Sports
Gators in the NFL Draft primer
By Joseph Salvador | Apr. 23, 2020The NFL Draft begins tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN, ABC and the NFL Network.
COVID-19
Sports
The 2020 alligatorSports Mock Draft
By Alligator Staff report | Apr. 22, 2020With the NFL Draft on Thursday night, we divided the 32 teams among our writers and tasked them with picking the first round. Here is the 2020 alligatorSports Mock Draft:
University
Statement from the Student Body President Regarding Student Government’s Response to COVID-19
Apr. 22, 2020Hello Gators,
News
Want to be part of The Alligator? Join our remote Summer 2020 team
Apr. 21, 2020Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. April 28.
Metro
First COVID-19 death recorded in Alachua County
By Alex De Luca and Alexandra DeLuca | Apr. 21, 2020Local health officials have confirmed Alachua County’s first death related to COVID-19.
University
UF students encouraged in an email to participate in rent strikes
By Kaelyn Cassidy | Apr. 20, 2020The email was sent to more than 53,000 UF students
News
Frequently Asked Questions
Apr. 20, 2020What is the difference between coronavirus and COVID-19?
News
What's happened
Apr. 20, 2020Alachua County COVID-19 curve appears to be flattening, local health officials say
The Avenue
Rate and Review: DaBaby's "Blame It On Baby"
By Manny Rea | Apr. 20, 2020The “young CEO” falls flat, and that’s not on cap.
The Avenue
CJC hosts first Women and the Art of Film speaker
By Julia Collins | Apr. 20, 2020Chloe Weaver discussed breaking up the "boy's club" in cinematography
Metro
‘A horror show’: Mother’s Pub reopened
By Hannah Phillips | Apr. 19, 2020Employees say they’ve been taken advantage of and underpaid
Metro
COVID-19 closes nonessential businesses
By Anna Wilder | Apr. 19, 2020This follows Alachua County’s stay-at-home order
Opinion
What it's like to date a journalist
Apr. 19, 2020Journalists don’t have a lot of free time. If they date you, they must really like you. I consider myself extra special because I was able to get a journalist to fit me in her abundant agenda filled with interviews, writing, meetings and editing all the time. While I do feel special, there was also a lot I learned by dating Christina Morales for more than two years during her Alligator career.
Opinion
Pop the champagne
Apr. 19, 2020I remember the first time I entered The Alligator newsroom as a staff writer. I felt small despite the hospitality and limited square footage of the glorified closet.
Opinion
Journalists are made by people
Apr. 19, 2020There used to be an old man who tucked in his aqua button-up shirt into his khaki pants every day. He looped a leather belt, shined his shoes and slicked back the little white hair he had left.
Sports
Football may be gone, but the pain remains for NFL retirees
By Christian Ortega | Apr. 19, 2020In 1989, 7-year-old Ben Troupe donned his helmet and pads for the first time and ran onto the field for practice at the Swainsboro Recreation Department's football league in Swainsboro, Georgia.
Sports
The best decision I never made
By Joseph Salvador | Apr. 19, 2020Indecisiveness has plagued me for most of my life. And about four years ago, that lack of conviction set me on a path I never intended on walking.
