Welcome to the dead zone: America’s blackening hole
By JESSE SIMONTON | July 4, 2011Like any good American this weekend, I drank Bud Light, shot bottle rockets at friends and saw “Transformers III.”
Like any good American this weekend, I drank Bud Light, shot bottle rockets at friends and saw “Transformers III.”
Pay attention, recruits. Will Muschamp isn't playing games.
The Gators won an absolutely, down-right riveting game Sunday to advance to the College World Series in back-to-back years for the first time in school history.
Pryor, Panda & other musings from a Mouth From the South
As Brian Johnson lay motionless just off the clay of the pitcher’s mound Saturday at the Southeastern Conference Tournament, one thought reverberated through my mind.
Mike Lupica shoots from the lip. Pat Dooley strokes the back nine, and Bill Simmons writes 10,000-word mailbags.
Softball teams around the country should be taking notes. Coach Tim Walton has built a superpower in Gainesville.
The Philadelphia Phillies sport R2C2. The Miami Heat roll with Three 6 Mafia. The No. 6 Gators baseball team has Lou Pearlman and his throng of boy bands.
Spring football practice is over, so they tell me. And the Orange and Blue Debut came and went unspectacularly.
In a month’s time, Titletown U.S.A. — or just Gainesville as the rest of the country refers to it — could be drowning in hardware once again. Florida athletics are at an all-time high. Any number of teams could bring a championship back to The Gator Nation.
During my four long years of college, I developed a least favorite question.
Sports weren’t always a passion of mine.
Anything to relieve stress: It’s scotch and smokes one night, the gym the next.
“Hey you, Spartacus. Take it outside, asshole.”
Disappointment is defined as the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations.
In the wake of another disappointing, but all too familiar, John Brantley performance on Saturday — 4-of-14 passing, 45 yards, no touchdowns; the only thing missing was an interception — people are already looking to stir up a quarterback controversy in Gainesville.
Will Muschamp said on the first day of spring practice that Florida’s preliminary depth chart was worth as much as the sheet of paper it was printed on. Three weeks later, the value has not gone up — at least not for the quarterbacks.
ANTHONY CHIANG- Chaing Reaction
“Christ, hurry. Brendan just bet Michigan plus-4.”