Demps anchors Gators' winning 4X100-meter relay
By TONI-ANN MILLER | Apr. 5, 2009Jeff Demps got the baton to start the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay - with UF already in the lead - and the race was over.
Jeff Demps got the baton to start the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay - with UF already in the lead - and the race was over.
It was the kind of situation clutch players dream about: tie game, two outs, bases loaded, bottom of the final inning.
Most museums warn patrons to keep their hands off the art, but at Saturday's MindSight exhibit, people were encouraged to do the opposite.
When Brooke Emory was six years old, doctors found a brain tumor on her optic nerve, the cause behind her recurring migraines. Rather than having the tumor removed via surgery, which would likely cause blindness, she underwent 18 months of chemotherapy.
With the hope of putting an initiative for medical marijuana on Florida's 2010 ballot, UF's chapter of People United for Medical Marijuana is collecting signatures for its campaign.
A Gainesville man was charged Thursday with the rape and murder of a Texas woman after spending two years in a Florida prison on an unrelated felony charge.
A 14-0 run usually occurs on the basketball court, not the baseball field.
Santa Fe College (21-15, 10-4 Mid-Florida Conference) ended its conference game against Seminole Community College early on Saturday with an 11-1 mercy-rule victory in seven innings.
The most impressive team on campus plays in a stadium that has no parking lot.
Friday's tragic shooting in Binghamton, N.Y., serves as yet another reminder to Americans across the country of the fragility of life.
In a troupe consisting of Bruins, Pioneers, Gophers, Cyclones and Hawkeyes, the Gators emerged victorious from the menagerie.
PHILADELPHIA - If Derek Lowe had been this dominant last October, the Philadelphia Phillies might not be World Series champions.
A former Gainesville resident will be charged with video voyeurism this week after admitting to taking pictures of a woman in a Home Depot restroom in February.
Scrawled on a ripped piece of paper on Marcee Lee Winthrop's refrigerator are the words, "When I want to cry, I will laugh instead."
I received an e-mail Thursday afternoon from Dr. Creed Greer, assistant program director of the University Writing Program, informing me that due to a "scheduling error," the Writing for Pre-Law section I registered for nearly a week and a half ago was closed and would not be held in the fall.
This isn't exactly what the Gators envisioned when they took the course in Atlanta on Sunday to play in their last tournament before the postseason.
In its final home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team put on a clinic in its 7-0 sweep of Arkansas on Sunday.
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