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Florida gymnastics set its highest score in an opening meet in program history last Friday at Auburn. Florida’s 197.5 will be an away score it’ll be happy to carry with them well into the season as RQS approaches, and it also maintains the No. 1 ranking in the nation for the Gators. Despite the strong…
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we’re back! Welcome back, Gators and gym fans alike, to LIVE gymnastics coverage! We’re so excited to be able to bring this to you once again this year, albeit from a broadcast rather than the arena itself. Tonight, the Gators face off at Auburn in the first of a two-meet series this season, as…
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The Florida Gators men’s basketball team traveled to Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide in a battle of the final two teams undefeated in conference play. However, the Gators were rebounded and shot into submission before leaving with their first SEC loss, 86-71. The Gators struggled in the opening half, especially on the defensive…
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Florida opened their home conference slate Saturday against LSU with a thrilling back-and-forth battle before eventually defeating the Tigers 83-79. The first half was very even as neither team lead by more than five points. The Tigers started fast, making their first three attempts from beyond the arc. The Gators, however, who came into this…
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The Florida Gators played its first game without star Keyontae Johnson against Vanderbilt Wednesday. The team won its SEC opener handily by a score of 91-72. The teams got off to a fairly even start, deadlocked at 14 apiece through the opening seven minutes, but then Florida clamped down hard defensively. Vanderbilt went nearly six…
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The University of Florida women’s basketball team is off to it’s best start since head coach Cameron Newbauer took over the program before the 2017-18 season. The 7-1 Gators face an enormous task in an attempt to improve that mark as they are now scheduled to face No. 5 ranked South Carolina in Columbia to…
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For their 2020 season, the Gator gymnasts’ motto was #NOW, to remind them that nothing is promised and they would have to leave it all on the floor in order to win the championship titles they sought after a disappointing end to the 2019 season left them off the nationals roster. Sadly, the 2020 season…
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Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White spoke with the media Monday for the first time since Keyontae Johnson’s health crisis on Dec. 12 and touched on the role the star looks to take moving forward with the program and how the team is adjusting. Johnson, who collapsed on the court against Tallahassee two weeks ago,…
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Keyontae Johnson, Florida’s star forward who collapsed on the court last week in Tallahassee, has been diagnosed with acute myocarditis, as first reported by the Gainesville Sun’s Zach Abolverdi Tuesday. The infection is described as an inflammation of muscle within the heart and said to typically be caused by viral infection, which raises the obvious…
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Final: Florida 89, North Florida 64 The Florida Gators are off to their best start in five years after defeating North Florida 89-64 in it’s non-conference finale on Monday. Florida got started early and often, scoring 31 points in the first quarter. Danielle Rainey paced all scorers in the first period with ten while Kiki…
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