"Sith, get one of your boys to cross the Mekong. Bring back a couple of shopping bags full of pot."
"I am become Death, destroyer of worlds."
Monday marked the 43rd anniversary of the death of Robert Francis Kennedy, the 64th attorney general of the United States and one-time presidential candidate who was gunned down in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel only hours after locking up the pivotal California Democratic primary.
After advancing to the Super Regionals for the third straight season, Alex Panteliodis was grinning ear-to-ear, swollen with “Gator Swag.”
After capturing a Southeastern Conference championship and its most tournament wins since 2004, the Florida men’s golf team again fizzled out when it mattered most.
Going into the NCAA Outdoor Championships, UF coach Mike Holloway has tried to make the Gators focus on one thing: themselves.
With 24 Gators athletes set to compete for 26 scoring opportunities at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Florida aims for a season sweep of the men’s titles and a strong finish from the women’s team in Des Moines, Iowa from June 8-11.
An article in Thursday's Alligator incorrectly reported that profits from the Florida Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Plant Sale totaled $30,000 in 2008 and $120,000 so far in 2011. The 2008 amount reflects gross sales, not profits, and the 2011 figure is a projection for this year's gross sales.
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For the third straight year, Florida ended Miami's season, but on Sunday, it was Preston Tucker — not errors and miscues — that did in the Hurricanes.
In a span of minutes, Miami's demons reared their ugly head again, and Nolan Fontana possibly saved Florida's season.
OKLAHOMA CITY — For two innings, it looked all too familiar for the Florida Gators softball team.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Annie Lockwood's two-out, hard line drive bounced off the glove of Kasey Fagan, against her chest and toward an erupting Arizona State dugout. Katelyn Boyd touched home plate to give Arizona State a 6-5 victory and thrust Florida (53-11) to the brink of elimination at the Women‘s College World Series.
On a beautiful, sweltering Friday afternoon at McKethan Stadium, Florida's top-ranked baseball team rained all over Manhattan's parade.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Missouri's Chelsea Thomas let go of a 2-2 pitch to Megan Bush and, within seconds, the ball clanked off the left-field bleachers at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. For a pitcher who has been one of college softball's best all season, the homer was a mind-numbing mistake in her worst start of the year.
OKLAHOMA CITY — On Florida’s star-laden team, Lauren Heil is a role player.
Instead of flooding pools at various apartment complexes, UF students might get their own pool to throw parties.
Five questions to ponder as No. 1 Florida opens the NCAA Tournament Friday at 4 p.m. against Manhattan.
As Brian Johnson lay motionless just off the clay of the pitcher’s mound Saturday at the Southeastern Conference Tournament, one thought reverberated through my mind.
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