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Carter's Corner: Taylor and CGJ in Draft, Billy D's Playoff Exit, Alonso's Climb, More Gators Tidbits
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 | General, Scott Carter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The NFL Draft starts Thursday night and several Gators are expected to be selected in the three-day event, which is being held in Nashville for the first time.
Here is a closer look at the UF players in the draft via Will Pantages. Check out FloridaGators.com for more draft coverage throughout the week.
As always, there's a lot going on this time of year of interest to Gators fans. Here is a look around the internet at topics of interest on Gators of the past, present and future:
-- Former Gators coach Billy Donovan's fourth season leading the Oklahoma City Thunder ended in dramatic fashion Tuesday night: a 37-foot buzzer-beater by Portland's Damian Lillard. Donovan discusses the loss and end of the season below in his postgame press conference:
-- Gators Jawaan Taylor and Chauncey Gardner-Johnson -- and a former Cocoa High teammate -- all are expected to hear their names called in the draft writes Brian McCallum of FloridaToday.com.
-- Gators football staffer Otis Yelverton is placed on leave following stalking arrest writes Robbie Andreu of The Gainesville Sun.
-- Gators head coach Dan Mullen was at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday night revving up interest entering his second season writes Zach Dean of the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
-- Why former Gators slugger Pete Alonso is literally baseball's next big thing writes David Schoenfield of ESPN.com.
-- Gators outfielder Austin Langworthy had a career-high six RBIs on Tuesday night, another sign of his recent turnaround writes Kyle Wood of The Independent Florida Alligator.
-- The UF men's tennis team in search of answers following SEC Tournament loss writes Noah Ram of The Independent Florida Alligator.
-- Former Gators standout Al Horford vs. Brook Lopez figures large in matchup between Boston and Milwaukee in NBA Playoffs writes John Karalis of MassLive.com.
-- Former Gators soccer star Abby Wambach has a new book out and does a Q&A with The New York Times Book Review.
-- Keith Stone, who announced he was transferring from UF last month, is landing at the University of Miami for his final season writes Michelle Kaufman of The Miami Herald.
-- Former Gators catcher Mike Zunino has been productive since the birth of his son over the weekend and factored heavily into another Rays win on Tuesday night writes Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times.
Here is a closer look at the UF players in the draft via Will Pantages. Check out FloridaGators.com for more draft coverage throughout the week.
As always, there's a lot going on this time of year of interest to Gators fans. Here is a look around the internet at topics of interest on Gators of the past, present and future:
-- Former Gators coach Billy Donovan's fourth season leading the Oklahoma City Thunder ended in dramatic fashion Tuesday night: a 37-foot buzzer-beater by Portland's Damian Lillard. Donovan discusses the loss and end of the season below in his postgame press conference:
-- Gators Jawaan Taylor and Chauncey Gardner-Johnson -- and a former Cocoa High teammate -- all are expected to hear their names called in the draft writes Brian McCallum of FloridaToday.com.
-- Gators football staffer Otis Yelverton is placed on leave following stalking arrest writes Robbie Andreu of The Gainesville Sun.
-- Gators head coach Dan Mullen was at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday night revving up interest entering his second season writes Zach Dean of the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
-- Why former Gators slugger Pete Alonso is literally baseball's next big thing writes David Schoenfield of ESPN.com.
-- Gators outfielder Austin Langworthy had a career-high six RBIs on Tuesday night, another sign of his recent turnaround writes Kyle Wood of The Independent Florida Alligator.
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-- The UF men's tennis team in search of answers following SEC Tournament loss writes Noah Ram of The Independent Florida Alligator.
-- Former Gators standout Al Horford vs. Brook Lopez figures large in matchup between Boston and Milwaukee in NBA Playoffs writes John Karalis of MassLive.com.
-- Former Gators soccer star Abby Wambach has a new book out and does a Q&A with The New York Times Book Review.
-- Keith Stone, who announced he was transferring from UF last month, is landing at the University of Miami for his final season writes Michelle Kaufman of The Miami Herald.
-- Former Gators catcher Mike Zunino has been productive since the birth of his son over the weekend and factored heavily into another Rays win on Tuesday night writes Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times.
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