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Supreme Court will not hear Florida sports betting challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to take up a challenge to the Seminole Tribe's exclusive rights to online sports betting in Florida.,The nation's top court denied a petition from opponents, including West Flagler Associates and the Bonita-Fort Myers Corp., businesses that operate racetracks an...
Jayda Coleman's HR powers Sooners over Florida, into WCWS final
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jayda Coleman delivered a walk-off home run to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning to give Oklahoma a 6-5 win over Florida on Tuesday in the Women's College World Series semifinal.,Coleman belted Keagan Rothrock's 2-1 pitch over the left field wall to send the Sooners to the WC...
Florida ends Oklahoma's WCWS win streak; elimination game Tues.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Florida hit four home runs, including two by Skylar Wallace and an inside-the-parker by Kendra Falby, as the Gators knocked off Oklahoma 9-3 in the Women's College World Series on Monday.,The teams will play again Tuesday in an elimination game for a berth in the WCWS Championship S...
Jocelyn Erickson collects 4 RBIs as Florida knocks off Alabama at WCWS
Jocelyn Erickson went 2-for-3 with four RBIs, blasting a three-run home run in the sixth inning, to lift Florida to a 6-4 victory over Alabama on Sunday in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.,The Gators (53-14) will take on second-seeded Oklahoma in the WCWS sem...
Mac Morgan dominates as Texas clubs Florida at WCWS
Mac Morgan allowed just one hit and top-seeded Texas had two big innings at the plate as the Longhorns beat Florida 10-0 in five innings in a Women's College World Series winner's bracket game in Oklahoma City.,The Longhorns, 2-0 in the WCWS for the first time since 2003, have allowed just two hits ...
Florida shuts down Oklahoma State at WCWS
Keagan Rothrock threw a two-hitter to lead the fourth-seeded Florida Gators to a 1-0 win over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City on Thursday night.,Katie Kistler hit a solo home run for the game's only score.,Florida (52-13) will play top-seeded Texas on...
Walter Clayton Jr. withdraws from draft to return to Florida
Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr. withdrew from the NBA draft on Monday and will play another season in Gainesville, the university said.,After multiple reports indicated Clayton was coming back to Florida, the rising senior appeared to confirm it with a minute-long highlight clip posted to social me...
Jaden Rashada sues Florida's Billy Napier over NIL deal
Former Florida recruit Jaden Rashada is suing Gators football coach Billy Napier and a prominent booster over a $13.85 million name, image and likeness deal that went awry.,A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida alleges that they made "false and fraud...
Ex-Colorado CB Cormani McClain heading to Florida
Cormani McClain, the No. 1 cornerback prospect of the Class of 2023, is transferring from Colorado to Florida.,Multiple outlets reported the news on Wednesday, before the Florida native posted a photo and message on social media confirming the news.,"It's always a lesson when you take a lost, as soo...
Choosing Orlando for the Pro Bowl exemplifies the NFL’s wishy-washy stance on racial, social issues
There’s nothing more infuriating than a fake ally. And no one is a better model of that than the NFL....
Donald Trump taking away Miami's spotlight like OJ's Bronco chase
June is typically the unofficial end of the sports calendar and a month-long sporting season finale. Once the calendar flips to late July, MLB’s All-Star festivities, intermittent tennis Grand Slams, and international football competitions are the major scheduled events to keep us going until the NF...
Ron DeSantis’ new law is racist — Black college athletes, NCAA need to boycott Florida
Never go anywhere you aren’t invited. This week, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis did his best to uninvite anyone that isn’t white to the state’s colleges and universities. It’s time educators of color, Black athletes, and the NCAA boycott baby Trump....
Can college basketball’s AFC Richmond bounce back from their season finale?
Lamont Butler’s dagger as the buzzer sounded in Houston was a coup de grâce to Florida Atlantic’s storybook season. From being picked fifth in the preseason conference tournament to blitzing through their schedule, the Owls served wake-up calls to each and every one of their opponents en route to th...
Don't call Florida Atlantic a 'Cinderella'
Don’t fall for the Cinderella trap. That’s the general consensus from Florida Atlantic superfans, boosters, and radio-play-by-play announcers celebrating the Owls’ East regional title at the Time Square Marriott Marquis well after midnight. Given the trend in this NCAA Tournament beginning with Furm...
It would be cool if some of the Jacksonville Jaguars kneeled in protest of Ron DeSantis’ recent actions
When the Jaguars take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium, it will be Jacksonville’s first time playing in the Divisional Round since 2017 — which is also the last time the Jags made the playoffs. 2017 is coincidentally the same year in which members of the team kneeled agains...
Ron DeSantis is going full Florida Man on NHL diversity job fair
Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ obsession with anything that is of interest to minorities or marginalized groups has gone past disturbing. In his worldview, the only discrimination that matters is anything that benefits disadvantaged communities. The newest target of his anti-woke diatribes is the NH...
Hurricane Ian has sports world rescheduling games
As large parts of Florida brace for the impact of Hurricane Ian, the sports world has rescheduled several games, with more likely on the way. Ian, a category 4 storm that has brought damage and flooding to Cuba, is expected to make landfall late Wednesday afternoon and continue piercing through cent...
DeSantis pulls Rays funding after gun control tweets, donation
Oh, doesn’t it just give you so much faith in our country’s leadership and…nope, can’t even finish that sentence. In an apparent act of retaliation earlier this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $35 million in state funding that would have gone to a youth sports complex in the Tampa area that t...
Coco Gauff continues to be the adult in the room/state of Florida
Count me among the cynical who aren’t surprised that a 17-year-old tennis player knows better than the entire Florida GOP....