After two games in as many days, fifth-seeded Florida was bounced from the Southeastern Conference Tournament by No. 12 Kentucky on Friday following a strong showing against Mississippi State on Thursday.
Sophomore Gordon Watson showcased his skills Sunday when he defeated No. 55 ranked Tsvetan Mihov in three sets to clinch Florida’s 4-2 win against South Carolina at the Ring Tennis Complex on Sunday.
Diving hasn’t been one of the strengths for Florida’s No.1 men’s (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) or No. 8 women’s (5-3, 3-2 SEC) swimming and diving teams in recent years.
UF’s College of Journalism and Communications is opening a news reading room at Library West.
The first vote Sheryl Eddie’s youngest daughter casts will be for her mom. At least, Eddie hopes so.
Three years ago, Todd Chase ran for City Commission because of his mother. A retiree living on a fixed income, Chase’s mother felt the bite of Gainesville’s fire assessment fee, which was adopted by the commission in 2010 to plug a hole in the budget.
Win or lose, District 2 candidate and former UF Faculty Senate chairwoman Cheri Brodeur will soon say goodbye to the university. She plans to retire in 2015.
USA Today reported Sunday that Florida remains the go-to Spring Break destination for American students, and for good reason. South Florida residents live in a perennial tropical paradise, which explains why so many people from New York and New Jersey tend to retire — read: drive badly and complain about the lack of good pizza — there. And, of course, Panama City Beach in the panhandle remains a popular Spring Break destination, famous for its cheap accommodations, wild beach parties and inevitable drunken falling-off-balconies incidents.
Two UF alumni are looking to change the way people surf the Internet with their new web app Searchlet.
How was your Spring Break? Meet anyone fun? Get a tan? Learn how to perform oral sex from your phone?
The Florida Legislature is attempting to seize total control of Lake Okeechobee, eliminating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the process and giving total water management control to the South Florida Water Management District. This proposal is a bad idea, as it overlooks the history of the management of the lake and related water bodies in regard to the Clean Water Act.
That darn plastic bag!
Mayor Ed Braddy’s recent pledge to “revamp” the City of Gainesville internship program is nothing new. I interned for the City of Gainesville in the summer of 2011 and did much more than “shadow the City Commission,” as Braddy claimed in the Feb. 26 edition of the Alligator.
Conservatives flocked to Washington, D.C., last week for the Conservative Political Action Conference to rally behind conservative leaders and discuss their core ideological beliefs. Sadly, the week produced the same rhetoric spouted by conservatives — most of whom identify as Republicans — that many young Americans and minorities, more often than not, reject.
After being shutout by Ole Miss to open up Southeastern Conference play on Friday, Florida evened the series Saturday.
Florida made it onto the scoreboard at the Dizney Stadium on Saturday within the blink of an eye. Just 20 seconds after Florida controlled the opening draw of the game, junior midfielder Shannon Gilroy scored the first goal of the game. Gilroy followed up that performance with a second goal just two minutes later, extending Florida’s lead to 2-0.
Florida’s dominant win over South Carolina on Saturday served as a preview of sorts, as UF prepares for a slate of ten Southeastern Conference opponents before beginning the SEC tournament in April.
After No. 1 Florida sealed an 84-65 win against No. 25 Kentucky in the O’Connell Center on Saturday, senior forward Will Yeguete hoisted a sign that read “18-0 and more to go.”
On Friday, the third time was the charm for Kentucky.
Casey Turgeon handed Florida (8-6) a 1-0 walk-off victory in its series opener against Connecticut (4-6) on Friday night at McKethan Stadium.
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