Can Joe Houston restore Gators’ special-teams tradition after disastrous 2023? | Knights add familiar face in Sean Beckton | Orlando’s Omari Jones prevails in opening bout at Paris Olympics

UF football report: Gators open fall camp with LB Shemar James healthy, ready to lead • UCF football report: Knights add a familiar face in Sean Beckton

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Sentinel Sports Final Thursday, August 1, 2024

Can Joe Houston restore Gators’ special-teams tradition after disastrous 2023? | Knights add familiar face in Sean Beckton | Orlando’s Omari Jones prevails in opening bout at Paris Olympics Can Joe Houston restore Gators’ special-teams tradition after disastrous 2023? He thinks so Urban Meyer’s Gators were amid a run of two national championships in three seasons with special teams playing a vital role. From 2006-09, Florida blocked 23 kicks and had 4 touchdown returns. In two seasons under Billy Napier, it has just 3 blocks and no touchdown returns. Read more → UF football report: Gators open fall camp with LB Shemar James healthy, ready to lead The Gators had the first of 17 practices until preparations begin for a season-opening visit from Miami on Aug. 31 in the Swamp. Read more → UCF football report: Knights add a familiar face in Sean Beckton Beckton spent several stints as an assistant coach, helping the Knights capture four conference titles and appear in two New Year's Six bowl games. Read more → USF's defense is deeper and stronger. But will it be better? Prevailing sentiment is, the most noticeable upgrade — at least through the calendar year's first seven months — occurred in the secondary, the most beleaguered Bulls unit in 2023. Read more → Orlando's Omari Jones pitches a shutout in opening bout at Paris Olympics As a 22-year-old boxer with gold-medal ambitions, the Edgewater High grad was all business on Wednesday in his Olympic debut, easily defeating a former Asian Games silver medalist in a unanimous decision. Read more → U.S. tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men's basketball quarterfinals Led by Miami's Bam Adebayo, the U.S. reserves scored 66 points. Read more → Pride host Racing Louisville in Summer Cup group-stage finale Reserve players have risen to the occasion to help the Pride maintain their stalwartness. Read more → Bradley's win streak ended by Marlins The righthander had won three straight starts and was 5-0 in eight outings since consecutive losses to Baltimore in early June. Read more → Edgewater team's trip to Europe will be about more than football The school and College Park community had already orchestrated mission trips to Guatemala with huge success, but this task to travel to England has been much greater. There was plenty of fundraising and then the logistics of such an undertaking. Read more → Chris Perkins: Dolphins edge rushers, led by Chop Robinson and Emmanuel Ogbah, off to an encouraging start Dolphins edge rushers are off to a solid start to camp. If Miami can find an effective edge rushing combination that doesn't include Bradley Chubb or Jaelan Phillips for the first part of the season, you can pencil it into the playoffs. Read more →

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