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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Ryan Haley
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More than two months before the trumpets and fanfare of national championships, Fred Biondi teared up on Southern Highlands’ ninth fairway in Las Vegas. He rode into the Gators’ third event of the season on a high. He won the individual title at the Sea Best Invitational to kick off the spring and followed it…
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As LSU designated hitter Brayden Jobert rounded the bases, the third-base dugout of Florida Ballpark lost its mind. As the Tigers’ roster whooped, hollered and rattled the dugout cage to celebrate the sophomore’s second home run of the day, a ‘L-S-U’ chant broke out among the smattering of purple and gold faithful in attendance. The…
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Jud Fabian barely needed to watch the ball fly through the dim Gainesville sky. He tossed his now-unneccessary bat to the dirt as the ball sailed into the visitor’s bullpen of Florida Ballpark. 3-2, Gators lead. “I figured…they’d give me a first-pitch heater,” Fabian said. “And I got a first-pitch heater.” Florida (16-5) battled off…
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The Mike White era in Gainesville is reportedly over. The Florida men’s basketball coach, who took over the Gators’ program in 2015, is reportedly leaving for the rival Georgia Bulldogs, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein shared Sunday. White, who helmed the orange and blue for the past seven seasons, went 142-88 overall and 72-52 in the…
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The Florida Gators women’s basketball, for the first time since December 2016, cracked the Associated Press Top 25, debuting at No. 19. The Gators, under interim head coach Kelly Rae Finley, sit 17-6 for the year and 7-3 in the Southeastern Conference, good enough for third in the SEC and two games behind No. 1…
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The Gator Slant, an all-sports Florida Gators podcast, will air a live episode for only the second time this upcoming week. Co-hosts Brian Fox, Jesse Richardson and Ryan Haley will be at Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille on Wednesday February 2nd at 8 p.m for an exciting, in-depth preview of Florida baseball as the clock ticks closer…
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The Florida Gators football team added a second name to its’ signing class Monday, this time at the quarterback position with 3-star Max Brown. The Oklahoma native, formerly a Central Michigan commit until Sunday, shared his announcement on Twitter just one day after he shared the Gators extended him a scholarship offer. Brown, who committed…
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Florida head coach Billy Napier’s inaugural recruiting class landed another feather for its’ cap Monday with the commitment of 3-star defensive end Andrew Savaiinaea. Savaiinaea, who also lists himself as a tight end and an outside linebacker in his twitter bio, stands 6-foot-3 and 258 pounds. He’s the 113th-ranked defensive lineman and 13th-best prospect from…
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Florida cornerback Kaiir Elam declared for the 2022 NFL Draft on Monday, he announced on social media. The star defensive back, who started in 26 of the 34 games he appeared in over his three years with the Gators, will forgo his senior season to enter the professional ranks early. The former four-star recruit, according…
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Florida women’s basketball is off to a 10-5 start to the 2021-22 season, but it will finish out the year without star junior guard Lavender Briggs. Briggs, who led Florida with 12.5 points and 5.6 rebounds a game so far this season, announced her season was over via an Instagram post Thursday night. Interim coach…
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