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Aaron Philo's Florida debut a winner as Gators hammer FAU
Aaron Philo accounted for four touchdowns in his debut as Florida's starting quarterback and Jadan Baugh ran for three more as the host Gators routed Florida Atlantic 66-21 on Saturday night in Gainesville, Fla.,Florida (1-0) won its first game under first-year coach Jon Sumrall and its offense look...
Under new coach Jon Sumrall, Florida opens against Florida Atlantic
The Jon Sumrall era will begin for Florida on Saturday night when it hosts Florida Atlantic in Gainesville, Fla., in the season opener for both teams.,Sumrall, who led Tulane to the College Football Playoff last season, takes over a squad vying to return to prominence following a frustrating 4-8 sea...
Ex-NFL player Marcellus Wiley jailed on domestic battery charge
Former NFL defensive end Marcellus Wiley has been arrested on a domestic battery charge in Orange County, Fla.,He is currently being held in jail on no bond.,Wiley, 51, was taken into custody by Orange County sheriff's deputies Saturday. No additional details were provided in jail records.,This is t...
Panthers acquire rights to Radko Gudas from Ducks for rights to A.J. Greer
The Florida Panthers are trying to bring back a familiar piece to their blue line before free agency opens.,Florida acquired the negotiating rights to defenseman Radko Gudas from the Anaheim Ducks on Monday in exchange for the rights to forward A.J. Greer. Both players are pending unrestricted free ...
Panthers land Brady Tkachuk in blockbuster deal with Senators
Brady Tkachuk is heading to Florida, where he will join his brother Matthew with the Panthers in one of the NHL's biggest offseason moves.,The Ottawa Senators are trading their captain to the Panthers for a package of draft picks, the teams announced Sunday. Ottawa will receive Florida's two first-r...
Kraken acquire F Mackie Samoskevich from Panthers for 2 draft picks
The Seattle Kraken added a young right-shot winger Sunday, acquiring Mackie Samoskevich from the Florida Panthers for two draft picks ahead of this week's NHL Draft.,Florida received the No. 25 pick in the 2026 draft, a selection Seattle previously obtained from the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with a...
Florida AD presents $1.45B renovation plan for The Swamp
Florida unveiled plans Thursday for a $1.45 billion renovation of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, believed to be the costliest stadium project ever in college football.,Known as "The Swamp" since legendary coach Steve Spurrier bestowed the nickname in 1992, the stadium will remain true to i...
PGA Tour shuffles Florida events in ‘27 schedule revamp
The Arnold Palmer Invitational will move from the week before The Players Championship to the week after, and the Valspar Championship will be kicked from March to May as part of the changing 2027 PGA Tour schedule.,The changes set up a three-week span of top-tier events in Florida: the Cadillac Cha...
Rueben Chinyelu withdraws from NBA draft, returns to Florida
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Rueben Chinyelu withdrew from the 2026 NBA Draft and will return to a loaded Florida lineup, the university announced on Thursday.,Chinyelu, 22, averaged 10.9 points and 11.2 rebounds in 35 games (all starts) last season for the Gators. The 6-foot-11, 245-pound ...
Rueben Chinyelu withdraws from NBA draft, return to Florida
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Rueben Chinyelu withdrew from the 2026 NBA Draft and will return to a loaded Florida lineup, the university announced on Thursday.,Chinyelu, 22, averaged 10.9 points and 11.2 rebounds in 35 games (all starts) last season for the Gators. The 6-foot-11, 245-pound ...
Coveted 5-star tackle in 2027 class commits to Notre Dame
Five-star tackle Oluwasemilore Olubobola committed to Notre Dame's Class of 2027 on Tuesday.,In a ceremony at his school, Saint Peter's Prep in Jersey City, N.J., Olubobola reached under a table and pulled out a bright green Notre Dame baseball cap to signify his choice.,He picked Notre Dame over Fl...
College basketball's tallest player Olivier Rioux heads to UC Irvine
Olivier Rioux, who at 7-foot-9 is the tallest player in college basketball history, has committed to play for UC Irvine.,The Canadian center redshirted for Florida during its 2024-25 national championship season and played in just 11 games in 2025-26.,"Next stop, Irvine, California," Rioux wrote Thu...
Alex Condon confirms return to Gators for senior season
Alex Condon confirmed he will be back with the Gators for his senior season in 2026-27. ,Condon was the team's leading scorer last season, when Florida entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed but fell in the Elite Eight against No. 9 seed Iowa in a bid to repeat as national champions. ,The 6-11 ...
High scorer Liv McGill transferring from Florida to Oklahoma State
Former Florida guard Liv McGill, one of the most highly-touted players in the women's college basketball transfer portal, committed to Oklahoma State on Tuesday.,McGill put up 22.5 points, 6.3 assists, 6.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game in 31 starts for the Gators in her sophomore season. She play...
Ex-NFL, UFL cornerback Chris-Payton Jones dies in crash
Former NFL and UFL cornerback Chris Payton-Jones died in a car accident Saturday night in Alachua County, Fla. He was 30.,Payton-Jones was driving a sedan eastbound in the westbound lanes of State Road 24 in Gainesville when it collided head-on with a pickup truck, according to a report from the Flo...
Rebuilding Rangers, injury-plagued Panthers playing out the string
The New York Rangers were the NHL's best team in the 2023-24 regular season.,The Florida Panthers won the past two Stanley Cup championships.,Yet, when the Rangers visit the Panthers in Sunrise, Fla., on Monday night, it somehow will be a battle between two of the eight worst teams in the league. Bo...
Maple Leafs, Panthers play out the string with youngsters
The Toronto Maple Leafs will host the Florida Panthers in something of an anticlimactic Saturday night bout.,The reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers (37-38-4, 78 points) and their 2025 Eastern Conference semifinal victims find themselves at the bottom of the Atlantic Division with three games rem...
Rickard Rakell scores twice as Penguins handle Panthers
Rickard Rakell scored twice, and Evgeni Malkin added a pair of helpers as the Pittsburgh Penguins upended the visiting Florida Panthers 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.,With the win, the Penguins (40-22-16, 96 points) picked up their second win over the Panthers in as many days and swept the three-game seas...
Panthers D Dmitry Kulikov dealing with broken nose
Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is dealing with a broken nose but could return to the ice this weekend.,Kulikov, 35, has been ruled out of Thursday night's game against the visiting Boston Bruins.,Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Kulikov could barely breathe after suffering the injury on ...
Panthers embark on five-goal first period to wallop Senators
Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and Matthew Tkachuk and Seth Jones each recorded three assists during the Florida Panthers' five-goal first period in a 6-3 victory over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.,Noah Gregor and Mackie Samoskevich notched goals in the first 1:06 of the ga...