This was going to be a breezy editorial leaning on the camaraderie of Gators across Alachua County doing their part to suppress the spread for the sake of sports. Instead, it’s a desperate call to action from a sports writer that wants to survive this fall semester.
“When the football team’s doing well, the entire town just kind of explodes,” Chandler Small, a Gainesville resident, said on The Ringer’s Cam Chronicles podcast in July.
Wide shot. Pan left to a young girl in a Gators beanie on the pediatric oncology floor of her local children’s hospital.
It’s been a long time since the Gators hit the gridiron.
Members of UF’s men and women basketball, football and gymnastics teams were in attendance
Education.
Jim White was eager to talk about the newest addition to his fire pit. This wasn’t exactly something you would find on HGTV.
There has been a revolution in the beautiful game.
Linebacker Brenton Cox had the honor of sporting a jersey with the venerable No. 1 on the front and back.
The scene was familiar, with Florida coach Dan Mullen at the podium, answering questions from the media. But, between the Gators gaiter Mullen wore, questions fed through a Zoom chat and Mullen closing the press conference by reminding journalists to wear masks, there were plenty of reminders of the “new normal” of college football during a pandemic.
Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm dropped back to pass and floated the ball off his back foot to the right. It found the hands of tight end Eli Wolf for 22 yards and a first down.
Kennedy Baker, a former Florida gymnast who helped lead UF to a national championship in 2015, has spoken out on social media about her experiences with racism while competing for the Gators.
Sports polls are not the only kind of ballot student-athletes find important.
The 2020 college football season may be in jeopardy, but the Florida Gators won’t be caught lacking in firepower when 2021 rolls around.
Saying that Kyle Trask is the Gators’ most important player in 2020 is obvious.
The Gators will make their first visit to College Station, Texas, since the 2012 season.
When forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal for Arsenal with an effortless penalty shot in the 28th minute of Saturday’s FA Cup final, the Zoom chat erupted with a cacophony of noise that included claps, cheers and a fair bit of profanity.
I can’t believe hockey is actually back. I feel like Charlie Brown, just waiting for Lucy to pull the football away any time now.
The Sunshine Showdown between UF and FSU has seen many thrilling finishes and matchups over the years, but for the first time since 1958, the two teams will not do battle this season.
It has been 141 days since the test “heard round the world” that shut down the NBA and the entire sports world.
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