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Kevin O'Sullivan has the Gators in contention to host an NCAA regional (Photo by Chris Spears) It’s the final weekend of the 2026 college baseball regular season and the 19th ranked Florida Gators (34-18, 15-12 SEC) travel to the Bayou to face archrival LSU (29-24, 9-18 SEC) beginning Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. EST. LSU is having its worst season in years and will have to win the SEC tournament next week just to make the NCAA tournament. The Gators, fresh off a series win ve

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Thursday morning: In his first scrimmage Wednesday at the NBA Draft Combine, Rueben Chinyelu scored 13 points on 5-8 shooting from the field while grabbing five rebounds. It was a strong showing for Chinyelu, who is both physically imposing and ever so intriguing. Strong enough to move him easily into the first round and high enough that he would forego the money to return to the University of Florida? That remains to

Denzel Aberdeen may have gotten help from an unexpected source in his quest for a waiver (Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Tuesday morning: With the NCAA likely to exclude grandfathering in players who have already completed four years of eligibility when it enacts the 5-for-5 legislation, the Florida Gators and Denzel Aberdeen got a boost in their quest to get Aberdeen his fifth year. The NCAA, in its infinite wisdom, gave an eligibility waiver to Fra

There are skeptics as well there should be. Jon Sumrall has the entire Gator Nation on its feet and paying attention for a news flash that another highly regarded recruit has committed to play for the Gators. When it comes to recruiting these are the most exciting times since Will Muschamp put together back-to-back classes that were ranked No. 3 nationally. Recruiting is the lifeblood of all college football programs and Florida’s recruiting has fallen into an abyss, which ha

A few thoughts to jump start your Saturday morning: Jon Sumrall struck again Friday when 4-star running back Andrew Beard (5-9, 195, Bogart, GA, Prince Avenue Christian) committed to Florida, choosing the Gators over Clemson, Georgia and Tennessee. The No. 8 running back in the country, Beard is Florida’s 14th commitment overall. Florida is the hottest team in the country on the recruiting trail these days. Jason Higdon, whose 1standtenFlorida site is the best and final wor

A few thoughts to jump start your Thursday morning: Is there a hotter brand on the recruiting trail right now than the Florida Gators? In the past month, Jon Sumrall has taken the Gators from never never land in the recruiting rankings to No. 6 at both 247Sports and On3. Of Florida’s 13 commitments, 10 have pledged to Florida since April 8 when 5-star guard Maxwell Hiller announced for the Gators. Sumrall and offensive line coach Phil Trautwein are putting together the foun

After taking out two of three at Oklahoma last weekend, the Kentucky series carries weight as the Gators could lock in as a national seed/regional host if they win their last two SEC series against the Wildcats and LSU.

And that was the maddening thing about Florida football for so long. It was not poor. It was not hidden. It was not without passion. It simply had not decided, fully and permanently, what it wanted to become. Then, eventually, the alligator opened one eye. Although warned, the Gator had been poked.

(UAA Photo) The Gator softball team enters the post season this Thursday in the SEC Softball Tournament in Lexington, Kentucky. They will play the first game of the day after getting one of the double byes for finishing the regular season in third place with a record of 17-7 in the conference. Their opponent will be the winner of the game on Wednesday between Texas A&M and the winner of the Tuesday game between Auburn and Missouri. The Gators dropped two of three to close out

Florida's newest addition, Domen Petrovic (UAA Photo) What happened with Todd Golden and the Florida Gators Monday should reverberate throughout the Southeastern Conference and all of Division I college basketball. By signing hybrid forward Domen Petrovic (6-9, 220) from Slovenia, a shooter who hit 40.5 percent from three for Sencur Gorenjska Druzba Kranj during the season in Europe, Golden let the rest of the world know he doesn’t have to search high and wide for a point gua

You don’t have to know a thing about bloodlines or fractions or Beyer figures to understand the Kentucky Derby. It explains itself in thunder.

(Photo by Chris Spears) A few thoughts to jump start your Sunday morning: You can’t blame Anthony Richardson for leaving Florida for the NFL after the 2022 season. In his one season as the Gators’ starting quarterback, Richardson oozed potential even though it was a year filled with inconsistency. NFL scouts thought that with some coaching they could bring out the best in Richardson, whose size, speed and arm strength made him the prototype of the future. Indianapolis took hi