UF's women's tennis team managed to win its last two matches with only five scholarship players, but was unable to pull out a third, as the Gators lost to Florida State, 5-2, on a windy Saturday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
There's a new bowling alley in town, and it's trying to reinvent the business.
With the Gators down just 5 points and 16 seconds still left on the clock, fans began to file out of the O'Connell Center.
Over the past few days, UF received verbal commitments from Charlotte (N.C.) Independence High's Victor Hampton and Bradenton Southeast High's Jonathan Dowling, two promising defensive backs.
From commander-in-chief to leader of the free world, you can add another moniker to President Barack Obama's growing list of titles - regular guy.
A half-mile west of the Devil's Millhopper, Ed Kellerman stood in his living room crammed with electric guitars, amplifiers and drums, glued to his TV screen with his son, Dillon, watching replays of his son's basketball game.
About 4,197 people streamed into the O'Connell Center on Saturday night to see nine of the nation's best step teams face off in the 20th Annual Florida Invitational Step Show hosted by UF's Black Student Union. Each fraternity and sorority performing in the show was invited by the UF chapter of their organization. No UF teams performed at the event.
The Gators had a good meet. The Bulldogs had an exceptional one.
Would former President George W. Bush or former Vice President Dick Cheney have committed the United States to invading Iraq if either of them had done substantial tours of duty in the military?
Any momentum UF had built up after a 5-0 start was swept away by Miami on Sunday afternoon.
Frances Kirkpatrick felt like she was entering a lottery as she waited in line at a local antique roadshow Saturday.
This weekend, many Gators took advantage of their final opportunities to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
ORLANDO - No more cuts.
Iguana: It's what's for dinner.
University Police Department Officer Gene Rodgers saw a man in a lifted black Chevrolet truck swerve, and Rodgers flipped on his lights to reign in the driver.
A Gaston's Tree Service employee was killed Saturday after being electrocuted while working. When the man was dumping mulch with a crane at 21812 N.W. 91st St., the crane accidentally broke a set of power lines, said Alachua County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Carol Davis.
The University Police Department shut down a philanthropic dodgeball tournament at UF's Norman Field on Saturday after underage drinking arrests involving participants were made in the neighboring parking garage.
The last six complaints filed among parties during the Student Government elections campaign season were discussed in an hour-long Elections Commission meeting on Friday.
The Prepaid College Board will likely have to shell out billions of dollars more in tuition payments over the next couple decades under an agreement reached last week.
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