Alleges according to the Daily Business Review article that came out today the Herald’s articles reporting that he or his company is the “target” of a federal criminal investigation is defamatory, whereas saying he is being investigated for federal crimes is not. He doesn’t like the term “target” and claims it is defamatory. Also claims the Herald is anti-Cuban.

I can’t see anyone thinking there is a distinction if he or his company was indeed being investigated for federal crimes. What a tool.

Appears to be the new basketball coach

Saw on Facebook the butt sniffers tried to buy Lagway with 4.5 million dollar offer. Luckily, he said no. This NIL crap should be illegal for signed scholarship players under contract.

Friend just got a text from her son. Hope it turns out to be a nothing burger

I think Franz is one of the best when it comes to covering the basketball program. I’ve found GB is a nice complement to my “1st and 10” subscription. Totally different.

The euphoria of landing Princeton transfer Xaivian Lee got a sobering wakeup call Friday morning when Denzel Aberdeen announced he will enter the transfer portal. Aberdeen, whose contributions off the bench were critical in Florida’s run to the national championship, waited three years for his chance to be a starter and a star, but surprisingly elected to transfer.



Also announcing he will be in the portal was power forward Sam Alexis. Alexis suffered a high ankle sprain in February and was slow recuperating, playing only one time in mop-up duty the rest of the way. A native of Apopka, Alexis is likely to commit to UCF.



Aberdeen averaged 7.7 points, mostly off the bench. In a six game stretch in which he started due to injuries to Walter Clayton Jr. and Alijah Martin, Aberdeen averaged 13.8 per game. An Orlando native, it is entirely possible that Aberdeen will transfer to UCF, rejoining high school teammate Riley Kugel, who spent two years at UF before spending last season at Mississippi State.



The combination of losing Aberdeen and Alexis with the NCAA expanding scholarships to 15, leaves Todd Golden with 11 on scholarship and four openings. He needs another ball handler, perhaps two wings and at least one big guy.



Here is a look at the scholarship needs for bigs and perimeter guys.



BIGS (6): Micah Handlogten (7-1, 255, JR); Alex Condon (6-11, 230, SO);

Tommy Haugh (6-9, 215, SO); Rueben Chinyelu (6-10, 260, SO); Viktor Mikic (6-11, 250, FR); Olivier Rioux (7-9, 305, FR)



The Departure of Alexis leaves the Gators with five scholarship big guys. Olivier Rioux, the tallest player in the country at 7-9, was a preferred walk-on who took a redshirt this past season. He made a lot of progress and it’s likely he will be awarded a scholarship. He may be a project, but you cannot teach tall and no one is taller.



Alex Condon and Rueben Chinyelu have declared for the NBA Draft but both are keeping their options open to return to UF. Tommy Haugh is also expected to declare for the draft but Golden should be confident that all three will return.



The Gators stand to lose four bigs after the 2025-26 season so it is imperative that Golden brings in at least one big guy with multiple years of eligibility. Keep an eye on Serbian Bogoljub Markovic, who Golden will see at the Euros in Switzerland in July.



Perimeter (3): Xaivian Lee (6-4, 180, JR, transfer from Princeton); Urban Klavzar (6-1, 195, FR); Isaiah Brown (6-5, 195, FR)



Lee is the only ball handler in the bunch and this will be his last year of eligibility. Golden needs to play Lee off the ball some to take advantage of his scoring. Does Golden add one out of the portal or develop Klavzar and true freshman Alex Lloyd. Klavzar and Lloyd are fill the basket up shooters. Can they transition to the point?



Keep an eye on Serbian point guard Savo Drezgic, who was just a bad fit at Georgia, but he can score and distribute. Two smaller points who can score are Isaiah Swopes of Saint Louis and Dug McDaniel of K-State.



Isaiah Brown is a wing who could fill the Will Richard role. He’s a slasher with serious elevation, just like his brother AJ Brown, who is expected to transfer to UF from Ohio University on Tuesday. Two guys to watch in the portal are North Carolina transfer Cade Tyson and California transfer Andrej Stojakovic. Tyson hit 46.5 percent of his threes at Belmont in 2024. Stojakovic figures to be a point in the pros so he needs to start transitioning as a primary ball handler.



St. John’s All-American RJ Luis has only one year of eligibility but he’s from Miami and he’s a proven scorer who has Will Richard skills in showing up where the basketball is.



Incoming freshmen (2): Alex Lloyd (6-4, 180); CJ Ingram (6-6, 200)

Lloyd



Lloyd is a pure scorer who has serious 3-point range. He can get to the rack almost at will and is in range when he gets off the bus. He’s likely the point guard of the future. CJ Ingram is closer to 6-7 already and might not finish growing until he’s 6-8 or 6-9. Great scorer in the paint who needs work on his outside shot, but he will play a lot starting with game one.



Portal possibilities

Shooter/ball handlers

Andrej Stojakovic (6-7, 190, SO, from California): Son of NBA legend Peja Stojakovic projects as a point in the NBA, but he’s played mostly as a shooter in a season at Stanford, then at Cal. UF was very much involved in his recruitment out of high school. Averaged 17.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.



PJay Smith (6-0, 180, SR, from Furman): Played a couple of years of juco ball before becoming a star at Furman. Last season scored 17.6 points with 4.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists. He nailed 41.3 percent of his threes.



Dug McDaniel (6-0, 170, JR, from Kansas State): Longshot but he knows how to score. Lit up the Gators for 33 points, eight rebounds and five assists two years ago at Michigan. Averaged 11.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.9 assists at K-State, 16.7, 3.7 and 4.7 at Michigan in 2024. Good with the ball or off the ball.



Savo Drezgic (6-4, 200, RFR, from Georgia): Completely misused at Georgia. He is a scoring point. At the Euros in 2024 he averaged 20.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game while shooting 39 percent from the 3-point line. Teammate of UF freshman Viktor Mikic for Serbia in 2022 Euros.



Isaiah Swope (5-10, 175, JR, from Saint Louis): He is instant offense both as a scorer and distributor. At Saint Louis averaged 17.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists while hitting 41.3 percent of his threes.



Hayden Gray (6-4, 190, SO, from UC-San Diego): He was on the radar for Todd Golden when he was the HBC at San Francisco. Scored at 11.2 while grabbing 3.1 rebounds and handing out 3.3 assists for a 30-5 NCAA Tournament team.



Wings

AJ Brown (6-5, 200, JR, from Ohio U): Seems like a lock for UF. He announces Tuesday and it might be a surprise if he is anything but a Gator. Slasher with hops and 3-point range. Averaged 13.2 points and 3.1 rebounds while hitting 38.8 percent of his threes.



Cade Tyson (6-7, 200, JR, from North Carolina): Keep an eye on this one. Florida finished second to North Carolina a year ago when Tyson chose North Carolina where he was a lousy fit. At Belmont in 2024 he averaged 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds while hitting 46.5 percent of his 3-pointers. Will Richard came to UF from Belmont.



Cedric Coward (6-6, 200, RSO, from Washington State): He was averaging 17.7 points and 7.0 rebounds when he got hurt in game seven and missed the rest of the season. Two seasons ago at Eastern Washington he averaged 15.4 points and 6.7 rebounds. Two years of eligibility remaining.



RJ Luis (6-7, 196, JR, from St. John’s): He has been non-commital since he declared for the draft. He’s from Miami. First team All-American on the floor and in the classroom. Averaged 18.2 and 7.2 rebounds.



Hybrid big/wings

Kris Parker (6-9, 210, FR, from Villanova): From Quincy, got lost in the shuffle of a bad coaching situation at Villanova. Top 100 recruit out of high school.



Ben Henshall (6-7, 200, Perth, Australia): Former teammate of Alex Condon. He’s 6-7 and still growing. He’s likely to be a 3-or-4-year guy, but he has skills and he’s tough as nails.



Big guys

Drayton Jones (6-11, 240, SO, from South Carolina State): He’s All-MEAC for his offense and defense. Averaged 13 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. Two years of eligibility.



Peyton Marshall (7-0, 300, FR, from Missouri): He’s an Atlanta kid who has really good feet despite his bulk. At 260 he could be a real force. Three years of eligibility makes this worth a shot.



Bogoljub Markovic (6-11, 230, from Serbia): The Gators scouted him last year at the Euros. Long and skilled around the basket. He can score, pass and defend. This would be a huge get for Golden and the Gators.



Dovydas Butka (6-9, 225, SO, from Pepperdine): As a freshman in the West Coast Conference averaged 9.6 points and 6.1 rebounds. He’s a Lithuanian with two years of eligibility remaining. From the same conference as Saint Mary’s and San Francisco, so Golden has deep ties.

Can you imagine if this was said by a white minister about blacks and democrats?

Thoughts Kal?


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Leticia James proudly proclaimed that "No one is above the Law" as she prosecuted Trump on the trumped up charges in NY - all the while committing mortgage fraud. I swear, if the Democrats did have bad ethics, they'd have no ethics at all.

Letitia James dodges questions about mortgage fraud scandal

a rapper who wants to be known as Yung Joka... Good luck to him!

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With now two bigs testing their draft potential, do we look in the portal for help? I believe the portal closes in 10 days and they won't have draft grades for a few months.

Gone from the 2023-24 Team:

PG Zyon Pullin - Eligibility expired - starter
PF Tyrese Samuel - Eligibility expired - starter
SG Alex Klatsky - Eligibility expired
CG Julian Rishwain - Eligibility expired
PG Bennett Andersen - Eligibility expired
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SG Riley Kugel Jr- Portal to Kansas
PF Aleks Szymczyk rsSo - April 14, 2024 6:21 pm - Portal to ??
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Possible Departures? (testing NBA draft)

CG Walter Clayton Jr - Jr
CG Will Richard Jr
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Returning for the 2024-25 season:

It looks to me like Golden only has 2 position groups on the team he's building.
They are either CG-SF's or they are PF-C types, which is a good way to do it imo.

Group 1: (PG-SG-SF) - 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-5
Alijah Martin 6-2 210 Grad-Sr
Walter Clayton Jr 6-3 195 Sr
Will Richard 6-4 206 Sr
Denzel Aberdeen 6-5 190 Jr
Kajus Kublickas 6-2 171 So
Cooper Josefsberg 6-4 195 rsFr
Isaiah Brown 6-5 185 Fr - signed
Jack May 6-4 195 rsSr - WO

Group 2: (PF-C) - 6-9, 6-9, 6-11, 6-11, 7-1, 7-7

Micah Handlogten 7-1 235 Jr
Sam Alexis 6-9 225 Jr - xfer-in
Thomas Haugh 6-9 210 So
Alex Condon 6-11 230 So
Rueben Chinyelu 6-11 245 So - xfer-in
Olivier Rioux 7-7 300 Fr - unsigned, hard commit

That's 13 Ships + 1 WO. It appears that the ship slots are now filled.
Unless one or both (Clayton/Richard) leave for the NBA.
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2024 HS Commits and Portal Additions:

SG Isaiah Brown 6-5 185 *** - Orlando Cjrostoam Prep - Signed
C Olivier Rioux 7-7 300 *** - IMG Bradenton, FL - Hard Commit
----- Portal-In-----
PF Sam Alexis 6-9 225 Jr - NR Chattanooga - Eligible
C Rueben Chinyelu 6-11 245 So **** - WashSt - Eligible
CG Alijah Martin 6-2 210 Grad-Sr - FAU - Eligible
(NCAA Final-4, and named to the All Tourney Team)

2025 Commits:

SF Alex Lloyd 6-3 165 **** 0.9794 - Westminster Academy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
247Sports - #46 Overall - #8 CG & #13 SF - #6 Player in FL.

The #5 Gators opened their season today in Baltimore vs. #11 Johns Hopkins. In a very tight match that was tied 6-6 at halftime, the Gators fell behiund in the 4th quarter, but scored 3 goals in the last 3:21, the go-ahead goal with 18 seconds left, to win 12-11. Johns Hopkins outshot Florida 37-19 and beat them in draw controls 15-7. But Gator goaltender Georgia Hoey had 10 saves to keep the Gators in the match and allow them to pull it out in the end.

Just an FYI - The Florida Lacrosse program moved to the Big 12 in the offseason and are favorites to win that conference in their 1st year. Other teams in the league are: UC Davis, San Diego State, Cincinnati, Colorado and Arizona State. So far, 11 of our 17 matches are scheduled to be televised, but only on ESPN+. Next up is a home game Sunday at 11 am on ESPN+ against Kennesaw State. Go Gators!

Here are some links of Lacrosse news to catch up anyone interested:

UFO / UAP / AATIP -- Full Documentary 2021
As a matter of scientific integrity, we have to look at the facts and follow them to wherever they lead us.

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Damn! Best of luck. He was a valuable member of this team.
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This is fairly significant. His own accountants:

Former President Donald Trump's long-time accounting firm informed the Trump Organization last week that it should no longer rely on nearly 10 years' worth of financial statements and that they would no longer be their accountants, citing a conflict of interest.
"We have come to this conclusion based, in part, upon the filings made by the New York Attorney General on January 18, 2022, our own investigation, and information received from internal and external sources," Mazars wrote in a letter to the Trump Organization chief legal officer, advising them to no longer rely on financial statements ending June 2011 through June 2020.

"While we have not concluded that the various financial statements, as a whole, contain material discrepancies, based upon the totality of the circumstances, we believe our advice to you to no longer rely upon those financial statements is appropriate."
The company also advised the Trump Organization to inform any recipients of the statements, such as lenders or insurers, to not rely on the statements.

Mazars also said it would no longer act as Trump's accountant, citing a "non-waivable conflict of interest." The accounting firm said the only work not completed was the filing of Trump and Melania Trump's tax returns. It says they are still seeking information about an apartment for Matthew Calamari Jr., the company's head of security, which they have sought for months but have not received. Trump's main accountant, Donald Bender, testified before the grand jury investigating the Trump Organization last year, sources told CNN.
The letter was included in a court filing by the New York attorney general's office, which has been trying to enforce a subpoena for documents from Trump and seek his testimony as well as that of Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump. A court hearing is set for Thursday.


I suspect the conflict of interest is that the Trump organization is likely to blame the accounting firm for the discrepancies that will be revealed and they will defend themselves. Hard to win a battle with your own accountants.

Has he made his decision on whether or not to return for 2020 ?

Article in G'ville Sun, on Special Teams (who eat first at team meals) shows -

Who’s back: Kadarius Toney (kickoffs).

http://www.gatorsports.com/2020/01/an-early-look-at-the-2020-florida-football-teams-special-teams/

Last I saw was Toney saying NFL didn't worry about injuries & that he thought he had "enough tape."

Anything definite ? IMO, he should return as his stats from last year are barely noticeable. There was a reason Mullen only put him on the field occasionally !

...it's remarkable to see.

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27% approval rating?

What is so clear are three things:

1. When you break the lie that you can run unlimited debts (new monetarist theory) - then you cannot have government grow ad-infinitum and buy constituents with jobs/dollars.
2. When you quit giving the left an easy W and wedge against Women with Abortion
3. When you show people that CRT/Intersectionality is just meant to help elite minorities accrue power disproportionate to their % in the economy

Then you leave a party (the Dems) with nowhere to go.

You want Schumer harder on Trump? He appointed judges, helped impeach him twice, supported NYC based lawfare, hell Chuck has done nearly everything.

We will see how Tariffs play out. Bessent and Kevin H. have done a nice job on the financial circuit of late. (jury is out for me on Lutnick) That is the only "weak spot" right now for the administration.

My #1 issue - illegal immigration? A+.

I imagine there are quite a few folks on this site that watch all of the TV series that are written/directed/produced by Taylor Sheridan. Prior to Yellowstone, Sheridan wrote and/or directed films he called his "American Frontier Trilogy".
Sicario 2015
Hell or High Water 2016
Wind River 2017
If you are a fan of his and you haven't seen these movies....you are in for a treat x 3.

The Gators and Tide will battle for the series win in a 2 p.m. rubber match on Saturday on ESPN2.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The No. 8/7 Florida softball team evened its series against No. 17/22 Alabama on Friday evening in front of a sold-out crowd at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium, earning a 12-4 five-inning run-rule victory over the Crimson Tide.

Freshman Taylor Shumaker ended the game early with a three-run home run, her second of the game, to give the Gators (38-10, 10-7 SEC) their 10th win in Southeastern Conference play and setting up a Saturday rubber match.

Shumaker went 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs, a two-run double and six RBI, matching-her career-best.

Senior Kendra Falby continued her blazing season at the plate, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, bringing her batting average in SEC play to .484.

Florida scored in four of five innings, tallying 11 hits and drawing four walks and a hit by pitch.

The Gators jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning with a one-out Shumaker solo shot.

Florida then tacked on three more runs in the home half of the second.

Falby brought home junior Kenleigh Cahalan and sophomore Ava Brown with a two-RBI single.

Senior Rylee Holtorf then stole home to extend the lead to four.

Alabama (31-17, 8-9 SEC) evened the score at 4-4 in the top of the fourth, before the Gators answered with a multi-run inning of their own, tacking on five runs in the bottom of the frame.

The final blow for the Tide came in the fifth inning as Shumaker hit a three-run blast to end the game early.

NOTABLES:

* Taylor Shumaker has tallied four multi-home run games this season: vs. Michigan (Feb. 8), at South Florida (Feb. 9), vs. Cal Baptist (Feb. 21) and vs. Alabama (Feb. 18)

* She matched her career-best of six RBI, which she set at Houston on March 5

* With 16 home runs on the season, she has hit the third-most home runs by a Florida freshman. Brittany Schutte (2010) holds the freshman record of 19 long balls

* With her third double in four games, Shumaker has now matched the Florida freshman record for doubles (15)

* Of her 57 hits this season, over 57% of them (32) have been for extra base hits - 16 home runs, 15 doubles and one triple

* Kendra Falby tallied her 21st multi-hit game of the season and eighth in SEC play

* She now has 99 multi-hit games in her career and in four of the last five games

* Falby has tallied at least one hit in every conference game this season

* Falby drove in three runs in tonight's win, bringing her season RBI total to 28, a single-season career high for the senior

* Jocelyn Erickson reached base in each of her three plate appearances, tallying an RBI double, drawing a walk and a hit by pitch

* With two hits, Reagan Walsh tallied her 12th multi-hit game of the season and sixth in conference play

* She drove in one run, bringing her season RBI total to 46

* Florida now has three run-rule victories in SEC play in three difference series: at Texas A&M (12-4), at Auburn (10-0) and now vs. Alabama (12-4)

* The Orange & Blue has recorded 21 run-rule victories this season

* The Gators are looking for their first series victory over the Crimson Tide in Gainesville since the 2017 season

* In that series, Florida lost game one 3-0, before taking game two, 2-0, and game three, 2-1

HEAR FROM FRESHMAN OUTFIELDER TAYLOR SHUMAKER:
On staying consistent throughout games...
"I think we're learning to appreciate the process and not treat this like a job. Sometimes, it's hard not to just show up to the field because we have to and do things because we have to, but to do them because we want to and because we get to every day. We, as a team, had a nice long conversation yesterday about appreciating the process and appreciating one another and cherishing the special moments. I think being able to enjoy the game and not thinking 'I have to do my job again,' just allows the game to flow little bit better."

On attitude in the dugout before the five-run inning...
"I think winning each inning is really important, but not only winning each inning, but winning each pitch, each at bat. My favorite thing that we do is when we tell each other that we're winners every time we have a 3-2 count. If our batter has a really good at bat, we tell each other that we're winners and we celebrate the small victories. To be able to celebrate the small victories, it makes the large victories just that much more special.

Up Next:
The Gators and the Crimson Tide will play for the series Saturday at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

No matter how much you spend on a team, it absolutely will not guarantee championships in a one game, winner takes all tournament format.

Look at Duke this year. With a generational talent, two more lottery picks, and two more likely NBA guys on their roster, (and reportedly spending between $12-20 million on said roster for just this season) they went home empty handed.

It's open season right now, and the best money making environment that players will probably ever have. Deep pockets are only so deep, though, and if you're one of these high level donors at Houston, Texas Tech, Duke, UK, etc., there's only so many years of you writing $1mm+ checks without a title before you walk away.

No matter how many wealthy boosters teams have, this money isn't an "investment" like a new stadium, practice facility, or building with your name on it. That money is gone that year, and only one team out of 368 brings home a trophy.

The real value will be in hiring and retaining coaches who can find players like Todd has done, while also having the coaching chops to develop them and build team chemistry each year. In my opinion, the best money we can spend is in retaining Todd.

As we all see, there's absolutely no school loyalty by players or coaches anymore, so if you've got a coach who has an eye for talent, finding players that "fit" his system, and at least a competitive NIL, (thanks to guys like @SRGators and @kcflagator as well as many of us on here talking about basketball who have given what they can) you're in a very good position in this new era.

Which I think we are. I hope to read about us locking up Todd in a long term contract sooner than later.

Based on how he looked Saturday quite a few folks making the comparison. One is Shane who doesn’t typically gush over true freshmen. Shane said, for the first time in a long time, “we got dudes. This offense will have no problem scoring points”.

The Florida Gators are back on the diamond for their series opener against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Florida has won its last five games and is coming off its first SEC series win against Missouri. Mississippi State comes into this series 23-13 record. First pitch is at 8 pm EST. Lineups will be posted soon

Hope all those students are ok…

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/n...-shelter-in-place-alert-sent-out/83139928007/