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Alligator Awards: Who was Florida's 2015-16 coach of the year?
July 18, 2016In this edition of the Alligator Awards, we debate which UF coach was the best of the 2015-16 season. Sports writers Ray Boone, Matt Brannon and Alejandro López join alligatorSports Editors Ian Cohen and Ethan Bauer in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.
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Column: Credit UF’s Davis for speaking candidly at SEC Media Days
By IAN COHEN | July 18, 2016Among teenagers in college, among Greek life and dorm rooms and around campus living, sexual assault is inevitably present.
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Alligator Awards: Who was Florida's best male athlete?
July 13, 2016In this edition of the Alligator Awards, we debate which male athlete was the best of the 2015-16 season. Sports writers Ray Boone, Matt Brannon and Alejandro López join alligatorSports Editors Ian Cohen and Ethan Bauer in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.
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Future UF sprinter makes impression at Olympic trials
By Ethan Bauer | July 11, 2016Seven more Gators are headed to the Olympic Games in Rio, but their performances were largely overshadowed by that of a future Florida athlete who didn’t even make the cut.
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McElwain looking to replace lost talent in second year
By IAN COHEN | July 11, 2016Jim McElwain walked onto the podium at Southeastern Conference Media Days, turned to the rows of reporters in front of him and began at the end.
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Alligator Awards: Who was Florida's best female athlete of 2015-16?
July 11, 2016In this edition of the Alligator Awards, we debate which female athlete was the best of the 2015-16 season. Sports writers Ray Boone, Matt Brannon and Alejandro López join alligatorSports Editors Ian Cohen and Ethan Bauer in a roundtable discussion to debate the five nominees. Debates will go in alphabetical order by the writer’s last name.
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Sloan named SEC Female Athlete of the Year
By IAN COHEN | July 7, 2016One of Florida gymnastics’ most celebrated athletes added another award to her collegiate career.
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Award Roundup: Four football players named to watch lists
July 6, 2016Linebacker Jarrad Davis and defensive backs Marcus Maye and Jalen Tabor were named to the Chuck Bednarik Award preseason watch list, an honor awarded to the best collegiate defensive player of the year, the Maxwell Football Club announced Tuesday.
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Marquis Dendy qualifies for Olympics in men's long jump
By IAN COHEN | July 4, 2016Marquis Dendy wasn’t at his best.
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Gators in MLB: Zunino dazzles in return to majors; Puk, others sign contracts
July 4, 2016In his first game of the season, Mike Zunino homered twice.
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Florida’s Caeleb Dressel qualifies for Rio Olympics
By Ethan Bauer | June 30, 2016For Caeleb Dressel, 0.03 seconds was the difference between competing individually in the Olympics or watching from the bench.
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Column: Three observations ahead of the NBA offseason
By IAN COHEN | June 29, 2016The Summer-sports lull is here, but most importantly, the NBA season is over, leaving avid basketball fans grasping and clinging at whatever small sliver of sports gossip falls through the July news wires. With NBA teams officially allowed to begin wooing free agents at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, here’s a few observations ahead of the impending NBA offseason.
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Dressel, Dwyer advance to freestyle finals
By Sean Doty | June 29, 2016Two Florida swimmers and one incoming UF swimmer competed in the 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday for a chance to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Rio.
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Track, gym recruits find success before Florida
By Ethan Bauer | June 27, 2016Five future Florida athletes in two sports advanced to high-level competitions over the weekend.
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Two former Florida swimmers headed to Rio for Olympics
By Ethan Bauer | June 27, 2016Two former Florida swimmers have made the U.S. Olympic roster so far, and Ryan Lochte isn’t one of them.
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Column: In times of crisis and uncertainty, put sports aside
By Ethan Bauer | June 27, 2016When the news that the UK voted to leave the European Union broke on Thursday, my Twitter feed was predictably flooded with tweets about it. But those tweets were contrasted with a different type of 140-character blurb.
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Florida eliminated from College World Series
By IAN COHEN | June 21, 2016The ball was low, but Peter Alonso swung.
