Did Georgia’s Kirby Smart convince Jaden Rashada to sue UF’s Billy Napier? | Commentary • Eustis walks off again to claim FHSAA softball state title
 Sentinel Sports Final Friday, May 24, 2024 | | |
| | | | | What a way to win a state championship for Eustis on consecutive walkoffs. Does it get any better than that? ... UCF baseball is solidifying its spot to make the NCAA field. ... Given how successful Georgia has been vs. the Gators, why on earth would Kirby Smart need to put Jaden Rashada up to anything? Clearly, there are other voices in his ear leading the charge. If a signed contract was broken, however, can you blame him? ... If the Pride can stay unbeaten against Portland, it's probably safe to bet a deep postseason run will be the minimum at this rate. Barbra Banda has delivered. ... It's good to see so many people coming to the defense of Scottie Scheffler after his run-in with police instead of throwing out "he should've complied" to justify questionable behavior. I wonder what 's led to this common sense change in perspective. What's different? Bueller? Anybody? 🤔 ... Big-money changes are ahead in regards to the NCAA and schools paying athletes. Except they'll no longer have to use brown paper bags under the table. ... JB Bickerstaff is unemployed. The coach of the team that eliminated the Magic, finished No. 4 in the East, lost to Boston in 5 but likely would 've pushed the C's to 7 if they weren't missing their starting center, eventually best scorer and sixth man off the bench. When the team leaked to media they were doing "ongoing evaluations" a few weeks ago, an attempt to grease the skids, that was code for: "He's fired, but we can't say it yet because it would look really bad to fire him after taking us on our best run since LeBron James so we're gonna wait. " If you believe there were "ongoing evaluations" you probably believed OJ when he said he was working tirelessly to find the real killers. His star player (Donovan Mitchell) didn't like him. I was told three other players (likely friends of the star) didn't either. Out of 17. So of course, you gotta fire the coach 🙄 | | | | Pinch hitter AJ Nessler's RBI single in the top of the 11th lifts the Knights to their first Big 12 Championship semifinals. | | | | | Why in the world would Kirby Smart want to get Billy Napier fired when Smart's Bulldogs are pulverizing Napier's Gators without even breaking a sweat? | | | | | Eustis won in walk-off fashion in a state semifinal and state championship game at Legends Way Ballfields in Clermont this week to claim its second FHSAA title in four years. | | | | | Orlando is on a historic run to start the season, going unbeaten in 10 games including seven straight wins. | | | | | Skylar Wallace has an 11-game hitting streak and has 16 RBI, with 4 home runs, during five postseason games. She has raised her batting average to .412 after seeing it dip to .368 on May 1. | | | | | J.B. Bickerstaff was fired as Cleveland's coach on Thursday despite leading the Cavaliers through an injury-ravaged season and into the second round of the NBA playoffs. | | | | | Authorities say the Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship is receiving "corrective action" for not having his body-worn camera activated when he approached the golfer's vehicle and was allegedly dragged to the ground. Louisville police said Thursday that they don't have footage of the initial interaction Friday between Scheffler and Louisville Detective Bryan Gillis outside Valhalla Golf Club. The golfer was arrested on charges that he injured Gillis and disobeyed commands, but Scheffler has called the incident a misunderstanding. Officials didn't elaborate on what "corrective action" has been taken against Gillis for not having his bodycam turned on. | | | | | At the time of UF's stunning 14-13 overtime loss to Syracuse in 2012, Amanda O'Leary figured it would be the first of many Final Fours for her third-year program. Instead, her Gators have consistently come up short, including seven losses during the Elite Eight. | | | | | At softball state finals, Horizon had a tough game in the Class 5A semis while Eustis had another one-run thriller in the 4A championship. | | | | | The NCAA and Southeastern Conference leadership have approved a $2.8 billion settlement of antitrust claims, moving college athletics closer to some of the most sweeping changes in its history. The Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 have also backed the plan. Leadership for the Pac-12 is expected to consider the plan later Thursday. The plan would settle three major antitrust lawsuits, though there are questions still to be answered. Among them is whether a fourth lawsuit will be part of the settlement. | | | | | The Sooners, who improved to 53-6, broke the game open with a five-run fourth inning Thursday night. | | | | | Two nights after his game-saving 3-pointer and one day after he was left out of the voting for the league's top 15 players, Brown scored 10 points during a 20-0 Boston run that turned a first-quarter deficit into a second-quarter lead that the Celtics never relinquished. | | | | | Toronto has been awarded the WNBA's first franchise outside the United States, with the expansion team set to begin play in 2026. | | | |
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