Welcome to another humpday edition of Gators News!
Not a whole lot has changed over the past 24 hours as the summer spike of coronavirus cases continues to threatened organized sports at all levels here in North America.
Meanwhile, the show goes on in Korea and Japan, where live baseball is being played on a daily basis despite the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been kept mostly in check in the eastern Asian nations thanks to citizen compliance in using face masks and practicing social distancing.
Here is the news from the Gator Nation.
Around the Swamp
- Florida Gators fall two spots in ESPN 2021 football recruiting rankings: Despite this run on talented players in the defensive backfield, the Gators were jumped by the Oregon Ducks, who moved up two spots in ESPN’s rankings to No. 5, and LSU, who saw a whopping five-spot increase to No. 6.
- Gators guard Tre Mann will return to Florida for sophomore year: Mann joins a loaded backcourt and will likely compete for the starting point guard job with Cleveland State transfer Tyree Appleby.
- Injured Beal won’t participate in NBA restart, Wizards announce: Former Florida and current Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal won’t be joining his team in Orlando when the 2019-20 NBA season restarts later this month.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
The four-year old 🐊⚽️ program winning 1⃣9⃣9⃣8⃣ #NCAASoccer national title 🏆 is No. 3⃣ on @pat_dooley Top 2⃣0⃣ 🐊 teams in today's @GainesvilleSun
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📷 by Jason Howey pic.twitter.com/WFfR1zbWJc— Gators Soccer (@GatorsSoccer) July 6, 2020
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