Jackie Moore returns to Gainesville to take over one of the biggest roles in college sports.
The annual Southeastern Conference spring meetings in Destin, Florida, took place May 31-June 3, as the conference’s presidents, athletic directors, football coaches and other representatives met to discuss the future of SEC football.
Zhane Sanders of Charlotte, North Carolina, visited Florida to attend a graduation ceremony in Marion County.
Tim Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and two-time national champion with the Florida Gators, has made his first appearance on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot.
After a lengthy rain delay, redshirt freshman Ryan Slater allowed four runs in the eighth inning to the Sooners, a back-breaking frame that the Gators failed to recover from, losing 5-4 in a game that came down to the final at-bat.
Carlos “Charlie” Messina, a UF horticultural science professor, returned to Gainesville after more than 15 years in the crop modeling and plant breeding industry.
Media production company Goof Entertainment, co-owned by CJC alum Courtney Theophin, recently finished filming a sitcom pilot and plans to pitch it to television networks.
UF marine researchers recently discovered a new way of collecting DNA from sea turtles; a flipper print trail in the sand gives them all they need.
The unanimous vote paves the way for the commission to later understand the approximate expenditure, revenue, economic impact and traffic impact for a sports complex on Eighth Avenue and Waldo Road.
A sculpture dedicated to a Gainesville activist and African American studies professor will replace a confederate soldier statue that used to sit downtown.
Senate President Elizabeth Hartzog was unanimously exonerated from abuse of power charges Thursday.
Longtime Gainesville favorite Mother’s Pub and Grill reopened as Mom’s OG May 23, staying true to its Irish sports bar roots and dedicated customers.
The only problem was Florida had exhausted its bullpen hours earlier in an effort to topple Central Michigan. Now, the Gators needed an unlikely hero.
For the second time in under 24 hours, UF’s offense went cold in a win-or-go-home matchup against the UCLA Bruins Sunday, losing 8-0.
Florida got the necessary win, defeating the Chippewas 6-5 Sunday afternoon.
Florida played its second game in the Women’s College World Series against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls Saturday. After its 7-1 win against the Oregon State Beavers Thursday, the journey only got harder as the Cowgirls pitched a shutout against the Gators, putting Florida’s chances of advancing in jeopardy.
In a classic can’t-get-out-of-its-own-way performance from UF, the regional’s 1-seed fell to Sunday’s loser’s bracket following spotty pitching and lackluster hitting.
One thing for certain, though, is that the crowd brought the most energy of the year Friday night, and it came at the right time.
A longtime Florida Gators gymnastics assistant coach who led the team to nine Southeastern Conference titles and three NCAA vault and floor championships will become associate head coach.
The incident occurred at 1:40 a.m. at the Fast Track convenience store next to the Exxon gas station at 3960 SW Archer Road.
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