plus a defense which …

The Young Athletes’ Program is changing the way Alachua county looks at sports.  It is  a program for children with all abilities, aged 2-7, to improve the kids’ physical skills and teach them to build self esteem through sports.  The Young Athletes’ Program is sponsored by Balance 180 Sports and Gymnastics Academy …

Every sport has it’s own traditions. The “Gatorade Bath” in the NFL, the “Playoff Beard” in hockey, Indy 500 winners drinking milk, but baseball is a sport more than any other rooted in it’s past and superstitions. In baseball you have the “Ceremonial First Pitch”, the “7th inning stretch”, not …

When most people think of University of Florida athletic traditions, they think of Mr. Two Bits, the Gator Walk, or Rowdy Reptiles, but few people know about some other traditions rooted deep in Florida sports. As the Florida football team travels to Jacksonville each season for its annual Florida-Georgia game, the Florida …

During a season in which the preseason polls had the Gators finishing fourth in the conference, Florida won the SEC championship, had the SEC Player of the Year (Chloe Mann), SEC Freshman of the Year (Ziva Recek), and SEC Coach of the Year (Mary Wise). Florida began play in the NCAA Tournament Friday …

Up until this week, Texas A&M super freshman Johnny Manziel has let his play do the talking, dodging cameras and microphones with as much ease as he dodged SEC defenders all season long. The decision to keep the 19 year old shielded from the media was not made by Johnny …

The number four BCS ranked Florida football team plays its final regular season game today at BCS 10th ranked Florida State on Saturday.   Our coverage starts at 12:30pm with the First And Ten pregame show. Florida and Florida State are both 10-1 and a lot is riding on this game …

The 10th ranked Florida Gator men’s basketball team is in Tampa Sunday taking on the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders.  Both teams entering the game are 2-0 on the season.  The Gators are coming off a dominant 74-56 win over 22nd ranked Wisconsin last Wednesday while the Blue Raiders defeated the …