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Gator Mania was one of the last local family-owned UF merchandise stores in Gainesville. In the last year, the city has seen the closing of many other staple businesses near the university, such as The Swamp restaurant and Daybreak Pleasant Street.
The Gators will play their sixth straight home game when they face UNF on Thursday evening.
Florida is 51-13 all time against the Volunteers.
On Saturday, about 80 UF students gathered outside the Reitz Union and walked to Prayers By Faith Family Ministries, the original location of Gainesville’s NAACP chapter, in honor of Gainesville’s Black history.
Miami Heat player Udonis Haslem and former Gators football players Kyle Trask and Kyle Pitts endorsed the Change Party's Student Body presidential candidate Wynton White along with other UF athletes. Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend showed support for the Gator Party candidate Cooper Brown.
The first day of voting for the UF Student Government Spring Election included some technical difficulties, short lines and about an 80% decrease in voter turnout from last Spring's election.
Gainesville City Commissioner and MTPO Chair David Arreola exchanged excited glances with the other commissioners in the room upon hearing this news. Gaining jurisdictional control over the taste road has been a priority of Gainesville's for the past month.
UF’s COVID-19 cases for students and staff continue to fall in daily positive results and quarantines.
There are 17 active student cases and four active staff cases as of Tuesday afternoon. These cases represent students and staff who have reported a positive test result to ACPS within the past 10 days.
Algunas de las clases en persona de UF, que comienzan el 28 de junio, regresará a los niveles normales de capacidad
Los estudiantes de UF pueden elegir entre tres partidos: Partido Change, Partido Gator y Partido Keg, el 23 y 24 de febrero.
Tre Mann and Scottie Lewis powered Florida to a dominant win on the road against a short-handed Auburn squad.
Gators bounce back from weekend loss to take down UNF 9-6.
The Gators were named co-champion of the 2021 Gators Invitational. Sophomore Annabell Fuller was the tournament’s lead scorer.
The iconic hotdog on wheels is hosting a virtual information session Tuesday.
UF’s best chance to snatch a nerve-cooling victory is Tuesday’s game at Auburn.
Florida men’s swim and dive is set to make a splash at the SEC Championship Feb. 23-26 in Columbia, Missouri.
OPINION: If this year’s team can stick the landing, it has the potential to be among the best Gators teams of all time — across any sport.
Florida’s biggest issue stuck out like a sore thumb on opening weekend. Despite a strong performance Sunday, the Gator bullpen must be more reliable moving forward.
Defensive struggles plagued the Gators, but offense looked bright in series loss to Miami.
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