The Challenge: Where sports and entertainment meet for a marvelous orgy
By JESSE SIMONTON | July 28, 2011MTV’s “The Challenge: Rivals” is the best damn show on TV not starring Larry David.
MTV’s “The Challenge: Rivals” is the best damn show on TV not starring Larry David.
Routinely referred to as the fastest man in college football, Florida running back Jeff Demps has an alter ego, one that has always come second to football.
Caution: This column is not for the mentally weak or irrationally bigoted. This is not a religious debate or political plea; this is a call for open-mindedness and acceptance. Stop reading if you hate equality and don’t advocate change.
If you weren’t in front of the television watching the United States play Brazil on Saturday, I feel sorry for you. The women wearing the red, white and blue showed incredible resolve in one of the most epic comebacks the sport has ever seen.
Like any good American this weekend, I drank Bud Light, shot bottle rockets at friends and saw “Transformers III.”
Pay attention, recruits. Will Muschamp isn't playing games.
The Gators won an absolutely, down-right riveting game Sunday to advance to the College World Series in back-to-back years for the first time in school history.
Pryor, Panda & other musings from a Mouth From the South
As Brian Johnson lay motionless just off the clay of the pitcher’s mound Saturday at the Southeastern Conference Tournament, one thought reverberated through my mind.
Mike Lupica shoots from the lip. Pat Dooley strokes the back nine, and Bill Simmons writes 10,000-word mailbags.
Softball teams around the country should be taking notes. Coach Tim Walton has built a superpower in Gainesville.
The Philadelphia Phillies sport R2C2. The Miami Heat roll with Three 6 Mafia. The No. 6 Gators baseball team has Lou Pearlman and his throng of boy bands.
Spring football practice is over, so they tell me. And the Orange and Blue Debut came and went unspectacularly.
In a month’s time, Titletown U.S.A. — or just Gainesville as the rest of the country refers to it — could be drowning in hardware once again. Florida athletics are at an all-time high. Any number of teams could bring a championship back to The Gator Nation.
During my four long years of college, I developed a least favorite question.
Sports weren’t always a passion of mine.
Anything to relieve stress: It’s scotch and smokes one night, the gym the next.
“Hey you, Spartacus. Take it outside, asshole.”
Disappointment is defined as the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations.