Picks column: A belated home opener
Sep. 14, 2017It’s been 308 days since UF has seen a college football game played in the confines of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
It’s been 308 days since UF has seen a college football game played in the confines of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
You’ve heard this before. You’ve heard it so many times that it has probably lost much of its meaning: Florida’s next game is a must win.
It’s been just under two weeks since the Florida volleyball team took the court for a meaningful game. After the cancellation of last weekend’s Active Ankle Invitational, the No. 3 Gators will return to the O’Connell Center to host a group of nonconference opponents.
After only a few weeks of training together as a group, Florida’s women’s tennis team will split up to compete in fall’s season-opening tournaments hosted in North Carolina and Rhode Island this weekend.
Alachua County’s 40 public schools remained closed Thursday and Friday after the city decided to cancel classes after Hurricane Irma made its way through Florida.
A Gainesville woman was arrested Tuesday after assaulting another woman in an attempt to “take back” her hair and uterus, Gainesville Police said.
Melanie Monteagudo lost her defender with a quick turn towards the goal line. She delivered a cross into the middle of Mississippi box that found Mayra Pelayo’s left foot seven yards from goal. The junior midfielder found the back of the net just five minutes into play, scoring her first goal of the season.
I have to give Ryan Murphy credit. I didn’t think there could be an “American Horror Story” season worse than the fourth season, “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” but two episodes into “Cult,” I think I have to call it.
As far as hurricanes go, Hurricane Irma was one for the history books. As the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, it steadily grew in power as it meandered its way over warm ocean waters. For more than a week, Irma had the undivided attention of Floridians, as well as the entire country. The week prior, Hurricane Harvey caused billions of dollars worth of destruction in Houston.
Why is UF open today? Why didn’t we announce before Hurricane Irma, like Florida State University, that classes won’t resume until Monday of next week? Why was UF planning to remain open on Friday of last week as the storm bore down?
You pop your head out of your apartment door. It’s Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 — the day after Hurricane Irma hit. You and your roommates decide now that the storm has passed, it would be fun to navigate the great outdoors and investigate the damage Irma left behind.
After about 400 animals were taken in by the Alachua County Humane Society because of Hurricane Irma, about 360 cats and dogs will be sent off in cars and planes to make room for more animals.
A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday night for violently threatening multiple people and violating his previous felony probation, Gainesville Police said.
UF students will be able to get 40 percent off career clothing at JCPenney thanks to a UF partnership.
Hurricane Irma damage may cost the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences millions of dollars.
Horacio Ruiz-Lugo was young when 9/11 happened, but even then he was scared.
When Hannah Rosenoff read an email announcing that UF was offering financial aid to students affected by Hurricane Irma, she wasn’t surprised.
One of the three “hot cops” in a viral selfie posted by Gainesville Police on Sunday is under investigation for anti-semitic comments he posted online.
Despite three hard days without power and water, 9-year-old Alicia’s face lit up Thursday after her U.S. senator bent down to hug and console her.
Daniel Dickrell and his 10-year-old son Daniel cleared their street of branches and moss with matching rakes Monday, four hours after Category 1 Hurricane Irma hit Gainesville.