April 23rd, 2007 03:08pm
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NFL Draft Day used to be one of the biggest days in my life when I covered the NFL. This was before ESPN super-sized it and turned it into an all day for the suckers. I’d hunker down in front of the TV with all kinds of information trying to be a so-called expert. It evolved into the 1990s when I was covering the Gators and usually spent draft day at a player’s home. Two of my favorite days were …
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April 3rd, 2007 08:57pm
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Gator fans were still buzzing about the basketball team’s back-to-back-to-back national titles in basketball and football Tuesday morning.
That includes the one in Columbia, S.C., who was getting ready to tee it up when he called both Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley and basketball coach Billy Donovan to offer his congratulations.
“That’s an amazing basketball team,” said South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier in a cell phone call to The Sun. “Billy has done an unbelievable job with them.”
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April 2nd, 2007 08:36pm
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Florida fans were the loudest group on the first night of the Final
Four, in part because they had better seats than Ohio State fans. But
the lure of watching another Florida team possibly win a national title
added to the traffic on I-75 on Monday.
Gator fans were everywhere in downtown Atlanta during the day trying
to find tickets from scalpers or disappointed UCLA and Georgetown fans.
Tickets were still hard to find, but not impossible. One scalper told
me …
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April 1st, 2007 07:56pm
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Ron Lewis has us all confused.
Was he trash-talking or giving Florida respect on Sunday?
Maybe a little bit of both.
The Ohio State guard said he considers the Buckeyes to be a great team. Florida, he said, is a good team.
Later, Lewis was asked to clarify what he meant.
“They’re a good team. I look at it as a bad team, middle team and then a good team,” he said. “That’s the top. …
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April 1st, 2007 06:46pm
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It was late and she was tired, but she was also listening as her mother and I discussed the Florida-UCLA game. Saturday had already turned into Sunday and Kelsey had already had a full day.
Her big, weary eyes looked up at me when we began talking about the futures of Florida’s basketball players.
“Daddy, what do you mean Joakim’s leaving?” she said.
“Well, honey, Monday night is probably the last time you’ll see him …
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