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Gator Baseball In Winner's Bracket After Beating Louisville in College World Series - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida baseball team used a pair of home runs from freshman Austin Langworthy and sophomore Deacon Liput and another excellent starting pitching outing to beat the Louisville Cardinals 5-1 Tuesday night in the College World Series in Omaha. The Gators are now in the winner’s bracket and don’t play again until Friday.
Gator Baseball Beats Georgia in Athens - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida Gator baseball team improved to 11-8 in SEC play after taking the series opener 6-4 over the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday night. The Gators came from behind scoring three runs in the ninth to get the win. For another #FaedoFriday, Florida starting pither Alex Faedo started off the night strong on the mound for the Gators who held the Bulldogs scoreless until the seventh inning. He went 6.1 innings and allowed three runs. The Gators took an early three run lead.
Gator Baseball Blanks Gamecocks in Series Opener - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
On a gorgeous night at McKethan Stadium in Gainesville, fans saw a gorgeous pitching duel that was won by Florida 1-0 over South Carolina in the opener of a three game series. Two of the best starters in the SEC appeared in this game as Florida’s Alex Faedo and Carolina’s Clark Schmidt started strong, with each pitcher not allowing a run through four innings.
Braves Complete Sweep of Padres - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Atlanta Braves completed a four-game sweep of the San Diego Padres at the new Sun Trust park after winning 5-4 on Monday night. Former Vanderbilt star and previous No. 1 draft pick Dansby Swanson drove home the winning walk off run in the 9th giving the team the first walk-off win in their new stadium. Check out the play by play of this hit from the braves radio network. Swanson was 1-for-16 in the series, but he forgot alla bout that with his bases-loaded walk-off hit.
Gator Baseball Vying for Season Sweep vs. FSU - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida Gator Baseball team will head to Tallahassee tonight for the final game of their three-game season series with Florida State. The Gators took the first two meetings this season with the Seminoles winning 1-0 in Gainesville on March 14 and 4-1 in Jacksonville on March 28. Freshman Tyler Dyson will make his first career start for the Gators tonight. Going into this game he has 10 appearances and has thrown seven scoreless innings.
Gators Baseball Falls to Tennessee in Extra Innings - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida baseball team loses to the Tennessee Volunteers 7-6 in extra innings at McKethan Stadium on Friday night. Tennessee is now 2-8 in SEC play while the Gators fall to 5-5 in the league. Florida starting pitcher Alex Faedo’s night started off strong keeping the Vols scoreless and posting six strikeouts through the first three innings. He ended his day pitching 5.2 innings, allowing 10 hits and six runs with 12 strikeouts.
Florida Baseball Hosts Tennessee - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida Gators continue SEC play this weekend as they host the Tennessee Volunteers in a three game series. Florida is currently 20-9 on the season and 5-4 in SEC play, while the Vols are 15-11 overall and 1-8 in conference play. The Gators will continue with their weekend pitching rotation starting Alex Faedo Friday, Brady Singer Saturday and Jackson Kowar on Sunday. Florida is coming off a cancelled midweek game against Stetson and enter this weekend with a four game winning streak.
Gators Down Missouri on the Road - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida Gator baseball team took down Missouri 4-3 on the road in the opening game of this SEC series Friday night. Another strong start from junior Alex Faedo, who is now 5-1 on the season, led the Gators and Michael Byrne picked up his second save in a row. Florida’s bats were swinging early, tallying their first run in the first inning after Deacon Liput led off with a single who later scored on an RBI single from JJ Schwarz. and and RBI brought JJ Schwarz brought him home.
Gator Baseball Wins Pitching Duel With LSU To Take First Game Of Series - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
It was battle of the Alex’s on the mound Friday night at McKethan Stadium in Gainesville. Florida’s ace Alex Faedo faced off against LSU’s Alex Lange in Florida’s home SEC opener and Faedo picked up the win in a 1-0 pitcher’s duel. The two starting pitchers dazzled fans and scouts with their stuff, both throwing over 100 pitches in the game. Faedo pitched seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. For the Tigers, Lange threw a complete game, tossing eight innings and allowing a run on six hits.
No. 5 Gator Baseball Hosts No. 3 FSU - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida baseball team has a big week coming up and it starts with a top five match up with in-state rival Florida State. The fifth-ranked Gators will play host to the third-ranked Seminoles Tuesday night in the first of three match ups between the two teams this season. The second meeting is scheduled to take place in Jacksonville on March 28 and Florida will travel to Tallahassee for the final game of the series on April 11.
Tim Tebow Takes on Mets Spring Training - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
Former Gator quarterback and Heisman winner Tim Tebow is enjoying his journey in Major League Baseball. Tebow opened up his first full year in baseball yesterday at the New York Mets spring training in Port St. Lucie, FL. Since signing a minor league deal in September, Tebow has participated in the instructional league in Port St. Lucie and played in the Arizona Fall league. In January, the Mets released their Major League spring training invites, and Tebow was not on that list.
Gator Baseball Completes Series Sweep of Miami - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
GAINESVILLE, FL- The second ranked Florida baseball team completes its first sweep of Miami since 2012 with a 6-2 win on Sunday afternoon. Jackson Kowar had another solid Sunday start, pitching 5.2 innings, striking out seven batters and only allowing one run. The right handed sophomore picked up his second win of the season. Kowar says he started off pitching really well and he knew his job was to go for as long as he could to keep his team in the game.
Regional Final Preview: P.K. Yonge at Jacksonville Providence - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
In the boys basketball 1-4A regional finals No. 7 P.K. Yonge will travel to take on No. 3 Jacksonville Providence tonight. P.K. Yonge is 19-7 on the season and Jacksonville Providence’s record is 23-5. Blue Wave Head Coach Billy Blackmon says they can’t go into Providence knowing that they are ranked ahead of them, they need to stay locked in on what they do. Jacksonville Providence took down Maclay in the regional semifinals 92-54 to earn a chance to host the finals tonight.
Gator Baseball Sweeps Opening Series - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
GAINESVILLE, FL- The Gator baseball team put on a show at Mckethan Stadium Sunday taking down William and Mary 11-6 in the final game of their season opening series. Sophomore right-hander Jackson Kowar was lights out on the mound throwing 5 and 2/3 innings with 10 strikeouts. The Gators used the strong start by Kowar and three home runs to push them past the Tribe. Kowar says that after watching the first two nights he was excited to go out and give a quality start for the boys.
Dressel and Gators Ready for SEC Swim Championships - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams open up the post season today in Knoxville, Tennessee with the SEC Championships. For the next five days the sixth ranked men’s team will look to capture its sixth consecutive conference title and the 19th ranked women’s team will look to improve on its sixth place finish from 2016. The Gators are returning quite a few defending SEC champions, who would like to repeat in 2017.
Magic Fall to Timberwolves in Overtime - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Minnesota Timberwolves took down the Orlando Magic 111-105 in overtime last night. Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points, Karl-Anthony Towns posted 23 points and 12 rebounds and Ricky Rubio had a career high six three-pointers, totaling 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assist. Wiggins jump shot with 10 seconds left forced overtime, and the eventual win in Minnesota. The Orlando Magic put up a fight, but were unable to keep a strong performance throughout overtime.
Heat Stun Warriors With Last Second Shot - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The game was tied with 10 seconds left on the clock and the ball was in Dion Waiters’ hands. He calmly carried the ball up the court, made a cross over step back move and took a deep three to lift the Miami Heat over the team with the best record in the NBA, the Golden State Warriors. Waiters flashed back to his childhood when he’d count down, 3, 2, 1, imagining he hit the game winner. He said it felt good just to see it go in.
Orlando Magic Fall to Denver Nuggets - ESPN 98.1 FM - 850 AM WRUF
The Denver Nuggets took down the Orlando Magic 125-112 at the Pepsi Center on Monday. It was a strange game on Martin Luther King Day for these two teams, tip off much earlier than most NBA games are usually played and the Pepsi Center was half empty. The Nuggets are now on a two game winning streak while the Magic have lost eight of their last 10Â games, including the last two.
McElwain Talks Injuries Before LSU - ESPN Gainesville 95.3 FM - WRUF
The No. 21 Florida Gator football team took down South Carolina in the Swamp Saturday in their final home game of the season to improve to 7-2 on the season. UF will use this week to prepare for their rescheduled game against the LSU Tigers this weekend in Baton Rouge. The Gators can clinch the SEC East and earn a second consecutive appearance in the SEC title game with a win over LSU.
Monday Night Football Week 9 Preview - ESPN Gainesville 95.3 FM - WRUF
Week 9 in the NFL continues with a Monday Night Football matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Seattle Seahawks. Both of these teams have been struggling lately offensively, and with consistency. The Seahawks are coming into this matchup with a 4-2-1 record. Their last outing resulted in a 25-20 loss to the New Orleans Saints. The Bills are 4-4, and coming off a 41-25 loss to the Patriots last week. The Seahawks offense ranks nearly at the bottom of the league in almost every category.
McElwain Talks Injuries, Georgia and Arkansas - ESPN Gainesville 95.3 FM - WRUF
The Florida Gator football team moved up four spots in the AP Poll to number 10 this week. The Gators took down Georgia at Everbank Field 24-10. The Gators are preparing for an SEC West match up with the Arkansas Razorbacks this weekend. When asked what he thought about moving up to No.
McElwain Speaks After Bye Week - ESPN Gainesville 95.3 FM - WRUF
Gator Football Head Coach Jim McElwain spoke to the media today in his weekly press conference to discuss the team after having a bye this past weekend. The Gators will head to Jacksonville this weekend for their annual rivalry game against Georgia. Injury Report Bryan Cox, Jordan Sherit, and Joey Ivey were out at practice yesterday “running around a bit” and it looks like all three of their injuries are improving.
Luke Del Rio Rusty After Injury - ESPN Gainesville 95.3 FM - WRUF
Florida took down the Missouri Tigers 40-14 in the Swamp on Saturday, in what was quarterback Luke Del Rio’s first game played in four weeks. Del Rio had missed two games with a sprained left knee, but was healthy enough this week to make the start for the Gators. While the defense was stellar for the Gators in the game, including a pair of pick-six interceptions from Teez Tabor and Quincy Wilson, it was clear that Del Rio was struggling to lead the offense.
NFL Week 5 Roundup - ESPN Gainesville 95.3 FM - WRUF
As week 5 in the NFL comes to a close, a lot certainly happened on Sunday in the football world. To start, the Minnesota Vikings are now the only undefeated team in the NFC. The Vikings beat the Houston Texans by a score of 31-13 yesterday. Sam Bradford led the 5-0 Vikings offense to their fifth game without a turnover this season. Adam Thielen had a great day as well, finishing with a career-high 127 yards receiving for the game.
McElwain and Gators Prepare for Tennessee
After the Gators shut out the Mean Green of North Texas 32-0 on Saturday, Jim McElwain spoke to the media on Monday to talk about the upcoming game with rival Tennessee and the quarterback situation.
McElwain Speaks on Kentucky, North Texas, Injuries
Head Coach Jim McElwain spoke today about what you can expect from the Gators upcoming game against North Texas and gave injury report updates in his press conference. He started off the press conference praising the Gator’s team performance on both ends of the field. Proud of these guys… #GoGators https://t.co/gSO2or1CFU — Jim McElwain (@CoachMcElwain) September 11, 2016 McElwain says that the team was focused on a common goal and wasn’t really worried about individual stats against Kentucky.
Cowboys’ Tony Romo Out With Back Injury
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Jason Garrett announced this weekend that starting quarterback Tony Romo’s MRI revealed he had broken a bone in his back. Garrett says there is no timetable for his return, and he has played with a broken bone in his back before, but this will be day to day and will update as time goes on. Garrett says that he also will be in a back brace for the next two weeks as a part of his rehab. Sources say his back injury is a L1 compression Fracture.
Highschool Football: Tigers Take Down Hurricanes
The Colombia Tigers beat the Gainesville Hurricanes by a score of 17-12 Thursday night at Citizen’s field in the season opener for these two schools. The Tigers, ranked No. 5 in class 7A, have now extended their win streak against GHS to four straight games.
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The 2016 Rio Summer Olympics officially ended on Sunday night with the closing ceremony. The United States walked away with 121 medals with 46 of them being gold medals to not only win the total medal count but also the most gold medals. Great Britain followed with 27 gold medals and China was third with 26. After a thrilling 16 days the Olympic flag was handed over to Tokyo, who will host the 2020 Olympics.
ESPN Gainesville 95.3 FM - WRUF
The Florida Gator Football team will begin camp Thursday in preparation for the upcoming 2016 season. Head Coach Jim McElwain addressed the media Wednesday to preview what will be in store for the Gators this season. McElwain says that last season was about discovering for the Gators, learning what potential they have and not to be satisfied with anything less then being the best. Football. Is. Back. đ?Šđ?ˆ #GatorsCamp hits the field for the first time today.
Kentucky Football Hopes for Improvements in 2016
SEC Media Days continue and Kentucky Head Coach Mark Stoops and some players including Jon Toth, Courtney Love and Jojo Kemp, discussed this upcoming season. After back to back disappointing seasons the Wildcats and Stoops are pressured to make 2016 their year. What a great day talking about our team.
Gainesville Native Andrew Miller Named to MLB All-Star Team Roster
Gainesville native and former Buchholz pitcher Andrew Miller has been named to the American League All-Star team. The team’s roster was announced Wednesday and Miller is one of three Yankees chosen for the game. The 6’7″ lefty is 5-1 on the season for the New York Yankees and is sporting a 1.47 ERA and seven saves this season. In 2016 Miller also has recorded 66 strike outs in just 36.2 innings.
Gators in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials
The U.S. Olympic Swimming trials are underway in Omaha Nebraska and 10 Gators, past and present, have competed in preliminary rounds today.Gator great Ryan Lochte won his heat and turned in the fastest prelim time for the 200-meter individual medley this morning at 1:58.05. Arguably of the two greatest American male swimmers of all time, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, are still in competition for the 200 IM.
Ocala Removing Pollution-Causing Septic Tanks
Florida’s Silver Springs is being damaged, and it may be because of the area’s toilets. The city of Ocala is removing septic tanks and wells from 850 properties in the area, mostly because of the negative effects they have on Florida’s lakes, rivers and natural springs.
Top Seeded Gators Eliminated From CWS
OMAHA, Neb. – There wasn’t much sunshine for the sunshine state at the 2016 College World Series. The top seeded Florida baseball team’s season just did not end the way they had expected it to. The Gators quickly dropped into the losers bracket after Sunday’s loss to Coastal Carolina. Their only hope was to win four straight to put them back into a spot where they could win the National Championship.
Gators Set to Take on Coastal Carolina in CWS
OMAHA, NEB. – The Florida baseball team will take the field at TD Ameritrade Park Sunday night in Omaha for their first game of the 2016 College World Series. The Gators will face off with a team that has never played a game in Omaha before, the Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina. Coastal Carolina powered through both the NC State Regional and the LSU Super Regional to earn themselves a spot in the CWS for the first time in program history.
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