It had been 13 years since the UF's women's golf team found itself in the Southeastern Conference's victory lane.
Until the last pitch of the series, it was impossible to tell whether UF or Kentucky was the better baseball team.
The finish line is starting to come into focus.
I think there is one moment in every journalist's career when he or she has an epiphany. It's the exact moment that tells the person, this is why you chose to become a reporter.
Last weekend, the UF's football team's Orange and Blue Debut garnered lavish media attention, while the Gators gymnastics team advanced to the NCAA Championships.
Saying goodbye is like falling asleep.
It's the moment both teams have been waiting for all season - tournament time.
The scoreboard may have been blank, but the softball complex was far from empty. Practice starts in 30 minutes, but the off-field duties of its superstar start early, and as I sat on a leather couch in the team's lounge, I found myself largely unprepared for the continuous stream of humility that would soon resonate, not only with those asking the questions but with any overhearing the responses.
A quick once-over of senior Mary Ratliff's Facebook profile leaves no doubt as to where the outgoing right fielder grew up.
The pitcher who has made the most pronounced impact for the UF baseball team is, perhaps, its most soft-spoken individual.
When an offense is as explosive as the Gators', a sub-.320 batting average will land you in the seventh spot of the lineup.
Before she even set foot in this world, Julia Cohen didn't have much of a choice.
The forecast looks like Rain for the UF track and field team, and it couldn't be happier.
Rivalries are so woven into the cultural fabric of the college experience that it is easy to assume all UF students came out of the womb with a distaste for all things Garnet and Gold.
TALLAHASSEE - It wasn't long ago that UF appeared to be an upstart worthy of challenging a perennial power like Florida State.
The UF-Florida State rivalry is too intense to be squeezed into one measly weekend like the UF-Miami series earlier in the year.
Oops.
Have you ever seen that sign on Interstate 75 welcoming drivers to Gainesville, home of the national champs?
The projected depth chart for the Gators' upcoming football season.
Nick Calathes has been crowned the 2008 alligatorSports Player of the Year.
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