The Gators are gearing up for the meet they’ve been waiting for all season: the 2014 NCAA Championship. With less than two weeks until Florida has to defend the title it claimed for the first time in 2013, coach Rhonda Faehn is looking for some key improvements.
fter dropping four straight contests, Florida was looking for a spark heading into its three-game series against Auburn.
Skydivers from across the country gathered at Palatka Municipal Airport for UF's 16th annual collegiate boogie over the weekend. The three day event was hosted by Skydive Palatka and the Falling Gators.
Since its October inception, Swamp Records has hosted a showcase, launched a blog and co-sponsored an event at Gainesville Fashion Week. Now, it’s partnering with artists.
After three decades of pub crawling, Gator Stompin’ organizers are mixing it up by hosting an EDM-type concert in the Bo Diddley Community Plaza with headliners Waka Flocka and Wolfgang Gartner.
Today, residents will cast their votes to choose between the two top-rated candidates for a City Commission seat.
A local organization is working to put identification microchips in cats and dogs for free by hosting clinics around Alachua County at existing facilities.
The Gators may not have returned from Dallas with a victory, but UF students returned from Tuscaloosa this weekend as champions.
UF is asking students to leave bad habits behind in honor of Earth Day.
Cyclists can now pump it up in downtown Gainesville.
As the November gubernatorial election looms on Florida’s horizon, the Rick Scott and Charlie Crist camps are neck and neck in the polls. However, a Voter Survey Service poll commissioned by the Sunshine State News released Monday revealed Scott has pulled slightly ahead of Crist. As it stands, Scott leads with a 45-percent poll ranking, and Crist is lagging at 44 percent.
Accent Speakers Bureau announced its sponsoring of Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, before he abruptly canceled the visit on April 1. I find myself defending Accent’s decision to bring the ex-Israeli prime minister. This might strike you as odd, considering Olmert’s dark side, but let me explain.
The Internet has given us so many beautiful and fantastic things. We can communicate with others in far-off lands, we can research almost anything within the span of a minute, and we can create and share information instantly. But it’s also bred a new class of web users that almost everyone with an Internet connection has experienced: the troll.
Here’s a number that’s scary for Republicans: 18 percentage points.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Scottie Wilbekin had every reason to perform well Saturday against UConn.
“I love being in school right now. I like getting my education. I’m learning more from coach (Billy Donovan) and he’s got a lot to offer me. He’s going to help develop me so when I go to the NBA, I’ll already be ready and teams won’t have to worry about developing me anymore.”
California indie rock band Best Coast will show the East Coast some love with a free Gainesville performance Friday.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Now that the Gators’ season is officially over, let’s put their 30-game winning streak in perspective.
Gainesville Police arrested the owner of a local towing company Friday afternoon after he helped cover up a scooter theft committed a year ago at Canopy Apartments.
The south shore of Lake Wauburg was crowded with enthusiastic UF students and alumni Saturday for Wakefest, the Gator Wakeboard Club’s biggest fundraiser.
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