Florida men’s basketball defeats Mississippi State in SEC home opener
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Jan. 10, 2015The Gators’ first home conference game of the year was a steal — in which UF proved stealers are winners.
The Gators’ first home conference game of the year was a steal — in which UF proved stealers are winners.
The memory of a broken leg, a mid-foot sprain, strep throat that caused him to lose 13 pounds — seven of which he’s gained back — have all combined to give guard Eli Carter an adventurous season.
For the 11th time in school history, and the fifth time in the past 10 years, the Florida Gators have an inductee in the college football hall of fame.
The Gators saw plenty of success on the first day of the UAB Blazer Invitational, showcasing their talents while showing Birmingham, Alabama why they are the top-ranked team in the country.
Florida (8-6, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) has quite a few moving pieces to figure out before Saturday’s 7 p.m. tip-off in the O’Connell Center against Mississippi State (7-7, 0-1 SEC).
Drivers will experience lane and speed reductions on Northwest 16th Avenue due to a 4-mile reconstruction project.
A Gainesville man was arrested with synthentic marijuana on him Wednesday morning after police said he robbed a man and attempted to rob another man.
College students aren’t the only ones with alcohol on the brain.
Update: At about 9 a.m. Dance Marathon at UF announced in a Facebook post that it did not reach its goal. It came close with $139,274.65 raised, which was 92 percent of its goal.
Mark Lynas’ activism ended when he threw a cream pie in anti-environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg’s face, yelling, “pies for lies.”
The UF journalism community was rattled when news broke of the terrorist attack on a French satire magazine Wednesday.
Jimmy John’s opened its third Gainesville location in December, and it’s freaky-fast business as always.
While students might be worrying about loans and financial aid, consumers in Florida aren’t that stressed about their wallets.
I’ll start off this column with an apology.
Earlier this week, The Associated Press reported that Republican Governor of Maine, Paul LePage, spent almost $53,000 on attorneys in an attempt to exorcise thousands of young people from Medicaid. The attempt failed. What’s even more frustrating about Gov. LePage’s actions is that Maine’s attorney general informed the governor’s office that the lawsuit would likely fail. [1]
The slow starts haven’t improved, and Florida is seemingly still figuring out what lineup can keep the team competitive in the opening minutes.
Geoff Collins is a psycho — or at least, that’s the name given to his brand of aggressive defense. "The psycho defense" is ready to be installed as Collins and the rest of the Gators staff officially took over with a team meeting Monday night and the defensive assistant coaches met with the media Thursday.
The weather will be warming up over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Welcome back, Gators. I missed everyone dearly during the break and can’t wait for this next year, along with its new eye candy, new late-night adventures and new resolutions.
Good morning, Gators, and happy Friday. If you’re reading this, congratulations! You’ve survived Thursday’s unnaturally frigid weather and lived to fight another day. Presumably, you made it through syllabus week as well. For that, give yourself a pat on the back and take a gander at this last-day-of-the-first-week-of-school edition of...