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After forgetting to reapply her parking decal after a windshield replacement, Lark resident Abby Hatton returned home to find her car booted by Superior Towing, the company that patrols the popular apartment complex.
A crowd gathers in front of the screen at Mom's OG Bar and Grill in Gainesville, Fla.
Valentina Hudacko arrives at Mom’s OG Bar and Grill at 7 a.m. every day, but the party lasts well into the night. The 23-year-old server, manager and bartender works the earliest shift, setting up the bar, turning all TVs on and preparing the crew for the day. When she opens the doors at 7:30 a.m., they don’t close again until 2 a.m.
Through the first four innings in the second game of the weekend series between Florida and Arkansas, it seemed like there was a pitcher’s duel on hand. That sentiment quickly unraveled as the Razorbacks struck for six runs in the top of the fifth inning and took the energy out of the home crowd.
The packed crowd at Condron Ballpark cheered batter after batter as it watched history unfold Friday night. The 6,542 fans who attended the series opener between Florida and Arkansas in Gainesville were treated to a show as sophomore right-hander Liam Peterson started on the mound for the Gators and diced up the No. 5 team in the country.
Florida gators attack Jordan Basso (6) hugs teammate Frannie Hahn (16) after she scores a goal in a lacrosse game against Loyola Maryland in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
The idea struck in Budapest, Hungary. Over 5,000 miles from UF’s campus in Summer 2023, two students, Karl-William Nietert and Ethan Wolf, decided they didn’t want to wait for Spotify Wrapped to come out at the end of the year to see what their friends were streaming.
Since 1969, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama, has been the birthplace of monumental pieces of music from artists like Aretha Franklin and The Rolling Stones. Yet as of January, local indie musician and 25-year-old UF alum Thomas Allain stood in the very place where those icons breathed life into music, recording nine songs over the course of five days.
In its final midweek contest of the 2025 season, No. 8 Florida was looking to take care of business against the South Florida Bulls. Despite a run-rule victory in the first meeting between the two teams this season, Wednesday’s contest wasn’t appearing to be similar.
More than 15 people joined UF Students Demand Action and the UF College Democrats Wednesday afternoon in a campus vigil and call for action honoring the victims of the Florida State University shooting and those affected by gun violence.
Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward speaks at a vigil for victims of the April 17 Florida State University shooting on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
I have never had a greater passion in my life than I have had for sports. Growing up, nothing came close to the thrill of turning a game on TV, whether it was a New York Mets matinee in the middle of the summer, a Dallas Cowboys Sunday night football matchup or a Saturday afternoon of college football with the Florida Gators ready for a SEC clash.
I have dedicated five semesters to the Alligator, yet I don’t know how to put into words what it meant to me.
A scorching July in 2022 led me to Gainesville and, to an overdue epiphany, The Alligator.
On the field, Kaitlyn Davies and Theresa Bragg are two of the most reliable forces on No. 4 Florida lacrosse, forming one of the most formidable pairings in the nation. Off the field, the two juniors are even closer, rarely spending a moment away from one another.
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the task force has worked on over 1,000 cases in the past five years.
La Asociación de Estudiantes Hispanos (HSA, por sus siglas en inglés) de la Universidad de Florida organizó una Noche de Museo el 16 de abril en La Casita y el Instituto de Cultura Afroamericana, celebrando los 40 años de legado de la organización y honrando la historia, las contribuciones y la presencia de la comunidad hispana y latinx en el campus.
It was a senior day celebration inside James G. Pressly Stadium, and Anthaya Charlton made the most of it. In her first competition of the outdoor season, the senior from the Bahamas picked up a pair of event wins at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational.
It was a first inning to remember, or maybe forget.
A previous version of this story identified HLSA as the Hispanic Student Association. It has since been changed to reflect the correct title.
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