The Arkansas defense stiffened down the stretch, forcing poor shots and costly turnovers that ensured a 75-64 victory for the Razorbacks Tuesday night at Bud Walton Arena.
Coach Dan Mullen announced the start of spring football practices Tuesday. They start Thursday, and the Gators will hold 15 more practices until the end of spring ball.
Annabell Fuller finished 10th individually in Florida’s first tournament of the spring.
Dan Mullen offered some criticism of defensive alignment and urgency late in the 2020 season with spring practices right around the corner.
Florida will play its first home game in 11 months against Jacksonville Wednesday evening.
Athletic director Scott Stricklin said hosting fans for the annual scrimmage seems “unwise given all circumstances,” in a press release Tuesday.
![The tomb of Francisco José do Nascimento, nicknamed "Sea Dragon," caked in dirt when UF history graduate student Licinio Nunes de Miranda found it in July. [Courtesy of Licinio Nunes de Miranda]](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/ufa/62d0f150-b5cd-4b74-b821-3576aeba56cf.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=1500&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
UF history graduate student Licinio Nunes de Miranda spent three years searching for the tomb of Brazilian abolitionist Francisco José do Nascimento, nicknamed the Sea Dragon because of his beginnings as a fisherman.
The Gators are set to play their first game since Feb. 3 against No. 24 Arkansas Tuesday night at Bud Walton Arena.
Gator freshman Ryan Hart didn’t start playing golf until he was 13, and he’s now making a name for himself on a stacked Florida roster.
Without star guard Lavender Briggs, Florida relied on offensive production elsewhere in its home loss to No. 17 Kentucky.
Annabell Fuller had a career day for the Gators, shooting a collegiate low 67 in the second round of the Moon Golf Invitational
“The Seven Sides of Shakespeare” was shot almost entirely on an iPad over six months.
Lichen Press, a used bookmobile, stopped on UF campus Thursday and Friday night.
Gainesville’s longest-running concert series presents a three-show virtual sequence featuring regional Black artists.
About 80 students gathered in Plaza of the Americas on the evening of Feb. 14 to observe the third anniversary of the shooting. March for Our Lives Gainesville, a local branch of the national organization formed immediately following the tragedy to advocate for gun reform, honors the anniversary each year with a vigil on the plaza.
UF will collaborate with FDOT, the city and UPD to enact traffic safety measures. These changes include lowering the speed limit, fixing and adding new crosswalks and installing signs for increased visibility.
The city commission voted 3-3 against the proposal at a Feb. 11 meeting, halting the “Free the Nipple" movement in Gainesville but passing a plan to begin drafting language changes to de-gender city codes.
The goal of the organization is to guide current students while also funding school programs and scholarships. It is one of the few high school alumni associations in the Alachua County Public School system.
Clad in face coverings and dark, formal clothing, about 60 friends, family and former colleagues of Mickle gathered at the Curtis M. Phillips Center at noon for the private service. Mickle, the first Black student to earn an undergraduate degree from UF, died of cancer Jan. 26 at 76 years old.
The shelter, located at 3400 NE 53rd Ave., held its Valentine’s Day adoption event from Feb. 9 to Feb. 13. Though adoption fees are normally $20 for cats and $40 for dogs, all fees were $14 for both animals during the weeklong event.
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