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Georgia running back Sony Michel (1) out runs Missouri linebacker Cale Garrett (47) to score a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in Athens, Ga. Georgia won 53-28. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Gators focused on stopping Georgia backs Chubb and Michel

By Matt Brannon | Oct. 26, 2017

Michel and Chubb. Chubb and Michel. The more you hear those names in Saturday’s game, the more it means the No. 3 Bulldogs (7-0, 4-0 SEC) are doing what they want. Running backs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel are the focal points of a Georgia offense that will face Florida (3-3, 3-2 SEC) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Jacksonville. The two backs blow through tackles, break defenses with long runs and rank top 10 in the SEC in rushing yards per game.

Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield, right, hits the ball out of the hands of New Orleans Pelicans forward DeMarcus Cousins, center, as Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein defends during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Column: Taking the time to appreciate some good ol’ NBA dumpster fires

By Skyler Lebron | Oct. 26, 2017

The 2017-18 NBA season is now well underway, and already we’re witnessing some great things. Rookies across the league are having profound impacts, and several conference powerhouses are coming to form as they work through the growing pains of the early season.

UF soccer coach Becky Burleigh talks with her team following Florida's 5-2 win against Iowa State on Aug. 19, 2016, at James G. Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Gators soccer team drops final regular-season game to Gamecocks, 1-0

By Morgan McMullen | Oct. 26, 2017

Elexa Bahr dribbled left, cut right and prepared to shoot.

UF coach Emily Glaser will put redshirt freshman Elin Esborn and freshman Addie Baggarly into the top two spots in the lineup for the Landfall Tradition.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Florida freshman bringing “firepower” into final women’s golf tournament of fall

By Tyler Nettuno | Oct. 26, 2017

Over the course of its fall schedule, the Florida women’s golf team has had opportunities to win but hasn’t taken advantage of them.

The women's cross country team is dealing with numerous injuries ahead of the SEC Championships. "I don’t know exactly where that’s gonna leave us at the SEC meet," assistant coach Chris Solinsky. "This year, I think leaves us a little bit further behind where we would hope to be in a year."

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

UF women’s cross country team battling injuries before SEC Championships

By Alana Gomez | Oct. 26, 2017

After finishing their last two meets of the regular season within the top five of the leaderboard, the Gators men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in the SEC Championships in Athens, Georgia, this morning.

The Florida-Georgia swimming and diving meet started on Thursday with the diving event. The swimmers will compete today at 10 a.m.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Brooke Madden kick starts Gators meet vs. Bulldogs with diving win

By River Wells | Oct. 26, 2017

The moment sophomore Brooke Madden broke the surface after completing a dive, there was only one thing on her mind.

Erin Gosselin tops off a drink with Coca-Cola before handing it to a server Thursday. Gosselin is a bartender at the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant on Clark Butler Boulevard.

NEWS | FEATURES

‘It’s an adventure’: Gainesville bartender of 20 years still at it

By David Hoffman | Oct. 26, 2017

While pouring another drink, Erin Gosselin, 56, tells her regulars she’s still figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Kent Fuchs must go

Oct. 26, 2017

Martin Luther King Jr. famously claimed, “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.” As UF President Kent Fuchs has repeatedly demonstrated since white supremacist Richard Spencer first announced his intention to invade Gainesville in August, he does not understand King’s words.

OPINION | DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels

Oct. 26, 2017

You’ve been sitting at home for hours, trying to think of ways to entertain yourself. You and your roommates thought because it was a bye week for UF football, you might as well use Saturday to relax and have a lazy day.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Can we please stop hanging out in the library for fun?

Oct. 26, 2017

Earlier this week, I was studying. I was in the library, where most people are when they study, and I found a perfect little table in the basement of Marston Science Library. It was nearing hour three of my study venture, and I was making decent progress. I brought snacks to tide me over and filled my water bottle. I had an arsenal of colored pens, my notebook, my hard copy of the textbook at my disposal. Last but not least, I had the most important part of any study session — my ear buds.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Sexual assault education at UF falls short when needed the most

Oct. 26, 2017

Jane Doe (Jane Doe is not the actual name of the victim, but is used in place of it to ensure her safety) draws her third cigarette from the box of Marlboro cigarettes on the table between us. The box looks light.

OPINION | COLUMNS

You don’t always need to know your next move

Oct. 26, 2017

This sign I have had ever since I was a child. The sign is a voice which comes to me and always forbids me to do something which I am going to do, but never commands me to do anything.”

METRO

Delivery service fundraises for food bank

By Noelle Kough | Oct. 26, 2017

Bite Squad delivery service hopes to take a bite out of hunger in North Central Florida.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

GPD: Teens arrested for car burglaries

By Meryl Kornfield | Oct. 26, 2017

Police arrested four Gainesville teenagers — one of whom told officers the group had burglarized 10 cars — on Tuesday, Gainesville Police said.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Fraternity fundraises for child advocacy

By Lindsey Vasti | Oct. 26, 2017

A fraternity plans to celebrate their identities for children who can’t learn about their own.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Pulitzer-winning author to speak at UF

By Sofia Arriaga | Oct. 26, 2017

A Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winning author will speak at UF for the 2017 Florida Writers Festival.

METRO

City introduces parking app

By Jessica Giles | Oct. 26, 2017

Beginning Monday, city parking in Gainesville will be easier for smartphone users.

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Shands team to help elderly patients

By Sophie Feinberg | Oct. 26, 2017

To reduce the time elderly patients spend recovering in the hospital, UF Health Shands Hospital launched a new program focused on those 70 and older.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Mosquitos thrive in deforested areas

By Rosanne Ramraj | Oct. 26, 2017

More than half of mosquito species in deforested areas transmit human pathogens, UF researchers found.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Antibiotics will not increase diabetes risk in children

By Rosanne Ramraj | Oct. 26, 2017

Common antibiotics do not increase the risk of Type 1 diabetes or celiac disease among children prone to developing those diseases, UF researchers found.

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