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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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Las Vegas bets put referees back on the field

The outrage that ensued from the referee scandal signaled that the NFL, arguably the most popular professional sporting league in the nation, has been negatively impacted by complicated labor negotiations.


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Bias keeps us from reaching full potential

A recent New York Times article presented the results of an interesting study: It confirmed the existence of some preconceived notions about girls, boys and their mental capacities in the field of science.


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Picks Column: Bye Week

On Thursday night, the NFL welcomed back referees who are actually qualified to officiate professional football games. What a concept!


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Darts & Laurels

This brings us to the forget-about-elections-there-are-real-problems-to-deal-with edition of ...


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Debates minimized by other outlets

We are one week away from seeing a side-by-side contrast of both major presidential candidates. The first of a series of debates between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney is rapidly approaching.


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Viral Volunteer - Be careful who you talk to in El Paso

Someone in a Safeway recorded a video on her cellphone when she noticed something funny about a volunteer who was registering voters outside of the store. She saw that the volunteer had begun asking people which presidential candidate they would vote for before offering to register them to vote.


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A little common courtesy goes a long way

In the midst of the prejudice, discrimination and hate that seemed to rule the era, an act of kindness in regard to these students’ well-being catapulted numerous other significant events. Doing something unconventional, and at the time socially unacceptable, for the benefit of a few would eventually make all the difference in how this country treats people of all backgrounds.


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Darts & Laurels

Between rain boots, football wins and looming exams, it’s definitely Fall at UF. Don’t forget to study like you should vote: early and often.


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Romney’s 47 percent remarks misleading

Of all the seemingly shocking statistics that Conservatives love to sputter in defense of their regressive tax policies, their favorite must be that 47 percent of Americans pay no federal income tax. Astounding, isn’t it? How can those pinko-commie hippies at Occupy Wall Street complain about tax cuts for the rich, when almost half the nation doesn’t pay taxes?


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Picks Column: Kentucky

After two weeks on the road, we here at alligatorSports will finally spend a weekend in Gainesville. But instead of catching up with school work and cleaning up the hell holes our rooms have become during our absence, we plan on getting wasted on whatever’s cheapest and introducing ourselves by our column names to numerous unimpressed females at Midtown.


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