SPORTS BLOG BY MADDIE SCHMIDT
Paul and Cheryl Doering were boarding a small airplane in Gainesville, Florida, on a sunny Saturday morning. The year was 1993. They were surrounded by folks wearing orange and blue everything. They were surrounded by prestigious Gator boosters. No one knew who they were, but they, too, were headed to Lexington, Kentucky. As they made [...]
Perry Sylvester's journey is far from ordinary. For the full story: https://mygamedaygal.com/2020/11/25/the-intersection-of-family-and-football-in-the-wake-of-tragedy/.
Dad Full-time dad. Part-time camera man. The interview would not have happened if it wasn't for him. Don't worry, dad got an extra payday.
Mom knows best, right? Tommy Mace never thought he would make the varsity baseball team his freshman year of high school. He never thought he would be getting phone calls from division one baseball programs. He didn’t even think he would play college ball, but his mom always knew. That phrase about motherly instinct seems [...]
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The Florida Gators have a chance to clinch the SEC East this weekend when they take on the Tennessee Volunteers. WR Jacob Copeland has never made it to Atlanta for an SEC Championship, but when he was being recruited the Gators were on their way there. Copeland knew Florida was the place to be. Florida [...]
They can spend endless hours in the gym. They can study the playbook. They can prepare for a big game, but what athletes can't do is prepare for a tragedy. No one can.
Here's a sneak peak of a very special story that I am working on. Newberry Panthers TE Perry Sylvester and HC Ed Johnson have leaned on one another following the loss of Sylvester's mom, who was also Johnson's cousin. The intersection of family and football has never meant more.
The Los Angeles Dodgers claimed their first World Series title in more than three decades Tuesday night. The 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays sealed the Dodgers’ seventh World Series title and became the sixth since the team moved to Los Angeles. The city went crazy. Putting it in Perspective Tuesday night’s win in [...]
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The Florida Gator volleyball team opens its' season on the road tonight. The fourth-ranked Gators will face the Auburn Tigers for game one of an eight-game 2020 season. An Unexpected Year Causes an Unexpected Season COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the world and nearly every sport, including volleyball. Two months later than usual, the Gators [...]
