GCTV: Bryan Holmes

Tales from the Hot Seat: Can Illinois win one for the Zooker?

Profiles of the nation’s most embattled coaches. Ron Zook, God bless him, will always be remembered for two things: one, being the unlucky duck tapped to immediately succeed Steve Spurrier at Florida, and two, being the coach that inspired the “Start a FireCoachX.com Web site the same day Coach X is hired” trend

Some pre-emptive cold water for 2010’s winter/spring darlings

The “pre-preseason” rankings that pundits have been churning out earlier and earlier each year give some indication as to which teams will be the trendy picks through spring and summer. That goes for national-title favorites as well as the “sleeper” teams supposedly poised to present the big boys with their biggest challenges

Ochocinco Bashes Colin Cowherd on Twitter

After ESPN’s Colin Cowherd made some upsetting comments on a recent radio show about Chad Ochocinco, the Bengals’ receiver unleashed a barrage of verbal attacks on the host via his Twitter page.

Headlinin’: Will no one curb the lawless infamy of … Utah football?

Making the morning rounds. •

Kids lead the way as Gators roll, 8-2

By now, most fans of the University of Florida baseball team are well-aware the Gators were the darling of the national media heading into the 2010 season. An incredibly deep stable of talented young pitchers would be cited by many preseason publications as the primary reason for including Florida among the top-ten college baseball programs in the country heading into the season.

Countdown to spring FB: running backs

Just because a pure passer takes over at quarterback for Tim Tebow doesn’t mean the Florida Gators are going to start throwing the ball all over the yard and abandon the running game in 2010.

The class of 2011: Looking at QB

Ever since National Signing Day came and went back in February, it seems everywhere I turn, that the first question anyone wants to ask is “who will Florida sign at quarterback this year?”

SOFTBALL: Gators open SEC season

The third-ranked Florida Gators don’t get time to bask in the glory of their fireworks show on the West Coast, where they scored 53 runs in four games, before taking the SEC schedule head-on.

Shipman selected top SEC scholar-athlete

Led by the 2010 Southeastern Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year in Gator sophomore Ray Shipman (Miramar, Fla.), three Florida basketball players received 2010 conference accolades, announced by the league Tuesday.