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South Florida Express squad producing top football talent
By ADAM PINCUS< | July 11, 2012Brett Goetz didn’t mean to create a football juggernaut. He just wanted to help the kids in his community.
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Clowns, guns and ‘John Carter’: Who will win the SEC East?
By COREY MCCALL | July 11, 2012Corey: With opening night of the Olympics 15 days away, baseball has begun its media dominance. Naturally, my time has been spent watching countless hours of NCIS reruns. But we here at alligatorSports have a solution: football talk. Yes, it’s time to start dreaming of the gridiron. So, to kick it off, we debate who will win the Southeastern Conference’s East Division this season. And despite kicking them to the curb on NCAA 13 the other day, I’m taking South Carolina — luckily ECU is a non-conference game. The Gamecocks are coming off of an 11-2 record, and with the Ol’ Ball Coach in charge, this is their year. Marcus Lattimore comes back healthy from an ACL tear, quarterback Connor Shaw will have only improved from last season and both starting safeties return to a secondary that was second in passing defense in the nation last year. Let the Cock growl.
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The Alligator Awards: Columnists debate ‘Best Individual Performance’
By COREY MCCALL | July 9, 2012As part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
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Column: Home Run Derby needs makeover
By JOE MORGAN | July 9, 2012I don’t care about the Home Run Derby.
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Florida wins three events at U-23 meet
July 9, 2012Although the 2012 season is over and the U.S. Olympic trials are finished, that didn’t stop three Gators from competing last weekend. Marquis Dendy, Jeremy Postin and Eddie Lovett all participated in the North American, Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Track and Field Championships in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Student football season tickets still not sold out
By Kelly Price | July 9, 2012Gajda said this year, the department is 1,000 tickets below its average 21,500 UF band and student tickets — about a 5 percent decrease.
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Zunino beginning pro career in Single A
By The Associated Press | July 4, 2012SEATTLE — At this point, Mike Zunino just wants to get through the whirlwind of being honored for his college career so his pro career can begin.
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Florida linebacker commit Hearns eager to return from ACL tear
By ADAM PINCUS< | July 4, 2012Football didn’t always come easy for James Hearns.
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Chipper’s final selection to All-Star Game resonates with sports editor
By JOE MORGAN | July 4, 2012Billy Heywood is braver than most. Portrayed by Luke Edwards in the 1994 film Little Big League, Billy inherits the Minnesota Twins after the death of his grandfather, the team’s owner. One week later, Billy names himself manager.
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Sixteen current, former Gators qualify for London Olympics
By KATIE AGOSTIN | July 3, 2012For sprinter Jeff Demps, this year has been about making sacrifices for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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UF football commit Adams playing in IFAF U-19 World Championship
By ADAM PINCUS< | July 3, 2012Rodney Adams wakes up every morning at 6:30 ready to take the field for two-a-days.
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The Alligator Awards: Which Florida duo was superior during the 2011-12 season?
By COREY MCCALL | July 3, 2012As a part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 athletic season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
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Florida coping with abrupt end to College World Series run
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Last week, Brian Johnson was not thinking about life after Omaha.
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The Rally: Is baseball, softball or ‘John Carter’ the bigger disappointment?
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Joe: Rewind to January 1, 2012. The ball has dropped in New York City, and I’m drinking champagne out of a plastic wine glass. A fortune teller — decked out in purple robes with a crystal ball — saunters over and tells me the Gators will win three national championships in the first six months of the year and that John Carter would be the box-office bust of 2012.
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Barbiasz one of several Gators competing in U.S. Olympic trials
By KATIE AGOSTIN | June 20, 2012When junior Dwight Barbiasz first started competing in the high jump in 2008, he had to spend that summer watching the Olympics from home. This year Barbiasz wants in.
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Gators' mistakes prove costly in early College World Series exit
By JOE MORGAN | June 18, 2012The Gators were the last team to leave Omaha disappointed in 2011. In 2012, they are one of the first.
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Column: O’Sullivan should have let Johnson hit with game on line
By JOE MORGAN | June 18, 2012The Gators’ untimely demise at this year’s College World Series was unexpected to say the least.
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Johnson's slow start, errors sink Florida against South Carolina
By JOE MORGAN | June 16, 2012The third time against Brian Johnson proved to be the charm for South Carolina.
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Florida faces familiar foe in College World Series opener
By JOE MORGAN | June 13, 2012After losing to South Carolina in the College World Series final last June, Florida has had the two-time defending national champions’ number this season.
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Column: Limited instant replay beneficial for baseball
By JOE MORGAN | June 13, 2012Whether the Gators win or lose this year’s College World Series, Brian Johnson will always be remembered in Omaha. After an apparent Johnson home run was called a ground-rule double in Florida’s 8-4 win against Texas last season, instant replay has been implemented for the 2012 College World Series.
