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A PAIR OF ACES: Florida has featured an abundance of elite arms in recent years. This year’s pocket rockets could be the best of them all

Coach J.C. Deacon ready for men’s golf season-opener

After a long winter break, the Florida men’s golf team will begin its season this weekend at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in Gainesville.

UF distance medley relay team set to compete in qualifying race before NCAAs

With the 2018 SEC Indoor Championships set to begin next week, Florida’s distance medley relay team will compete in a qualifying race today at the UCS Invitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Florida preparing for matchup with top-ranked Maryland

Since its inception, Florida lacrosse has played Maryland three times. It has lost every one.

Gators travel to Louisiana for matchup with Cajuns

It has been easy for the Florida softball team in the early going.

Gators suffer sixth straight loss against ranked opponent

With just over a minute left in the fourth quarter and the Florida women’s basketball team down by one possession, Texas A&M had the ball. From the right wing, freshman Chennedy Carter pulled up from three and watched as her shot fell through the basket.

No. 11 Florida to open ITA National Team Indoor Championships against No. 6 Texas A&M

The Seattle Tennis Club sits on the rocky shores of Lake Washington with a distant view of Mount Rainier. The choppy, blue waters and the snow-topped mountain will serve as the backdrop to this weekend’s ITA National Team Indoor Championships.  

UF looking to end late-game woes on Saturday against Vandy

When Yante Maten drilled his second three-pointer in 12 seconds, another Florida lead died. The 11-point advantage the Gators built crumbled during a furious Georgia comeback, a loss Florida coach Mike White called as tough as any he’d experienced.

UF hoping to win fourth straight SEC meet tonight against UGA

At the beginning of its practice on Tuesday, the Florida gymnastics team wasn’t rehearsing its sprints on vault or tweaking its routine on balance beam. It wasn’t even preparing to warm up. Instead, each member of the team had a smile on her face and a lacrosse stick in her hand as the team competed in a small lacrosse scrimmage.

John Egbunu might not be back, but could that be better for Florida?

At the beginning of the regular season, Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White relayed to the media what team doctors were telling him about injured center John Egbunu. Late January was the targeted time period for the redshirt senior’s return.

Florida women’s golf team looks to move on from seventh-place finish at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

The No. 20 Florida women’s golf team didn’t have the showing it wanted on par-3 holes during its first event of the spring — the Florida Challenge in Lecanto, Florida — on Jan. 29. The Gators shot 9 over on the course’s shortest holes, a tie for the third-worst mark in the competition, hindering its chances of pulling off a victory.

Mike White disappointed in defensive struggles, Mike Okauru has breakout performance

Georgia forward Pape Diatta raced toward the right corner of the court and collected a rebound off his own missed three-pointer with 6:11 left in the second half.

Few care about snowboarding most of the time. Why do the Winter Olympics change that?

I never watch snowboarding, and you probably don’t either.

Gators collapse in final seconds of regulation, fall in overtime to Georgia

Nursing a six-point lead with 17 seconds left to play, the Gators men’s basketball team gave up a three-point shot to Georgia forward Yante Maten. Florida still led 59-56.

Gators women’s basketball wraps up 6-game stretch against ranked teams with matchup against No. 17 Texas A&M

If the Gators women’s basketball team was disappointed following its fifth consecutive loss of SEC play on Sunday, it hardly showed. Instead, coach Cameron Newbauer and his players talked about the fight and pride that has been a staple of postgame press conferences and pre-practice soundbites all season long.

Florida softball win streak continues with home-opener shutout of North Florida

With a 1-1 count in the bottom of the first inning, Florida catcher Janell Wheaton got ready for a third pitch.

Women’s Tennis season off to rough start after ITA indoor tournament

At this time last year, the Florida women’s tennis team remained undefeated at 7-0 after winning the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.

Florida women’s golf team finishes seventh on final day of Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Florida women’s golf coach Emily Glaser knew the field at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge would be tough. She knew she needed someone on her team to step up.

UF men’s swimming and diving team aiming to win sixth straight SEC title, women’s team looking to end nine-year drought

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are in College Station, Texas, this week as they are set to begin the SEC Championships.

Gators men’s basketball team geared up for matchup with Bulldogs

More than three quarters of the way through a season filled with highs and lows, the Florida men’s basketball team faces Georgia tonight at 9 in the O’Connell Center in the teams’ second meeting of the year. The Gators (17-8, 8-4 SEC) fell 72-60 at Georgia (13-11, 4-8 SEC) on Jan. 30, their second of three straight SEC losses, but enter tonight’s matchup riding momentum from convincing wins over LSU and South Carolina. Here are three things to look for in tonight’s rematch, which will air on the SEC Network.