Opinion: Columns

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The Rally: Will Tim Tebow save his NFL career or flop in New England?

A day after Tim Tebow’s release from the New York Jets, the Omaha Beef – an indoor football team in Nebraska – offered the former Florida quarterback a roster spot and $75 per game. Forty-one days later, the New England Patriots trumped the Beef’s offer, signing Tebow to a two-year, non-guaranteed contract. ESPN’s Ed Werder broke the story Monday afternoon, and immediately, our Facebook and Twitter feeds exploded. Tebowmania is a big deal – since ESPN tells us it is – so now it’s our turn to take a stab at it. As the hysteria slowly dies down for the time being, alligatorSports assistant editor Landon Watnick and alligatorSports.org editor Chuck Kingsbury will debate if Tebow will succeed in his first season in Foxborough, Mass.

Video games are not inherently negative

My family was channel surfing the other day when we came across a program. I don’t know what the program was about or what context I was viewing it under, but one part stuck out before the channel changed.

MLB Draft takes toll on Gators

Florida baseball is in trouble. For the second straight year, the MLB Draft has sucked the best talent away from Gainesville.

Athletes’ remarks about homosexuality are often overstated

Following the Indiana Pacers’ Game 6 victory in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on June 1, star center Roy Hibbert made comments that many people deemed offensive.

The Rally: Who is Florida’s equivalent of LeBron James?

The NBA is nearing the end of its two-month haul through the postseason, and Miami Heat forward LeBron James has continued his dominance through the Eastern Conference Finals. As James leads his team into the Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, alligatorSports editors Adam Lichtenstein and Landon Watnick will decide which Florida player dominates or dominated his or her game in a LeBron-esque fashion.

Despite loss, Florida’s future bright

Tim Walton is a man of the present, not the future.

Locavore, locashmore: The trend is trivial

Every Wednesday at the Union Street Farmers Market in Gainesville you can find a wide array of locally produced food including organic produce and vegan-friendly food carts.

Trading liberty for new games

Benjamin Franklin is credited with coining the phrase, “Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.” But what about trading liberty for entertainment?

Cody Wilson, a contemporary revolutionary

Cody Wilson is a 25-year-old University of Texas law student, self-proclaimed market anarchist and co-founder of the arms manufacturing company Defense Distributed. 

Results not there for UF

It’s time for Gators fans to face the facts. This year’s baseball team is not good.

Embree deserves to be in conversation of all-time UF greats

Lauren Embree’s list of collegiate accomplishments is nothing short of astounding.

The Rally: What will be Florida’s biggest weakness in the postseason?

The Florida baseball team could have played itself into being an NCAA Tournament lock with a strong finish to its season. Instead, the Gators lost seven of those 12 games, including two of three to unranked Auburn and Georgia. Today, alligatorSports baseball writers Josh Jurnovoy and Adam Lichtenstein debate what will give Florida more trouble in this week’s Southeastern Conference tournament: hitting or pitching.

Feminists, embrace laissez-faire capitalism

Since the birth of feminism, it seems its ideology has been engaged in a more-than-happy marriage with radically left, anti-capitalist ideology and has enjoyed being bedfellows with the state. 

Put your cell phones down, people

We all know the drill. You see an acquaintance from afar. You don’t really feel like talking to him, so you pull out your cellphone and feign interest in it. You keep your eyes glued to the screen so you don’t make eye contact with the person you’re avoiding. Once you’re at a safe distance, the relief sets in that you’ve dodged the proverbial bullet that is face-to-face interaction.

Incoming editor finds inspiration

Last week, sports were the last thing on my mind.

Self-deprecating vs self-defecating

A Letter to the Editor written Feb. 27 was addressed to “GENIUSES OF JUVENILE JOURNALISM” and ended with “P.S. ARE THOSE YOUR TRUE NAMES OR PSEUDONYMS? THEY’RE HILARIOUS!”

Three cheers for the photojournalists: You should be celebrated

Look to your left, then to your right.

Departing senior columnist owes sanity to statistics

The Rally: Which Gators first-round NFL draft pick in past 10 years is best?

The NFL Draft begins Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York, and former Gators Sharrif Floyd and Matt Elam could both hear their names called on the first night. Nine Florida players have been selected in the first round since 2003. alligatorSports staff writers Adam Pincus and Phillip Heilman debate which former Gator has enjoyed the best NFL career so far.

The harmful impact of homophobia

As a semi-withdrawn gay man, I have never had the urge to open an account with Grindr, a social networking app tailored to the male-oriented orientations of the LGBTQ spectrum.