UF football report: Injured RB Montrell Johnson watches Gators practice • Orlando’s Omari Jones drops close decision but secures Team USA’s only men’s boxing medal at Paris Olympics
Sentinel Sports Final Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | | |
| | | | | Is the glass half-empty or half-full for Omari Jones? He lost a boxing semifinal by close decision Tuesday, but the Orlando native is still the only one in the men's division to bring back a medal (bronze). Look at the scores. One judge had Jones winning all three rounds. Another had his opponent winning all three rounds. 😲 ... Montrell Johnson was back on the sideline in Gainesville, but he didn't practice after a surgical procedure. ... The Olympics are going according to form for USA men's basketball and women's soccer, but the 1500 in track and field is another story. What a shocker. ... Gus Malzahn appears to have scored a big get in a Cocoa receiver, but keep in mind Jayvan Boggs has backed off previous "commitments" to Ohio State and Missouri. What's the over/under on a commitment to a fourth school before it becomes binding? ... UCF fans don't appreciate Gus Malzahn? Mike Bianchi suggests this might be the case, but social media has a tendency to warp reality. Do people use it to praise or say thank you to anyone? No. They use it ONLY when they want to gripe about someone, something and it doesn't matter if they're basing it on fallacy. What do you think? | | | | In the upcoming recruiting cycle, UCF is ranked 25th nationally, ahead of every other school in the Big 12 except TCU and ahead of several SEC schools — including Florida. | | | | | The senior running back wore a black non-contact jersey and watched practice Tuesday after minor right knee surgery. | | | | | Omari Jones, who had been dominant in his first two Olympic bouts, dropped a 3-2 split decision in the semifinal at Rolando-Garros Stadium. No other boxer for Team USA men won a medal. | | | | | The Knights have been pushing players during fall camp in an effort to build durability, something they lacked last season. | | | | | Three years ago, an international track and field statistics manual spelled Cole Hocker's last name Hooker. The world knows his name now. Hocker won what was billed as the race for the ages Tuesday, the most anticipated event in the 11-day Olympic track meet at Stade de France, the men's 1,500-meter final. | | | | | With the long-term futures of Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle secured, Dolphins safety Jevon Holland is next to wonder whether he will get a new contract with Miami. | | | | | There will be a Heat reunion in the men's basketball semifinals of the 2024 Olympics with center Bam Adebayo and Team USA defeating Brazil and forward Nikola Jovic and Serbia earning an OT win over Australia in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. | | | | | Cocoa receiver Jayvan Boggs joins offensive lineman Jaquez Joiner as a UCF commit. Verbal commitments are nonbinding and the early National Signing Day is not until Dec. 4, the earliest ever football signing period for incoming freshmen. | | | | | In the past eight weeks, Emma Hayes has managed to do what the last two coaches of the women's national soccer team couldn't do in the past eight years, which is get the U.S. to the gold-medal match in the Olympic Games. The Americans accomplished that Tuesday, advancing to the final. | | | | | Lake County's Vanessa Waite won two sprints at the AAU Jr. Olympics. One coach leaves for Georgia. Another steps back at Boone. | | | | | Sonny Gray held the Rays (57-55) to two runs on four hits in seven innings. Both runs scored in the first inning, and Gray allowed just two hits in his final five innings on the mound. He struck out six and walked just one, the first batter of the game. | | | | | Joint practice observations between the Dolphins and Falcons as Miami has a successful day on both sides of the ball. Plus, stock up and stock down. | | | |
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