There’s a lot at stake this week in the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column this week, as the pickers are doing their final jockeying for the crown and trying to avoid embarrassment. Only two — Bobby Callovi and Kyle Maistri — are still actually picking for glory.
After suffering an injury early this season, Florida sophomore Brian Howell returned to competition in November and has made the best of his opportunity since.
A new tool developed by a UF researcher could revolutionize cancer treatment and allow for much earlier detection of tumors.
An estimated 500 people flocked downtown for Stompin’ for the Holidays, the fall semester version of Gator Stompin’.
Students with a homework assignment to organize a protest did just that Thursday afternoon on Turlington Plaza, choosing to demonstrate against escalating education costs.
Members of the UF chapter of Habitat for Humanity held their third annual Candy House Building Competition Thursday afternoon on the Reitz Union North Lawn.
So you’re finally ready to dump all the knowledge you (hopefully) absorbed over the semester in a cathartic flurry of finals, term papers and unnecessarily harsh “Rate My Professors” rants?
In a recent interview, Dick Cheney attacked the president for “agonizing” over the Afghanistan strategy, saying: “Every time [Obama] delays, defers, debates, changes his position, it begins to raise questions: Is the commander in chief really behind what [the military has] been asked to do?”
Members of the Florida Swing Dancing Club Brian Flatley and Jessie Morgan dance on Turlington Plaza Thursday afternoon. The club’s annual winter formal is tonight from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Unified Training Center. Admission is $5, and the club will offer dance lessons from 8 to 9 p.m.
The UF women’s lacrosse team facilities were on display as head coach Amanda O’Leary gave a tour of the new facilities to the Academic & Professional Assembly Thursday afternoon.
After overeating at Thanksgiving and with stressful finals fast approaching, Gainesville residents might appreciate a Saturday run.
The George A. Smathers libraries received donations ranging from 25 cents to $100 every time the Gators scored a touchdown in the regular season.
Gators who forgot to sign up for H1N1 vaccines at the Student Health Care Center will have another shot Saturday.
In Wednesday’s Alligator, the headline of an article read “Senators send ROTC to Atlanta.” It should have read “Senators send Navy ROTC to Atlanta.”
With flu season in full swing and H1N1 cases popping up in campuses all over the nation, officials are urging college students to take time from their busy schedules to get vaccinated.
The success of the Gators in the SEC Championship Game lies in the hands of Tim Tebow and the offense.
The Gators’ season hit an all-time low as they traveled to face Kentucky on Nov. 22.
After being selected to the NCAA Tournament field for the 19th consecutive season, the Gators should be accustomed to the postseason by now – but that isn’t the case.
When the Crimson Tide take the field Saturday, they will not have lost a regular-season game in 743 days.
Editor’s Note: Graduate student, Palm Beach Post Gators beat writer and reader Ben Volin earned a guest column for winning our inaugural alligatorSports Fantasy Challenge.
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