Joanna and Chip Gaines shared sweet family moments ahead of a special career milestone.
The former HGTV stars share five children: Drake, Ella, Duke, Emmie and Crew. Though the kids have appeared on the couple's shows over the years, Joanna and Chip only share occasional glimpses into their family life on social media.
Joanna shared a rare video of Emmie on Instagram on Saturday, September 12, featuring a sweet mother-daughter moment. "When my 16 year old asked if she could do my makeup this morning, I was in," she captioned the clip. "Emmie Kay, you're hired."
In the clip, Joanna filmed herself sitting on a chair as Emmie showed off her makeup skills on her mother. Fans gushed over the adorable moment in the post's comments, with one user writing, "She did an excellent job very natural. Can she share what she used and the steps? Really great work!!!"
Another added, "Our kids know far much more about make up and beauty than we ever did in our age. Social media wins with make up." Someone else shared, "Beautiful! Time has flown for sure! Her side profile though…..looks like her Mama!"

#joanna #chip #though #Social

The Florida Gators host the Campbell Fighting Camels on Saturday, September 12, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, with kickoff set for 5:30 PM ET on SEC Network+.
Sep 5, 2026; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators defensive lineman Emmanuel Oyebadejo (99) and Florida Gators defensive lineman Jeramiah McCloud (91) react after a quarterback sack against the Florida Atlantic Owls during the first half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
Time: 5:30 PM ET
Channel: SEC Network+

#september #griffin #defensive

For 23 years, it has been the world's most annoying sports trivia question: Who's the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles ****** le?
Ben Shelton has always been the one with the ability to change it.
No disrespect to any of the others who have carried the red, white and blue banner for more than two decades across the men's tennis tour since Andy Roddick won his US Open ****** le in 2003. John Isner served his way to millions of dollars and a few nice tournament wins. The likes of Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey did the best they could in the Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal/Novak Djokovic era. Taylor Fritz has worked tirelessly to improve his game and continues to be a factor among the best players in the world.
But there is no divine right for any country, even one as big and athletically successful as the USA, to produce Grand Slam champions in a global sport where only a select few are going to rise to the top. It takes everything: Talent, development, the right set of circumstances and maybe a little bit of luck.
And for Shelton, the 23-year old who was born in Atlanta, raised to be an NCAA champion in Gainesville, Fla., and unleashed onto the world stage by a meticulously patient father/coach, only one more match stands in his way of the ultimate American story.

#grand #slam #best #andy

The Oregon Ducks' defense hasn't received much kudos this week after allowing the Boise State Broncos to score 27 points on them in Week 1, including multiple 70-plus yard scoring drives. While the standard wasn't met as a collective with blue-chippers lining every position, defensive tackle Bear Alexander's performance was a different story.
Facing an underrated Broncos rushing attack headed by Dylan Riley (1,125 yards, 10 touchdowns in 2025) and Sire Gaines (811 yards, eight touchdowns), the Ducks were going to be tested up front to begin the season. And, especially in the second half, there were moments where the Boise State run game was successful in churning out positive gains. But by game's end, they'd ran for just 93 yards on 26 carries, good for just 2.6 yards per pop.
Alexander answered the call, totaling eight tackles including a sack of quarterback Maddux Madsen. There were moments of the second-year Oregon starter simply discarding Boise State's center and guards before swallowing up Riley or Gaines near the line of scrimmage.
The performance of Alexander caught the eye of The Athletic NFL draft ***** yst Dane Brugler, who dove into the Week 1 tape and made a strong claim about the defensive tackle's draft stock.
"At 6-3 and 311 pounds with 34-inch arms and 10 1/8-inch hands, Alexander is a physical presence in the trenches who can shred blocks or hold his ground versus double teams," Brugler wrote. "A former top recruit, he had stops at Georgia and USC before transferring to Oregon, where he is realizing his potential. With his size and ability, Alexander started his senior season as a top-100 prospect and is competing to be in the top-50 conversation."

#boise #week #riley

Joanna Gaines just made a major revelation about the three-month break she and her husband, Chip Gaines, took after 25 years of working together.
The 48-year-old interior designer and business owner shared the update during a recent appearance on Hoda Kotb's Joy 101 podcast.
"Chip and I, you know we've been doing this business for almost 25 years," Joanna explained. "So, [Fixer Upper] was the show we had stopped temporarily, and that was good, but it was also just a lot as we were building our company."
The couple have worked together for most of their careers (@ Instagram)
She went on: "As far as Magnolia, we've been doing this for almost 25 years and we've never really stopped. And about three years ago, we stopped seeing vision. We stopped remembering like, 'Why are we doing this?'"

#stopped #doing #joanna #chip

Joanna Gaines shared how she and husband Chip took a three-month break from their Magnolia business during a recent appearance on Hoda Kotb's Joy 101 podcast
The couple paused their work on Magnolia, their lifestyle brand, after nearly 25 years of nonstop building and growth
Joanna says the break helped her refocus and recognize early signs of burnout to avoid it in the future
Joanna Gaines is keeping it real when it comes to needing to take a break.
During a recent appearance on Hoda Kotb's Joy 101 podcast, the Fixer Upper star and Magnolia co-founder, 48, reflected on building her lifestyle brand with husband Chip, 51, and why the pair chose to take a brief sabbatical in response to Kotb's question about the "power of pausing."

#joanna #appearance

When: Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville
Latest line: UF is favored by 49.5 points
TV: SEC Network+
Weather: 87 degrees, 70% chance of rain

#line

Week 4 of the Florida high school football season in the Gainesville area is officially here!
The week begins with not one, but two Thursday night games…and neither are at Citizens Field. One involves Buchholz opening district play in Marion County vs. West Port. The other is, simply put, the biggest game of the season as Miami-Northwestern makes the trip from Dade County to eastern Alachua County.
Friday sees district play begin for Columbia, Eastside and Gainesville High. For the Tigers, the objective is to keep the momentum going. For the Hurricanes and Rams, it's to pick up their first win of the season.
You can read our predictions here and the full schedule for the week here. Be sure to keep it here for live updates and scores from every game across the Gainesville area.
Also make sure to follow Gainesville Sun Preps Reporter Noah Ram on X, Instagram and Facebook for highlights from Hawthorne Thursday night as Miami Northwestern visits the Hornets and from Citizens Field Friday where Lecanto meets Gainesville High in a district battle.

#here #high

Six years after it was banned for its racist overtones, the "Gator Bait" cheer reutrned Saturday in Gainesville for Florida's 2026 college football opener.
The Universitty of Florida's marching band played the cheer in the first quarter of the Gators' Sept. 5 game against Florida Atlantic for the first time since then-president Ken Fuchs banned it at football games in 2020.
Former UF defensive star Lawrence Wright popularized the term in 1995 after a win over rival Florida State when he said, "If you ain't a Gator, ya Gator bait, baby." The phrase caught on with the Florida faithful during the team's run of success under coach Steve Spurrier.
Even though Fuchs acknowledged the cheer itself wasn't racist, he based his decision on the "historic racist imagery **** ociated with the phrase." The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University said that newspaper articles and imagery from the late 19th and early 20th century depicted African American babies as alligator bait, a term that was also used as a slur for Black people.

#bait

Florida football came into the season opener against Florida Atlantic relatively healthy. While Saturday night's result was ideal, the Gators are now dealing with a few injury concerns to follow heading into Week 2.
Wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr. suffered an unconfirmed injury during the game, while defensive backs J'Vari Flowers and Bryce Thornton also appeared to be shaken up at different points. Thornton seemed to injure his wrist after a big hit in the first half. Their statuses moving forward remain unclear. Head coach Jon Sumrall is expected to provide additional information after further evaluation.
The Gators were also without a number of key players before kickoff. Wide receiver Davian Groce, offensive lineman Eagan Boyer, defensive lineman Stive-Bentley Keumajio-Yondju, safety Eric Parks and running back Kelvin Jimenez were not dressed for the opener, according to reports from Gainesville. Before Saturday's matchup, Jimenez was listed as out.
The extent of Singleton's injury will be the most significant storyline as the Gators turn their attention to Campbell.
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#gators #injury #receiver

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jadan Baugh ran for 160 yards and three touchdowns, juking defenders nearly every time he touched the ball, and Florida opened the Jon Sumrall era with a 66-21 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday night.
Aaron Philo added 275 yards passing and four total scores as the Gators won their seventh consecutive home debut for a new coach. This one was the highest-scoring season opener for Florida since 1994.
Sumrall entered the sold-out Swamp amid fire, smoke and strobe lights. He delivered a fiery pregame speech on the field and then really showed what he's about with a dominant win that was never in doubt. He even had his team throwing — and scoring — in the final minute, reminding some of Hall of Famer Steve Spurrier.
Florida scored on its first six possessions. Philo connected with Vernell Brown III for a 49-yard score and then found former Georgia Tech teammate and current roommate Bailey Stockton for a 12-yarder.
Philo scrambled for a score on fourth down to make it 24-7. Brown finished with 117 yards on six receptions.

#baugh

Florida football officially kicks off a new era Saturday with Jon Sumrall's first game as Gators head coach.
The start of a new season – regardless of the coach – brings an excitement that's been held in a box throughout the long summer months.
But on UF campus Saturday, that excitement felt diminished. Call it the humid weather with on and off rain. Call it the late kickoff. Call it the less than marquee opponent in Florida Atlantic. Call it the holiday weekend.
Regardless, Plaza of the Americas – the hotbed of campus – looked eerily quiet three hours before kickoff.
Glenn Denning reflected that vibe. The Gainesville resident remembered when he first began tailgating on Plaza of the Americas when it stood packed with tents.

#saturday

Did Boise State get a touchdown because of an egregiously missed call by the officials in its game at Oregon on Saturday?
Broncos RB Sire Gaines scored on a 38-yard catch-and-run to give Boise State a 14-7 lead in the second quarter a play after Oregon's Evan Stewart **** ed a punt after calling for a fair catch.
However, Boise State should have been penalized on the punt. Take a look:
Stewart should have been given a clean opportunity to cleanly make that catch. While Boise State's Jameson Perry didn't make contact with Stewart, he was exceptionally close to the wide receiver as he tracked the ball. And that itself is a foul.
According to the NCAA's rule book if a player "is located where they could catch a free kick or a scrimmage kick that has crossed the neutral zone, and if the player is attempting to do so, they must be given an unimpeded opportunity to catch the kick." Further, "it is an interference foul if, before the receiver touches the ball, [an opposing player] enters the area defined by the width of the receiver's shoulders and extending one yard in front of him. When in question it is a foul."

#catch #stewart #kick

It had to be Ayden Gaines.
With Claremore trailing by four and facing third down from the Bartlesville 11-yard line with 48 seconds remaining, the circumstances almost seemed predetermined for the senior receiver, whose jersey number matched the exact yardage the Zebras needed to retake the lead.
Gaines had already spent most of the night proving nearly impossible to stop, and all that remained was for Kellen Gaede to make the game-winning pass.
The senior quarterback took the snap and fired toward Gaines, who leaped high above the defenders and pulled down the pass for their second touchdown connection of the night. The score pushed Claremore back in front and ultimately delivered a dramatic 35-32 victory Friday night over the Bruins at Lantow Field.
It was the program's fourth-straight victory over the Bruins.

#gaines #down #senior #victory

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East St. Louis always casts a wide net when it comes to football scheduling, and the latest top matchup is a showdown with Georgia power Gainesville on Friday.
The Flyers, ranked No. 37 nationally by MaxPreps, already have faced a pair of nationally ranked opponents this season, taking down Chicago Mt. Carmel 42-23 in the opener, then falling 35-28 in overtime at Florida's American Heritage last weekend.
The players to watch for the home team in this one are Flyers running back Myson Johnson-Cook, an Auburn commit, and Florida-bound corner Raheem Floyd.
Gainesville has an elite DB of its own in junior four-star Jai'lil Goley, who anchors the defense alongside senior linebacker and Pitt commit Jeremiah Proctor.

#gainesville #flyers #Football #nationally

Summer break is officially over for all, and that means the most anticipated of them all:
The Gainesville Sun's Athlete of the Week poll!
Once again, we are asking for your help with the nomination process. Please click here to see how to nominate. Nominations are due Monday morning, and they can be sent in by anyone — coaches, administrators, friends, family. It is imperative to send in nominations, so we can continue to honor the best! Please send nominations to Gainesville Sun Preps Reporter Noah Ram at nramgannett.com.
We are relying solely on this process for nominations for the 2026-27 season, so if names are not sent in, we will not be able to conduct athlete of the week polls and honor the best in the area.
This week, we're honoring the best from August 24-30. Voting closes Saturday at 12 p.m., and you can vote as many times as you'd like, so please share this poll with friends and family.

#week #athlete

Florida will enter Jon Sumrall's first season in Gainesville with a relatively clean injury report.
The Gators were hit by injuries throughout the 2025 season, including significant setbacks to several key players, but Sumrall said Monday that his team is largely healthy ahead of Saturday's opener against FAU.
"We're pretty healthy," Sumrall said in his Week 1 press conference. "The injury report is pretty positive in regard to having pretty much everybody ready to go."
Only one player, walk-on running back Kelvin Jimenez, has been ruled out for the season. Tight end Evan Chieca remains questionable after missing time during camp, although he has returned to practice.
"Chieca is questionable. He's practicing. He's running around, but it's a matter of how far we want to push him," Sumrall said. "I'm not sure about his availability for Saturday yet. It's not off the table, but it's not a green light yet."

#injury #report #Florida

The Seattle Seahawks have done what they were required to do at the end of preseason: form a 53-man roster and a practice squad.
There will undoubtedly be a slew of activity from now until the day before Seattle's opening night game against the New England Patriots on Sept. 9, so what you see right now is almost certainly not what you're going to see come Super Bowl banner raising night at Lumen Field. We still, ultimately, have a lot to talk about when it comes to Seattle's roster decisions.
The initial 53-man roster didn't feature too many shock moves, particularly when the Seahawks retained so many of their players from last season. Maybe there was a minor shock when the Seahawks used some 2027 draft capital to get Avery Smith from the Los Angeles Chargers, signifying yet another move focused on finding the right depth at cornerback. There was no need to fret, for example, about cornerback Trevon Diggs being released when he was destined for the 17-man practice squad, which may have yielded more eyebrow raisers.
None of Cody White, Jamie Sheriff, Noah Igbinoghene, D'Anthony Bell, or Jalan Gaines made Seattle's initial practice squad. We know what White won't be back after he signed with the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad, but we're still TBD on whether any of those players makes their way back to Seattle any time soon.
To recap and ****** yze all of the big moves the Seahawks made over the weekend, join myself and The Hawks Eye Podcast host (and Field Gulls staffer!) Bryce Coutts at a little after 6:35 pm PT for our roster and practice squad breakdowns in the first Seahawks Aftermath of the season. If you don't catch us live, this podcast will be available for replay whenever we're off the air, which is ideally in about an hour or less. You can tell us your biggest takeaways and thoughts either in the comments section or in the YouTube live chat function!

#seahawks #Seattle #right

The Oregon Ducks coaching staff is hard at work recruiting the quarterback position in the 2028 class, reportedly emerging recently among the favorites for four-star Tristin Gaines, who's scheduled a gameday visit this fall. But that's not stopping Dan Lanning and Co. from continuing to cast a wide net, as four-star passer Tommy Devany has scheduled a gameday visit as well in Eugene.
Devany, the No. 16 quarterback and No. 236 player overall in the 2028 class according to 247Sports Composite, will be in Eugene for the Ducks' Nov. 14 matchup against the Michigan Wolverines. He's also set to take gameday visits to California (Sept. 5), Arkansas (Sept. 26), Utah (Nov. 7) and Stanford (Nov. 28).
A Clovis, CA, native, Devany competes for Buchanan High school and is the 18th-ranked player in the talent-rich state of California. As a sophomore in 2025, Devany completed 62% of his passes for 2,408 yards and 18 touchdowns while adding another three scores on the ground.
Standing 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, Devany collected a bevy of offers earlier this year, but appears to have narrowed his lift down to five with Oregon included. Having received the commitment of Will Mencl, the No. 4 quarterback in the 2027 class, it's not necessarily imperative for the Ducks to have a quarterback commit in the 2028 class.
After all, they survived without one in the 2026 class after four-star Bryson Beaver signed his letter of intent but entered the transfer portal and landed with the Georgia Bulldogs. Oregon has dipped into the transfer portal for both depth and starting-level talent, and could do so in the future.

#devany

The Bills announced their first wave of cuts on Saturday afternoon.
The list includes the previous reported release of wide receiver Mecole Hardman, but not the release of punter Mitch Wishnowsky. The Bills have reportedly decided to go with rookie Tommy Doman over Wishnowsky.
Buffalo is also parting ways with linebacker Cade Denhoff, cornerback Jordan Dunbar, guard Bruno Fina, linebacker Theron Gaines, center Sincere Haynesworth, defensive lineman Zion Logue, cornerback D.J. Miller, safety Wande Owens, wide receiver Dante Pettis, linebacker Otis Reese, wide receiver Quentin Skinner, and tight end Shane Zylstra.
If Wishnowsky's reported release is included, the Bills are left with 23 more moves to make to get to the 53-man limit on Sunday.

#receiver #linebacker #wishnowsky

GAINESVILLE — Halfway through the first quarter, Forest football totaled less than 10 yards of offense.
It didn't matter.
Because the Wildcats had more points than yards, and the tone was set for the remainder of the game.
Forest began a season 2-0 for the first time in nine years Thursday with a dominant 39-15 win over Eastside at Citizens Field in Gainesville.
John Brantley III, who is in his second season at Forest after coming over from Trinity Catholic, acknowledged that work needs to be done, but he's not complaining.

#first #thursday

Former Florida defensive tackle Gervon Dexter Sr. is reportedly involved in trade discussions.
The Chicago Bears, who drafted Dexter No. 53 overall in 2023, "have had trade discussions ... and there are multiple scenarios where a deal could get done sending him to a new team," according to NFL Insider Jordan Schultz.
Dexter is entering the final year of his rookie contract and is coming off his best NFL season. He started all 17 games for Chicago in the 2025 regular season, recording 44 tackles, six sacks, six tackles for loss and 38 pressures. Over the past two years, he's started 32 games. He has 115 career tackles and 13.5 sacks through three seasons.
Dexter spent three seasons with Florida, coming in as part of the 2020 recruiting class. He played in 38 games for the Gators, starting 24 of them, and left Gainesville with 125 total tackles (46 solo), 9.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two interceptions, four pass deflections and two fumble recoveries.
Despite having college eligibility remaining, Dexter chose to enter the 2023 NFL Draft and ended up a second-round selection. At only 24 years old, Dexter has become a full-time starter since then, making him a young option for any team looking to bolster its defensive front.

#dexter #Florida #Chicago

The Arizona Cardinals have two new injuries to starters to know about. They held a joint practice on Wednesday with the Green Bay Packers leading up to their preseason finale on Friday. Two starters previously healthy were not out there.
Right guard Isaiah Adams didn't even make the trip to Green Bay. He has a knee injury of some sort, but, per head coach Mike LaFleur, it isn't serious. "We kept him back," he said on Wednesday. 'He'll be day-to-day. He's got a little bit of a knee."
He was not on the field on Monday in Arizona, either. Jon Gaines was in there at right guard instead.
Cornerback Will Johnson also didn't practice on Wednesday. His injury is not known. That gave Max Melton and Denzel Burke, both battling for a starting job opposite Johnson to be on the field at the same time.
The day-to-day nature of Adams' injury is interesting with the context that he didn't even travel with the team.

#didn 't #right

Florida has named its starting quarterback for Week 1 of the 2026 season.
Georgia Tech transfer Aaron Philo will get the nod over redshirt freshman Tramell Jones Jr. when the Gators take on Florida Atlantic to begin the season on Sept. 5. Philo followed new offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner from Atlanta to Gainesville.
"We are preparing for (Philo) to be the starter for Week 1," coach Jon Sumrall announced on Monday.
Philo has familiarity with Faulkner's system and saw game action (albeit limited) during his time with the Yellow Jackets. The redshirt sophomore appeared in eight games, starting one, and threw for 938 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions.
Florida HC Jon Sumrall has named Aaron Philo the starting quarterback. #gators

“We are preparing for him to be the starter for Week 1.”

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#aaron #gators #season

Florida football opens its 2026 campaign in under two weeks as the Jon Sumrall era kicks off in Gainesville. Ahead of the season's start, USA TODAY Sports writer Paul Myerberg published his full re-rank of all 138 FBS schools.
Myerberg's previous rerank for this fall came out in April, with the Gators placed at No. 38. In his final salvo of the preseason, the Orange and Blue find themselves up two spots at No. 36 and 10th among Southeastern Conference schools.
Sumrall and Co. enter the campaign outside the top 25 of both the US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Poll, with a de facto No. 27 ranking in both. Last year in Billy Napier's final season at the helm, Florida opened the schedule ranked No. 17 in the Coaches and No. 15 in the AP polls, while Myerberg had the Gators at No. 25 in his preseason re-rank.
The SEC has eight programs among the top 25 in the re-rank, headlined by third-ranked Texas, along with Georgia (No. 6), Oklahoma (No. 7) and Alabama (No. 9) in the top 10. Ole Miss (No. 11), Texas A&M (No. 13), LSU (No. 18) and Tennessee (No. 19) round out the top 25.
Florida begins its season against FAU in the Swamp on Saturday, Sept. 5.

#sumrall #texas

Joanna Gaines celebrated her annual Honey Harvest Day at her family's Waco, Texas farm with help from her five children
The family worked together to extract honey while wearing protective suits as Joanna documented the process on Instagram
The event seemingly took place before her oldest kids left for college, which Joanna reflected on in an emotional post earlier in August
Joanna Gaines is offering a look inside one of her favorite activities at her farm — with some help from her five kids!
The Fixer Upper star, 48, celebrated her annual Honey Harvest Day at her Waco, Texas, property with an Aug. 23 video shared to Instagram. The video detailed the process of extracting fresh honey at the farm as Joanna got a helping hand from her five children — Drake, 21, Ella, 19, Duke, 18, Emmie, 16 and Crew, 8 — whom she shares with husband Chip Gaines, 51.

#farm #five #harvest #Instagram

Florida football's new head coach Jon Sumrall has seen a great deal of success in his first two jobs, posting a 43-12 record evenly split over four years between Troy and Tulane. His latest gig in Gainesville will easily be the most challenging as he takes over a storied program that has experienced significant turmoil since Dan Mullen departed.
According to Sports Illustrated, the new Gators skipper is among the top 10 first-year coaches facing the most pressure entering the 2026 campaign. Sumrall checks in at No. 7 in the rankings, and author Patrick Andres explains why.
"If you want to single out a first-year coach with a schedule specifically set up to help them succeed, you could do much worse than Sumrall," he states. "After two years of breakneck slates under coach Billy Napier, Sumrall's Gators have navigable opening (Florida Atlantic, Campbell, Auburn) and closing (Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida State) stretches to dilute midseason tussles with Ole Miss, Texas, Georgia and Oklahoma. Florida still needs to find a quarterback, but if either Aaron Philo or Tramell Jones Jr. prove competent, fans could raise the bar for Year 1 immediately."
Over the past four years under Napier, the Orange and Blue accumulated a 22-23 record (and then 1-4 under interim HC Billy Gonzales), representing a brutal nadir for a program that went 33-15 under Mullen (plus a 1-1 record under interim HC Greg Knox) before him. The Gator Nation has suffered profusely this decade so far and is in dire need of some optimism after missing out on the postseason twice during that span.
There is no doubt that the pressure is all on Sumrall heading into fall.

#sumrall #record #gators

The Buffalo Bills added some veteran experience to their defensive line this week, signing defensive tackle Greg Gaines to a one-year contract ahead of their second preseason game.
Gaines joins Buffalo as an experienced interior defensive lineman entering his eighth NFL season. The 6-foot-1, 312-pound defensive tackle was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He spent his first four seasons with the Rams and was part of Los Angeles' Super Bowl championship team during the 2021 season. Gaines then spent the last three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2023 through 2025.
On the surface, the contract is fairly straightforward. According to Spotrac, Gaines signed a one-year, $1.3 million Veteran Salary Benefit contract with Buffalo that includes $137,500 guaranteed signing bonus and a $50,000 Week 1 roster bonus.
Gaines' experience is important when looking at his contract. He has seven credited NFL seasons, which establishes his minimum salary for 2026.
But the actual mechanics of the deal are a little more interesting than the $1.3 million number suggests. Thanks to the NFL's Veteran Salary Benefit (VSB), the Bills can pay Gaines the veteran minimum appropriate for his experience while carrying a substantially smaller number against their salary cap.

#contract #experience

GAINESVILLE, FL — Florida soccer outlasted Coastal Carolina, 3-2, on Thursday night to even up their record to 1-1.
In a game that had a two-hour rain delay, the Gators came out firing on all cylinders, taking a 2-0 lead in the first half of play.
Senior forward Kyra Taylor led the way with two first-half goals in her home debut for the program. Katie Johnston also contributed with a goal in the second half to put the team up 3-2 in the 76th minute to seize control of the match.
Florida was more aggressive and controlled the pace with 19 shots, 13 of them coming on goal, compared to Coastal's five shots, three of them on goal. The program also had 11 more fouls than Coastal.
Thursday's win also marks the first win under head coach Nick Zimmerman. The new head coach spoke on the team's performance in the one-score victory.

#goal #coastal #coach

The Buffalo Bills added a lot of experience to their defensive line before their second preseason game.
Buffalo signed veteran defensive tackle Greg Gaines to a one-year contract, adding an eight-year NFL veteran who has played in 108 regular-season games.
Gaines, 30, spent the past three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after beginning his career with the Los Angeles Rams. The 6-foot-1, 312-pound defensive tackle has 186 tackles, 14.5 sacks, 35 quarterback hits and 16 tackles for loss in his career.
He also brings a Super Bowl ring.
Gaines played four seasons with the Rams after Los Angeles selected him in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He appeared in all 21 regular-season and playoff games during the Rams' Super Bowl championship season in 2021, starting 16 times during the regular season.

#regular