After a disappointing early exit in the SEC Tournament, the No. 1 Florida softball team will quickly regather itself before pushing into the NCAA Gainesville Regional.
The UF men’s tennis team has made it to the Sweet 16 for a second straight year.
Before the Gators women’s tennis team stepped out on the court Sunday, Ingrid Neel was thinking ahead. The lone freshman playing in her first NCAA tournament was so eager to advance to the Sweet 16 in Athens, Georgia, she wasn’t even thinking about tennis.
While some younger UF baseball players are beginning their MLB careers, one established veteran is proving that he still has it.
This Friday, the Gators women’s golf team will begin its quest for its third NCAA title in program history.
UF’s Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service responded to a call Saturday in northwest Gainesville to rescue a 1,200-pound cow that got stuck in mud.
After more than half a year of searching for a new superintendent for Alachua County Public Schools, some community members are unhappy with the outcome.
After more than 100 nameless years, a historic lion statue in Gainesville has been given a name.
We wouldn’t exactly call it a surprise that President Donald Trump is a less than trustworthy commander in chief. His entire campaign leading up to his victory was filled with verbal falsehoods that spewed out of his mouth like pellets out of a revolver. Within a few months of his campaign, lying appeared to be second nature to the giant Cheeto vying for control of our country.
A center dedicated to sewing reusable feminine products for women in developing countries will open in Gainesville today.
Sixty years ago, Burger King founders James “Jim” McLamore and David Edgerton visited one of their Gainesville stores on 13th Street.
In 2004, two musicians were playing video games when they had the idea to produce a new kind of musical performance art. Bit Brigade will be taking nerd culture to new heights at High Dive today at 8 p.m.
I am interning for an organization that helps alleviate global poverty called The Borgen Project. The project, according to their website, “is an innovative, national campaign that works with U.S. leaders to improve their response to the global poverty crisis.” Or, in other words, it is probably the opposite of what you’re imagining. Typical poverty relief groups are “boots on the ground” types of organizations that directly improve the living conditions of communities through physical projects, such as building wells, buildings, etc. However, The Borgen Project focuses on directly alleviating global poverty by lobbying representatives in government to vote on policies that would increase the budget for financial aid.
From Tom Petty to Less Than Jake, many an artist have gone from humble Gainesville beginnings to international fame. While massive tours and sold-out crowds may be the norm for these musicians nowadays, each and every one of them got their start in the local scene, opening for larger acts within their genre and slowly but surely gaining a fanbase.
A teenage dancer who has logged hundreds of hours dancing in Gainesville was presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: The Juilliard School.
For more than 10 years, UF has raised $1 million for local charities across Alachua County.
If you’re like the average sports fan, any leagues' playoffs are a confusing time for you. As more teams fall throughout the postseason, you find yourself not really caring about many of the matchups. Either your team has already been eliminated from the chase for this year’s championship, or you couldn’t care less about who wins. In case you find yourself in this position, I’m about to tell you exactly who you should be rooting on for the rest of this year’s NBA playoffs.
The No. 5 Florida men’s golf team sat in fifth place in the NCAA Regional at the end of round one on Monday. Today, the Gators bounced back and gained two positions in the leaderboard, moving into third place at the end of two rounds at Kampen Golf Course in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Less than 200 yards away from an elementary school, a Gainesville man survived a gunshot wound to the face Tuesday.
Along the west coast of the United States, there’s a range of large, clay-colored cliffs that sit face-to-face with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.
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