All aboard the Twitter train as it gains steam in sports world
By ADAM BERRY | June 8, 2009As you may have noticed, coaches, players and media outlets alike are hopping on the Twitter bandwagon.
As you may have noticed, coaches, players and media outlets alike are hopping on the Twitter bandwagon.
Kevin O'Sullivan's words seemed to hit Brandon McArthur like a eulogy.
The Gators have come from behind to win 27 games this season, but it was their inability to protect a five-run lead that ended their season.
The Gators have come from behind to win 27 games this season, but it was their inability to protect a 6-1 lead that ended their season.
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A season's worth of accomplishments earned UF the No. 8 national seed and the right to host an NCAA Super Regional, but Southern Miss continued to defy the odds in its unlikely run for Omaha, Neb., with a 9-7 victory in McKethan Stadium on Saturday.
OKLAHOMA CITY - "Hindsight is 50/50."
When he came to Gainesville to play for the UF baseball team, Brandon McArthur did not plan to stay for six years.
Last weekend the Gators vanquished a common foe. Now they must get past an unfamiliar team to continue their journey.
OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Replacing the most storied senior class in UF softball history certainly won't be easy for coach Tim Walton and the 13 other players on this year's team.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Two nights after triumphantly rounding the bases and getting buried at the bottom of a dogpile following her walk-off grand slam against Alabama, Ali Gardiner fell to her knees beside home plate with her head in her hands.
UF football starting cornerback Janoris Jenkins was arrested Saturday morning after a fight that resulted in Jenkins being Tasered.
It was a tale of two teams going in opposite directions.
While some sports fans know UF athletics only for basketball and football, there is another sport on campus hoping for championship glory.
OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Washington didn't just punch UF in the stomach; the Huskies reached into the Gators' collective chest and pulled out their still-beating heart like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.
The Gators entered the NCAA Championships full of confidence after a win at the Southwest Regional, but that quickly changed as a dismal first round left the team searching for its swagger.
OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Three big plays and one dominant pitcher put the UF softball team one loss away from falling short of its season-long goal of a national championship.
When Miami last came to town during the final weekend of February, UF freshman Preston Tucker was fighting for playing time and hitting sixth or seventh in the lineup. The 'Canes swept the Gators on that trip.
Miami isn't used to the scene that played out Sunday night.
OKLAHOMA CITY - With her team down by three, two outs on the board and the bases loaded, Ali Gardiner stepped up to the plate in the midst of the worst hitting slump of her career.