More than 50 people gathered Thursday afternoon in the UF Health Criser Cancer Resource Center for a slam poetry event, “I Am Warrior,” centered on sickle cell disease.
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Just two weeks into Florida football’s spring practice regimen, head coach Jon Sumrall and offensive line coach Phil Trautwein have highlighted the importance of a “player-led team.”
Even though the Gators only had about two hours in between their doubleheader matches, they still wiped out the North Florida Ospreys.
The Florida Gators now know their path to a second consecutive national championship. The Gators (26-7) were named as the No. 1 seed in the South Region of the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
As the Gators looked to close out their six-game home stretch, they looked to end the first half of their doubleheader on a positive note.
On a windy day in Lexington, Kentucky, the Gators completed their sweep of the Kentucky Wildcats behind a surge of runs.
After slow offensive production in the first two games of its weekend series against South Carolina, No. 23 Florida made a statement with its bats in the series finale.
Alachua County has also asked residents to report wasteful watering, including leaking irrigation systems, water-intensive activities and overwatering.
In response to this influx of students, UF has created a paradoxical, poorly thought-out solution. As more students come in, fewer dorms are available.
The project is the latest work of Mindful Messages: A Mural Movement, a nonprofit organization painting murals with uplifting, unifying messages in schools across Alachua County.
A resurgent season for the Florida women’s track and field team reached its conclusion Saturday night in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Despite the bats being cold again, Florida’s pitching continued its hot weekend to secure a series victory against South Carolina.
Behind blistering runs from Justin Braun and Wanya McCoy, Florida’s sprint squad delivered one of its strongest showings of the season.
Florida fell to Vanderbilt 91-74 in the semifinals to make an earlier-than-expected exit. As it turns its focus now to the NCAA Tournament, here are five areas Florida must improve on from the tournament to make it back to the national championship.
Lucie Pawlak found herself in the exact place she had been in three Saturdays ago: On court five, with all eyes on her as she battled for the decisive victory in a three-set match against the No. 11 team in the nation.
Vanderbilt’s dominance was evident early on. The Commodores ended the half with a 13-point lead. In the surge, they shot 52% from the field and 46.2% from 3-point range.
Senior Jocelyn Erickson has had a decorated collegiate career thus far. But the 2024 NFCA Division I Softball Player of the Year and SEC Player of the Year has turned it up a whole other notch in 2026.
Florida lacrosse has faced a gauntlet in non-conference play to kick off its 2026 season. After four ranked games in which UF went 2-2, the Gators had one more tune-up game before their monumental clash against No. 1 North Carolina in Chapel Hill Tuesday.
“Risk Arena” released Thursday and marked the rapper’s sixth EP, joining his lengthy existing discography of seven albums and over two dozen singles. The record’s two singles, “Slowburn (Air it Out)” and “Love4Sale,” were released in February.
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