As I was driving home from “Mad Max: Fury Road” last week, adrenaline still permeating my every extremity, I had to remind myself central Gainesville was not post-apocalyptic Australia and there would be little to gain from ramming my 2007 Toyota Camry into fellow drivers.
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The Florida men’s basketball team has signed three incoming freshmen to National Letters of Intent who will join the team for the 2015-16 season, giving new coach Mike White his first recruits as head coach of the Gators.
Kevin O’Sullivan has one hope entering the Southeastern Conference tournament this week — that his team saved its best baseball for the end of the year.
The Florida softball team was expected to blow all of its opponents in the Gainesville Regional out of the water.
Despite inclement weather that hung over the 2015 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, the Florida men’s track and field team didn’t let any rain fall on its parade.
The University of Florida men’s golf team is heading back to the NCAA Championship Tournament. First-year head coach JC Deacon and the Gators finished the NCAA Regional in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at 9-under-par locking up a fourth place finish.
With the top-ranked UF softball team already in the midst of the NCAA Tournament and the sixth-ranked UF baseball team beginning postseason play in the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Wednesday, the alligatorSports staff will be busy live-tweeting the events over the next month.
The No. 5 Florida women’s tennis team had its season come to a close in the NCAA quarterfinals on Sunday, falling 4-3 to No. 4 Vanderbilt at the Hurd Tennis Center at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
George Corwine, John Franklin, Bobby Stafford, Chris Avery, Brian Ritter and Paul Hinson rode their motorcycles from Jacksonville Beach to San Diego Beach in 50 hours.
UF students are earning diplomas at rates that rank near the top in the country.
A race was at the forefront for many people in Gainesville this weekend.
A distinguished professor of English at UF has a reason to celebrate.
Florida came in as the No. 7 state for the number of international students enrolled in college, with UF grabbing the No. 20 spot for universities hosting international students.
While being the first woman president would be a huge accomplishment, being a woman, by itself, will not get you elected. We know this because the last time Hillary Clinton ran for president, she didn't win. This time around, she has emerged as the only viable democratic candidate, and she has centered her campaign around women's issues.
A troop of four Cub Scouts came to the Alligator office Monday looking to get a glimpse at what goes into the day-to-day production of our newspaper.
Gavin Doran found inspiration through the humans of Gainesville.
Florida had nothing going offensively Sunday.
In his final regular season game and with his family watching from the stands, Josh Tobias rounded the bases one last time.
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