tonight they looked to get back on track against the florida gators at the c-l-a. the gamecocks come in with a 22 and one record...the gators...19 and four. tiffany mitchell leads the scoring for carolina tonight...three point play...she finishes with a game high 22 points. bruised leg suffered in the uconn game.....puts up 13 points tonight....also pulls down 9 rebounds. alaina coates puts carolina up by 18 in the second quarter...37 to 19..... she posts a double-double...14 points, 11 rebounds. usc led by 12 at the half. fourth quarter...haley lorenzen with the layup for florida...the gators pull within nine....64-55 with seven-43 to play. carolina's twin towers respond....wilson to coates..... this time....coates makes the steal...gets it to wilson for the layup.... the gamecocks win by 15....86 to 71. they're 23 and one overall...11 and oh in the sec. staley: doubt? no. no doubt. i mean, this team has been through a connecticut loss and we know what that feels like. and usually, we get back and get focused on the task at hand and that's what our team did. mitch

florida gators seem on a collison course with an ncaa tourney berth, which of course could be premature based on how they finish their regular season. but the gators within striking distance of sec leader kentucky as they played at south carolina this afternoon, having won the last seven games played between the two. but after losing to lowly missouri the other night, the gamecocks came out in this one inspired, racing to a huge first half lead. it was 30-13 with about eight minutes to go in the half. then a most amazing thing the game completely pivoted in the favor of the gators, who went on a 20-0 run to end the devin robinson' s three gave the gators of 53-50 halftime advantage. into overtime, when carolina gators with a great comeback, but unable to finish the job on this day as carolina survives, 73-69. some other college basketball scores from this afternoon, florida state loses on the road at virginia tech, and stetson loses at home to lipscomb. what should have been a terrific aac matchup between national powers miami and north carolina became an uncomfortable afternoon for the

his shot is ugly. >>> on to baseball and um still not able to handle the top ranked florida gators. get it is gators going. they go on to knock off um by the score of 5-0. same two go at it again today and tomorrow. >>> the general governor of u efa, the governor of european soccer is going to take over at fifa. taking over and finishing sepp blatter's -- term. >>> wine weekend. we were there and all about the tenth annual burger bash. >>> everyone likes a big deal. turns out, a lot of shoppers opportunity to s . >>> good morning. welcome back. the south beach fod and wine is last night, the burger bash. >> rachael ray is back with chefs and the top prize. >> ten years ago, we challenged chefs to put their best on a bun. and it was supposed to be friendly. now it's competitive. >> we're super happy to be here. love miami. been here for new year's in the past. this is our second time to be here. we love it. >> and we love them. >> food network's chef won and then jer si dog, a restaurant that actually hails from south florida. it continues throughout the weekend. >>> a consumer alert, ev

hokies' secondary coach torrian gray took a job with the florida gators. he's a native of lakeland, florida. he played for tech from '92-'96. the bucks played at v.m.i. and peterson scoops up the loose ball and finishes with a jam. the keydets let the at 11. but the bucks go on a 15-2 run in the half to take the lead. and peterson from n.b.a. range. knocking down three. and the bucks beat the keydets 71-60. and virginia tech lost at home benson scored 22, but the cavs lost at duke. e.c. glass goes on the road to face heritage. the pioneers race to a 7-1 lead. glass tied the game. late in the quarter, burns drills the three to give heritage a 10-7 lead. and the pioneers ran to double digits. heritage beats e.c. glass 45-46. the boys' game is tomorrow night at heritage. in seminole, henzley scored 21 to beat j.f. and george led the lancers with 20. final part of the sprint cup season. he fractured his back. no timetable is set for his return but he is expected to return . >> mark: looking for a little sunshine tomorrow. >> george: how about a lot of sunshine?

. >> florida had a school record 12 early and already on campus going through off season conditioning and depending on which ranking you look at, the gators cracked the top ten nationally and florida loaded on more than 202 dozen players and beat up major schools to get some four and five star kids. >> when you look at it from the back sided, you know, i think we've got some really good talent there, and it'll be fun to watch him, because, you know, the majority here are here already, so we'll get a good feel with that this spring. >> and florida state absolutely cleaned up. the so many knowles -- seminoles are ranked at either the best or the second best class in the country. every player was at least ranked as a four-star athlete and the head coach says he filled every position on the floor and with great depth. meanwhile, a huge day with central florida high schools as well, more than two dozen players signed on to play football and the major wah division one level in the orlando area and that doesn't even count, and kids that sign to play on in other sports and college. a couple of schools, in particular, had huge days, and we start w

. >> coming up in sports a furious finish for the florida gators at lsu. gators refused to quit but did they have enough to rally 3 the rays got in >> well, rays got a quick practice in before heading up afternoon. kevin cash really got this team on a tight schedule because he knows the games are coming quickly. the rays also have some new rule changes to start with, starting with the new slide rule, those rolling block slides are no longer allowed. remember taking out mets reuben tehada. this is one i really like. managers and coaches will have just 30 seconds to visit to the mound and they are also trimming broadcast breaks by 20 seconds. last year's rules sped up the games by an average of 20 seconds. it's going to be a lot better. jake lorizi tells us it's a change for the better. >> people going out there just really find a problem with that because usually if you have to talk something more than 30 seconds something isn't going good anyways. if you go out there to talk to slow the game down i think it's trying to eliminate that. >> led by 1, six minu

usc bounced back against the florida gators saturday to win 73-69 in overtime. a huge victory for the team moving forward. martin: "gives us a confidence to go out there and finish the season strong." the excitement from beating florida only grew once usc learned sec leaders kentucky and lsu both lost. notice: "seeing those top teams lose definitley gives us motivation. right after the game we all sent out a mass text in our group chat and spoke about we can really do this. we screened shot a picture of the standings... we spoke about it... we have to have a great week of practice and film." coach martin loves how his players embrace the chase to be champs. martin: "i want guys that don't run away from things. to do what that text message said is hard. that's extremely hard, but it's doable." starts with a win against tennessee at home wednesday night. former new england patriots receiver troy brown and usc's all time leading basketball scorer highlight the 2016 class of the south carolina athletic hall of fame. brown...a barnwell native....played his entire 15 y

the canes hosting no. 1 florida gators at the light tonight. highlights later in 7 sports. >> also tonight. big adventure for the little pony. >>> creature running wild or i i it. pony fed up with its horn making a run for it. was desperate to bring her pet home. >> i don't know who is cuter the unicorn or the ltle girl. so kuchlt would it lead to police on crazy chase first. danielle back in the plex with the 81 corn story. >> it's weird to talk about a unicorn story becausehey are mythical creature but this situation was all too real. 911 call for this were really bizarre to say the least. people stopping the cars to watch this mythical treech running down the street. this is juliette. she looks more like something you find in a fairy tale than on a a farm. she belolos 5-year-old take it em bold. >> i love my pony. she likes apples and carart. >> horn on her head makes a child dream come true. she appears to be a real life unicorn and makes a a living posing for pictures. but wednesday she had other >> she got afraid and then she pull it out

and number 6 miami and looking tomake it 2 straight over the number 1 florida gators. game 3 of the weekend set and miami down 1-0 in the second and bases loaded with gators and going to sing toll left and that brings in 2 and canes would trail 3-0. to the 7th it was4-0 and dives to make the catch and canes lose 7-3. meyer taking on number 12 florida state. jessica thomas drives to hayes and canes up 28-21 and led by 1 the break. lady canes lose 70-sketch and acc tournament startststhis week. a birds eye view of the pga national. adam scott came in with the shared lead with that birdie on one and leads by 1. and scott with the great shop from the fairway bunker and he'll stick it, well, within 2 feet of the cup and sets up for the easy birdie right there! and here's sergio garcrc coming in to tie with scott for the lead and 4 chip on 68 and that is going to lead to the bogie and now 1 back. and go to 18 and wrap it up and finish to win it 1 shot over sergio. and second race force to overtime and rockets out and kisses the wall and tangled up with 3 other drivers d that

and ncaa softball the top ranked florida gators hanlde vt down in tampa...8- 0.. this is the 447 th ranked player in the world..vaughn taylor..who i covered when he played college golf..at augusta state..many moons ago.. running in a birdie...he puts up a -7 under round..to finish at -17..at pebble. tied with the veteran--multiple major champ..phil mickelson.. all lefty needed ..was this five footer to force a playoff.. nope.. and vaughn taylor...of augusta ga and augusta state.. gets his a pga win...for the first time in 11 years. that's all the tim heat. what tiger was thinking was and he put it in quotes. i'm chasing the ghost of byron nelson and ray freaking romano was holding me up on every shot. >> ray romano, comedian and star of one of tv's best loved sitcoms. >> this was our thing. this was our sitcom tv legacy. >> the everybody loves raymond actor shares the last minute decision that put him on the map. >> the story i would like to tell you, probably has no validity but in my head it does. >> the reality of saying goodbye to his hit show -- >> after a co

the homecourt really came into play saturday...as the fans helped usc beat the florida gators in overtime. it's very big for us to know that we have a support system in our r ns that believe and support us and in close games...especially the ones that we had in overtime against the game out..so playing at home one final check of the forecast that's all for tonight's 7 o'clock report. another look at your local headlines tonight at 11, >>> tonight, celine dion's performance break down. all by myself >> she wasn't sure would have the strength to go back on stage withou renee. mid song she stoped. >> behind the scenes of her tearful return to the stage. she reveals she still talks to her lahusband. >> he's tell meg zip in and start singing. >> melania trump's one on one interview since his run. their surprising love story and "e.t.'s" interview with melania, what she said about her husband's white house ambitions 17 ago. >> and chrissy teigen pregnancy controversy. why she chose to have a baby girl.

the gamecocks will be back on the court tomorrow hosting the 16th ranked florida gators. carolina worked out this afternoon......they're 22 and one after falling to the huskies. usc is hoping to follow the same blueprint as last season when they also suffered their first loss against uconn. they bounced back by winning the sec regular season and tournament championships. they also secured a number one seed in the ncaa tournament. staley: "they don't take losing well. at the same time you put things in perspective and we move on." wilson: "it's tough. it is a loss. i don't think any of us like to lose. i know coach doesn't so. she's really getting on us. she's really getting on us. i mean that helps us out. it's what's best for the team. we are bouncing back." imovbioh :"we've been going hard in practice. keeping everybody's heads up. have to be really disciplined and put our goals... we know where we want to go too. we just believe in each other." staley: "you know you take some things that you're encouraged by. you try to work on them over the next few weeks. you get an

they are taking on the florida gators at the colonial life arena. the first quarter has just come to an end now. gamecocks are up on florida 19- 16. gamecocks are looking for their school record tying 10th win against a ranked opponent this season. >>> usc men's basketball team is gearing up for their next big battle, kentucky. it is this saturday. tip off is at "inside edition" goes undercover as an old lady. how vulnerable are the elderly to getting ripped off? >> $57,000. >> 12500. >> lisa guerrero goes undercover to find out. >> i've been waiting for you for three days. >>> then cruise from hell. the video you haven't seen. >> it was much worse than we thought. >> it was hell. >> it was hell. >> oh, my god. >>> and a head butt. >> the famous wrestler who says these head butts damaged his brain. >> oh, my god. >> that can be fatal. that can cause permanent damage to your brain. >>> then a funny thing happened on the way to the white house. >> you are a blabber mouth. >>> plus, her prison nightmare. what the real housewife says happened in her pris

two linemen, deck and allies >>> you dorian gray has resigned to take a similar job with the florida gators. gray heads back to his home state. 's native of lakeland, florida, outside of orlando. gray coasted the past seasons with the hokie and plate '92-'96with the hokie and plate '92-'96. team of the week thursday with all of yesterday's signings. today we spotlight the timbertoday we spotlight the timberlake christian tornadoes. ranked number two in the state in the independent school's division three poem. coach branch has a young scad set to graduate this year. jones and christian are both averaging more than 16 points a game, while sisrs dar hold down nearly 13 rebounds a game. >> this is very hard work. you have to be in the gym every day. sometimes we have off days but we work right back together. >> we have new players on our team this year, but we have all been clicking pretty well and getting in the groove, and we are working our hardest and practicing hard. it has been a lot of fun. >> they have been there to push one another and push one another to be the best players we can be

it happens at the florida gator belt game tonight. illinois show you the rest of the shot coming up. >>> plus as lisa mentioned, beautiful basketball for the >>> it is. >>> she's talking it up. college basketball for a very, very long time. this is one of the most unbelievable shots. so i need everyone's attention right now. for the craziest most unbelievable basketball shots from the florida vaneder belt game tonight. unfortunately for the gators, it is at their expense. fojly for us, we get to see it. >> are you kidding? did you see that. vanderbilt blocks it on one and a full court chest pass for a three in the first down buzzard. that's crazy. it was like 80 fite feet. josh henderson was the guy that made the shot. vandy, the team that made the game, 87-74 over the gators. >> he just through out up it was a time out. i said hay listen, when you make the rebound, make it three about 85-feet. we'll be good.

. >> i always wanted to be a florida gator, so dream come true today. >> and fsu absolutely cleaned up, ranked as the best or the the nation. >> i think the brand of florida state being able to be out there and people being part of our culture and what we do here and our winning tradition, i think, speaks for itself. >> from the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. america runs on dunkin'. some of my competitors plan to reduce the use of antibiotics over the next few years. but what are you having for dinner tonight? try perdue simply smart and harvestland . two trusted perdue brands of chicken raised with oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. >>> time to say good night.

there, can i tell you about the baseball, florida gator, oh your florida gators. >> i just want to find out before we get too far into it. in the number one ranked team versus the number six ranked teams, the gay torsion number one just so that is clear. -- the gators are number one. >> that's what you get, when you are number one you like everybody to know i. that's all right. that's fair. there's a lot of gator fans in town here. they have a great baseball team. it will be a great early test. like they usually do, the canes and gators will go and it should be a lot of fun. it gives both teams a little bit of an idea what they're going to look like. but i will tell you what this will count down the road, canes would love to win this series now somehow, take two out of three if they can. >> oh yeah. college basketball winding down but college baseball just ramping up. we will talk to you later. >> thank you, lauren. you take care. >>> this morning passengers from a cruise ship that was battered by a major storm in the atlantic are suing royal caribbean the proposed class action state it

ultimately, fans say they'll be ready to cheer on the gamecocks again this thursday against the florida gators. live at the colonial life arena, chad mills, wis news 10. overnight forecast--and it's a chilly one out there. meteorologist ben tanner has more tonight from the weather center. a series of cold fronts will keep it chilly across the state this week. expect isolated rain/snow showers tonight with lows in the lower 30s.s. mix of sun and clouds tuesday, cooler with highs in the mid/upper 40s, isolated rain/snow showers. we're less than an hour from the first poll opening for the presidential primaries showers tonight with lows in the lower 30s. mix of sun and clouds tuesday, cooler with highs in the mid/upper 40s, isolated rain/snow showers. first poll opening for the presidential primaries in new hampshire--and candidates have been covering every inch of the state to try and secure last-minute votes. but even now, some people still consider themselves undecided. will whitson caught up with some voters who haven't quite made up their minds. "hillary's campaign is down there, there's ano

. >> all right, quick basketball note, florida state and miami failed to get big win, and the florida gators tried to continue their climb in the sec, but lost to south carolina lost in the 5a state girls championship. >>> welcome to a special edition of "world news tonight." breaking news on this showdown saturday. election battles on two fronts. hillary clinton with a much-needed win over bernie sanders in nevada after a tense neck-and-neck fight. but sanders trouncing her on the issue of trust. tonight, the long lines and the celebrations. >>> showdown in south carolina. donald trump firing away until the very end. >> so, it's crunch time, folks. it's crunch time. >> ted cruz and marco rubio with

back to women's college basketball, iowa city high grad haley lorenzen and the florida gators at georgia ... 2nd quarter, haley grabs one of her 10 rebounds and gets the putbtbk... next gator possession, she connects on the left hook shot to give the gators a 28-19 lead ... 4th quarter, hayley drives to the hoop... count the basket and the foul... she had 8 points, but florida falls, 74-63 native landon cassill started the race in row 12... he's with a new t tm, front row motorsports and is now driving the #38 car... here he is with 20 laps to go passing jimmie johnson on the outside... the finish was spectacular, denny hamlin tries to pass matt kenseth on the outside, then he goes back inside... kenseth loses control... so it's hamlin and martin truex junior neck- and-neck towards the finish... this was a photo finish, hamlin wins it by inches... landon cassill finished 23r3r ... and tomorrow for on iowa live, we have jess settles and the kennedy wrestling team. be sure to join us the first avenue draught house or watch live on kcrg 9.2 at 6:30. and now to first alert storm team meteoro

college hoop, the florida gators trying to beat south carolina for the eighth striaght time as the two met in columbia big political day in that state and you could call this a primary sec game. gamecocks racing to a huge first half lead. it was then the game completely 30-13, turned in favor of the gators, who went on a 20-0 run to end the half. devin robinson' s three gave the gators 53-50 halftiome advantage. carolina finally gained an edge into overtime. -- come back but able to finish , the job on this day as carolina survives, 73-69. florida state loses at virginia tech and stetson falls at home to let scum. -- live scum. and what should have been a terrific aac matchup between national powers miami and north carolina became a complete bust for the hurricanes, appropriately downgraded early in the second half to a tropical depression. unc took this game by the throat and never let go. brice johnson had 16 points and 15 boards. heels opened the second half on a 10-0 run and never looked back. bouncing back nicely from that loss to duke wednesday night. 96-71 final. unfortunately,

no. 1 florida gators and 3 game set. game 1 top of the first and thomas on the hill forth canes. 1 on two out. peter and see you. 2 run home tore left. miami down early 2 nothing. 6 canes down 4 nothing.. pitching for the u and schwartz. jax off the score board. canene l le 5 nothing. miami first loss of the season. canes basketball team face louisvilleomorrow afternoon season ty nationally and senior day at the bu c.canes 22 wins on the season. 3 games left. two on the road after saturday. focus in the regular season title. right now miami second right behind north carolina. >> i'm sure the kids are very highly motivated to try to within the regulul season because that's the goal now. our destiny at this point. just need to win out pretty much and pray carorona take as loss but we need to just take care of business on our end and win out the rest of the season. >> panthers begin 5 game road trip at the columbus blue jacket tomorrow afternoon. my advice stock up on this play offs are coming. washington kind of rat. >> ba

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. >>> a former florida gator turns jacksonville jaguars could be looking at some serious trouble. >> all because of a fight that he for lack of a better term officiated. we're going to look at that coming up. first we're trying to save you some gas. some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. login to one of our hotspots and get your code for free wifi at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. its free for 30 days. >>> dante fowler, superstar defensive lineman with the went third overtowel jaguars, but tonight -- overall with the jaguars, but tonight -- a fight fan. usually girls are fighting over you, you go, ladies, ladies, please, there's plenty of me to go around, something like that. but that's not what dante did in this case, did he? >> no, dante refereed the fight. between his baby mama and his girlfriend. they obviously have some beef going on. and tmz sports got footage of the incident and instead of separating them, dancee got in the middle and -- dante got in the middle and said let's get it on. they did. they were brutal. eventually h

, the second of a three-game series against the sixth-ranked baseball team and the number one florida gators. night. first pitch tonight is set for 7:00. and on the ice, the panthers are hitting the road for five straight, starting off today in columbus. the cats bluff a couple of trays for a little help for the stretch run. this was scoress in the first period. a perfect pass to a standard markup, and it is not scoreless anymore. one to nothing at the panthers have the same score in the second. major scores to make it through to do nothing, but columbus has stormed back with three from goal. then only this one 3 to 2 in n the third. cruz carlos? >>> we are following breaking news i two -month-old baby, terraji kemp has been found. we're hearing reports from the sheriff's office that she is a life and in the hospital in orlando. they are just waiting to confirm a positive id. as we know, a person at the top of the hour was taken into help to >> in an amber alert was issued on friday night because the received reports of a man was broken into a home on the 2700 block of northwest 1414 court.

no. 1 florida gators and 3 game set. game 1 top of the first and thomas othe hill forth canes. 1 on two out. peter and see you. 2 run home tore left. miami down early 2 nothing 6 canes down 4 nothing. pitching for the u and schwartz. jax off the score board. canes lose 5 nothing. miami first loss of the season. canes basketball team face season ty nationally and senior day at the bu c.canes 22 wins on the season. 3 games left. two on the road after saturday. focus in the regular season title. right now miami second right behind north carolina. >> i'm sure the kids are very highly motivated to try to within the regular season because that's the goal now. >> all we can really control is our destiny at this point. just need to win out pretty much and pray carolina take as loss but we need to just take care of business on our end and win out the rest of the season. >> panthers begin 5 game road trip at the columbus blue jacket tomorrow afternoon. my advice stock up on this play offs arereoming. washington kind of rat. >> bac

knotch a school record tying 10th win against a ranked opponent this season. 3 the 16th ranked florida gators haven't beaten the gamecocks since 2011...head coach dawn staley and south carolina looking to keep it that way... doniyah cliney...doesn't get the roll but aja wilson there for the putback...she'd post 13 on the night to go along with 9 rebounds...oh yeah and four blocks...stuffing the gators...and the gamecocks with the quick transition...tiffany mitchell feeds it up to cliney for the layup... layup... 3 tiffany mitchell scoring 22 points in this one....alaina coates with her 13th double double this season as south carolina bounced back with a 86-71 win over 16th ranked florida 3 they dont take losing well but at the same time we put things in perspective. and we move on. gamecocks...a trip to knoxville to take on tennessee.... 3 to the men...the paladins hosting citadel tonight looking for their ninth straight home win. win.to do it they'd have to go up against their rival....citadel- the bulldogs leading the southern conference in scoring offense but paladins senior stephen croone

former florida gators quarterback chris leak is the school. the athletic department made the announcement today. leak was the starter on the gators 2006 national championship team. he went on to play for the orlando predators for a season. leak comes to the eagles from helping the tampa bay bucs with community relations with youth football. golf returns to the olympics this summer in rio. there are four players in line to qualify for team usa. jordan spieth, rickie fowler, bubba watson and dustin johnson are all set to hit the greens for the red, white and blue. they are the highest ranking we' ll have full coverage of the wesh 2 august 5 through august 21. you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+

. >>> college ball, florida gators hosting sandser vanderbilt. the come commodores 5 point lead. but the gators defense couldn't keep up with vandy. 87-74. there's that shot again. >>> in high school ball, winds mere prep advanced to the championship. a game high leading the lakers to a win over archbishop carol. unfortunately two others lost in their semifinal games. >>> all right the nfl called surveillance video of donte fowler watching a fight deeply disturbing. the defensive end apologized for his actions. standing by watching a fight between his girlfriend and the mother of his child. >>> orlando city will play have start at the citrus bowl. scoring 4 goals in the last 3 games. but they open the regular season in just 12 days and have not had all 11 starters on the field. head coach adrian heath said that's the goal this week. >> it's obviously the last one before the season starts. it's always important. you are giving what you hope to be the full -- if we can. >>> we are sending one lucky fan to the season opener as a tv tv27mvp, the winner gets 4 tickets to the opener pl

college season, alabama's derek henry ran all over the crimson tide opponents, including the florida gators. today he was running all over the track and fields at disney's wide world of sports. i got to watch him this morning. here's the 2015 heisman winner and national champion at work. they're preparing for the nfl draft here at disney, working with noted trainer to the pros, coach tom shaw. it includes mississippi state quarterback prescott and tyler marse. >> what's your mindset like as you get ready to be a professional? >> come out and stay focused and get better every day. >> get better in every aspect of my game, mentally and physically. there's no better play physically to work on speed and the training right here with tom shaw and all these other guys. >> derek henry is ripped. >> he is. >> another heisman winner is back in the news. the browns are ready to cut ties with johnny manziel. expect the move in march. the quarterback, of course, has had several off the field issues since he was drafted two years ago. >> cam newton won the heisman. peyton manning did not. but peyton mann

and no. 6 miami h hting no. 1 florida gator ch the first highlights at 10:00. that will do it for sportsment back to craig and belkeys. >> >> belelys: that was the best pampt the other player looking up rolling h)s eyes. are you kidding me with this. that's a wrap for us at 6:00, chow schow. >> craig: i'm craig stevens. stay tune. 7 news at 6:30 is next. >>> >>> >>> this is 7 news at 6:00. >> lynn: now after being in the hpital for weeks a little boy is headed home. good evening everybody. nothing danger and one officer could not stop his cruiser in time. >> danielle: and tonight the moment the family was very eager to see. 7's sheldon foxeports from jackson memorial in miami. >> reporter: don't let the cute face fool u.6-year-old antoine lawson is tough as nails and ready to go home. >> reporter: how are you feeling? >> good. >> reporter: are you feeling better? >> yes. >> reporter: no? so you're ready to go home and play right? >> yes. >> reporter: in goooo spirits with a miami heat band head band d enough balloons to open a party city, larson was released fr

fowler, a former florida gator, apologizeded, said he was >>> in soccer, the staerts have played -- starters have played limited minutes. but the vacation is over. >> hoping to give what you hope to be as near to start in -- a full 90 if we can. >>> we're sending one fan to the season opener as a tv 27 vip, one person can win a 4-pack of tickets, including purchase merchandise and on field access. i see florida.com. >>> in the nba, the orlando magic get a redo. beat the magic by 9 points last month. at this point, orlando probably needs to win at least 18 of their final 28 games to make the playoffs ch head coach scott says this one they need to get. >> this is the must-win. if you want to talk about the playoffs and stuff, this is a pressure to ourselves and see what we can do. >> as for high school basketball, orlando christian prep's season ended. lost 62-54 to grand view prep. bob, martha. >>> all right. thank you, joe. and thank you for watching channel 9 eyewitness at 6:00. avo: when account lead craig wilson books at laquinta.com. avo: he gets a ready for you alert the second his room

and vhivar manual will go to florida state. gators are sitting most recruiting services with the 11th ranked class which is solid. nice job by the staff. >>> and florida state comes on strong throughout the day and depending on what you look at, florida state or alabama have the top recruiting class in the country. >>> not only did they get manual yes to florida state. they get a loaded with pension. williams from washington, dc. the noles have one of the top recruiting classes. and mark richt's recruiting. that he is expected when a new coach takes over. and they did get all the committed prospects to sign and sam bruce out of saint thomas. comes with big potential. michael irvin, junior following his dad signed with the canes, 63 titan. 200 plus pounds. and head coach you think he would have made some connections to come down to miami but maybe not. >> that's surpris guys, when you order now you get a free pizza after super bowl 50! that's a great idea. ever notice how people always show up when you have free pizza? free pizza? hell

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an effort put together by volunteers including one we are all familiar with, florida gators legend tim tebow. sean hit the -- shaun chaiyabhat hit the red carpet for a night to shine. >> reporter: a familiar song and dance from the corsage to the red carpet entrance, prom memories we all share. the only thing different at this prom all 200 guests are kings and queens. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: 17-year-old sid might never go to his prom but tonight he's a star. >> have fun. >> reporter: are you a good dancer? >> yes. >> reporter: i'm not a good dancer. you're better than i am. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: at 200 churches around the world, it's one night to shine. thanks in part to the tim tebow foundation. >> i hope you are having the best night! >> can't put it in words. she always wanted to go to prom. >> reporter: when torry's mom heard about it, she rushed to get a dress and make alterations, all in just a few days. >> it's all about them tonight. and about no one else but them. i have a special needs daughter myself, and just to see what this does for everybody that's here, it's

henderson didn't even jump to nail the shot on tuesday.the commodores used that shot to beat the florida gators 87 to 74 on the 3 now to weather and traffic 3 storms early could bring damaging wind, flooding rain, and a possible isolated tornado. rain will taper off in the afternoon, with highs reaching the low 60s. a strong wind remains in place, with possible trees down and power problems. tonight becomes clear and cold with lows in the 30s. 3 3 let's send it over to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're keeping an eye on: on: 3 3 it's ______.republican front runner donald trump is on a roll.supporters are celebrating his big win in nevada--so what's up next? 3 3 be sure to stay with fox carolina all morning long. we're bringing you the days top stories until nine o'clock. throughout our four hours of news you can catch live reports from the field, plus weather and traffic updates every 10 hillary clinton: i do not believe we live in a single-e-sue country. the economy is rigged in favor of the top. americans haven't had a raise in 15 years. but i want to go furthe

yes, that's a florida gator snuggie. armwood high's matt jones give us a first on signing day in 2012. >> my mom shed a tear for me. get out of the house and do something with myself. >> boy, he did do something. jones' college career was brief because he now run the football for the washington redskins. what about the young man next to jones that morning? eric stryker was proud to be an oklahoma sooner. in three months you will hear his name at the nfl draft. >> and i always caught myself comparing it back to florida. >> some guys are destined for greatness. wharton high's vernon hargraves, iii had national attention during his signing day. he'll have it again during the first round of the nfl draft. signing day is a destination as much as it is a beginning and a chance for bay area football fans to say we knew them back then. >> you're right. we really are spoiled. >> yeah. >> it is so much fun signing day and when i say we're going to have 100 kids for the bay area going to the big schools, >> i can't imagine how exci

it's named for former nfl and florida gator quarterback tim tebow. who was home schooled and allowed to play for his local high school. a similar measure passed last year, but governor terry mcauliffe vetoed it. he said it created a double standard for student athletes. >>> a vote in the d.c. council today could put the district one step closer to allowing people to smoke marijuana in public. the council approved the creation of a task force. that group will study how the city might allow people to use pot in designated clubs and other public spaces. >>> right now, it is legal only to grow and smoke limited amounts of marijuana for home use. the task force will report back in four months. >>> local religious leaders are putting pressure on gun manufacturers and distributors to help prevent gun violence. the group called rally, the group rallied outside the realco gun shop in district heights, they're concerned about the number of guns sold by the company that are later used in crimes. the group is calling on local and federal officials to push manufa

the florida gators is sold out. doing a lot of great things for us and the gamecock nation rising up and selling out the arena. >>> let's just say you got a twin brother and you are both coaches. one brother brings a win in order to make the play offs. you're family, right? win the game or do you try to beat him for bragging rights? that's what happened. westwood a win to give it a play off list. he is preaching. we have got to rise up. it is in the second half. that is going to be good. spring valley's league. jordan will get hot. look at this. westwood will store it back in this ball game. drive. not enough. the vikings win 72-59. no play offs for terry. you think you're going to win this game first with the early league. it came up. he is a nice basketball player. that is good. passing it down. who will score the ball? the centers. a nice turn around jump on nothing but silk. that's good. scored on the lay up. od. 56-51 to win that ball game. listen. i have to honor my man kobe bryant. his final season kobe talks

today, florida gators are gators on the road at lsu. a big hole earlier, but go on a 15-0 run. dorian smith throws it down, but lsu closes the half on a 20- 4 run. antonio blakely nails that. 11 first half points for him. 32 in the game in the second half. turned into the ben simmons show. abusing the gators. lsu holds on 96-91. >> >> elsewhere, ucf looking to snap a losing streak. they were at temple, knights, -- >>> game tied at 61. taking a two point lead, final shot for ucf, aj davis, close, >> finally. both florida state and miami won yesterday. that will do it for your morning sports. have a great day. >> meteorologist marina jurica will have another check of our how to put your foot man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, >>> today is the last day for the orlando food and wine festival. you can sample food from more than 30 restaurants throughout the area. the festival is on robinson street, it starts at noon and >> >> 106burmeis python were caught in this year's python

florida gators this team needs a win to stay on the bubble for march madness. longo (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. 3 the rays philosphy isn't changing... the >> well the rays philosophy isn't changing. the prieshtd priority starts with pitching and defense. they finished second to last in the american league, 250 runs less than toronto. that's right, 250 less. the rays don't have a chance to catch up to the jays. five new bats were acquired in the off season in offense, evan longoria, surrounding him with those type of people in the lineup will make him a bigger threat. >> it's tougher with the comes with a pretty impressive stat line when he's been healthy on the field. when he's feeling good, adding conger, pierce, brad logan are all pieces that at some point will be big complimentary pieces to the offense. it is about the players we have in place now that could potentially be one of the

torrian gray is leaving virginia tech to take a position on the florida gators staff coaching defensive backs... gray has been a member of the tech staff since 2006... as hokies beat writer mike barber tells us, gray's departure leaves a big hole to be filled... mike barber: "i think the biggest issue with losing torrian is who do you replace him with? torrian is a guy who checked off so many boxes that you want as an assistant. he was a younger coach that players related to. scheme. he was also dynamic on the recruiting trail. he played in the nfl. kids saw him and said this guy lived the life i want. he went to virginia tech, became a star. he went to the nfl. so it isn't so much about losing torrian, which can be a huge blow. the question is who do you replace him with and can you check off those same boxes." signing day has come and gone and now the critics are weighing in on the recruiting classes... while tech did not get a large load of highly rated prospects they did get some guys who can help right away... and the fact that justin fuente was able to add some talent after gettin

. >> florida gators tried to continue their climb at the sec, trying to grab l second straight conference road win. trailed by 17 in the first half, but florida outscores south carolina 20-7 in the final seven minutes. gate okafors would lead by three at the break. unable to pull away. this would end if overtime. florida up 69-67, but they would not score again. game cocks close it out with five straight freethrows and gators fall 73-69. >> miami trying to pull the upset over north carolina, but the tarheels had other ideas, johnson, cleaning up this mess, miss -- 16 for him. later, hurricanes, sheldon made two field goals all day. north carolina pulls away in the second. kennedy meets with the block, kicks it ahead to johnson. tarheels in front 71-42. north carolina shoots 54% from the field, cruising to a 25 point win, easily, the worst loss of the year for miami >> florida state also lost yesterday falling at virginia tech. have a great sunday, everyone >> all right, thanks, joe and christian, a live look from our tower cam overlooking downtown. marina jurica will have another check of

bluefield. 3 dennis hokies secondary coach torrian gray has resigned to take a similar job with the florida gators. gray heads back to his home state. he coached the past 10 seasons with the hokies. 3 college hoops, the bucs of east tennessee state played at vmi. just over a minute in, qj peterson scooped up the loose ball and finishes with a jam on the other end for vmi. keydets led by 11 with five-and-a-half minutes to play first half, but the bucs go on a 15-2 run to end the half to take the lead. bucs go on to win 71-60. 3 seminole district girls, e.c. glass hit the road to heritage to face their city rivals, the pioneers. brittany cobbs got heritage off to a fast start, the putback helped the pioneers charged back to tie the game, ceana loving knocks down the three. but heritage ran off 11 straight points. and the pioneers win 45-26. 3 and tony stewart will miss the start of his final sprint cup season. stewart fractured his back in that atv accident last sunday and had surgery wednesday. no return. >> melissa: happy frchldz a snapshot of today's weather. sunshine in the 30s at 8:00-9:00. mid

to make it two straight over florida gators. bases loaded with gators. singlele to left. that will bring in two and canes trail this one 3-0. 4-0n the 7th, he homered friday night and gators win st to right, can't make the catch t. ball rolls to the field, the fence and both will store. canes end up losing 7-3. the golf doral starts this week. practice on thursday, first and final rnd are of the honda classic in palm beach gardens. a bird's eye view. bebetiful course. adam came in with share of the lead for the bird on one. the ball will drop in the cup. he was at ten under leads by one. great shot from the fairway bunker. hehe going to like it because he will stick it within two feet of the cup. sets up an ey birdie. cay in tied with the lead. he's one back. wraps it up. finished nine under par. nascar 500 race in atlanta, second yellow of the race. jimmie johnson shoots out of the pack n. the back, the 43 car is smoking, kisses the wall, tangles with three other drivers. car sliding sideways cannot be good. no caution. jimmie johnson ns. tied the late dale earnhardt for

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. >> reporter: florida gators entered yesterday four of their seven losses. they have a chance to improve on the number. going against kentucky, two game skid, but they did not struggle at all. cats scored 18 points on their first nine possessions. later in the first, gators try to make a run. smith takes care of that 11-0 florida spur. wildcats too good. murray lead all scorers with 35 and kentucky wins big, 80-61. >> >> back here at home -- owls, two point lead with 15 seconds to go. aj puts it back for the tie or not. replay shows it was still in his hands at the buzzer. refs wave it off and temple escapes near doom. >> >> florida state on a roll of late, looking to keep it going at wake forest. booker joins the 1,000 point club with this basket. the 44th seminole to hit that. mays gets the hoop -- fsu finished the half 8-0 run, leading by four at the break. going to the second. seminoles starting to put it away. beasley left alone in the corner. fsu wins their fourth straight 91-71. >> >> we are less than a mon away from orlando city season opener. first

bring volunteers together and one florida gator we all know, tim tebow. for the night to shine. >> reporter: and from the corsage to the red carpet entrance, prom memories we all share. the only thing different at this prom, all 200 guests are kings and queens. >> it' s amazing! >> reporter: cench taylor might never go to his prom, but tonight he' s a star. >> have fun! >> have fun? >> yeah, dancing. >> are you a good dancer? >> yes. >> reporter: i' m not a good dancer. i know you' re a lot better dancer than i am. >> yes, i am. around the world it' s a night to shine thank in part to the >> i hope you' re having the >> i can' t put it into words. she always wanted to go to prom and didn' happen. >> reporter: when tory' s mom heard about it she rushed to get a dress and make alterations within a few days. >> it' s all about them tonight. >> i have a special needs daughter myself and just to see s here, man, it' s incredible. >> reporter: as a dad, pastor justin miller knows just how hard it can be. that' s why tonight it is also for moms and dads taking it day by day and making it happen. >

the spotlight was on the capes as they hosted the top-ranked florida gators. to see figure out the pitchers from gators star. he struck out 12. gators take the serees 7 -3. >>> of course we won't give capes women's basketball the big short. seminoles finished the game on a huge run. if i counted correctly, i got all ten in. >> i'm will manso and that's aour local 10 morning sports wrap. >>> more bad news for spacex. liftoff canceled yet again last night. the company struggled to keep the rocket's fuel source at the ideal temperature. that's what's leading to sose of these delays. the launch was aborted. no word on when the next attempt will take place. it is rocket scien. >> i like how you put that, so true. >>> a georgia cple is getting a surprise four years after throwing a message in a bottle out in the open seat. it ended up, that's next. >>> and an american student is arrested in north korea. how he's blaming the american government for his arrest. >>> live look right now macarthur causeway, fountain street. we're going to check in with some of these ads.