Sports | Columns
Picking MLS team great for filling summer lull
Apr. 13, 2009Summers have usually been a rough time for me as far as sports go.
UF's success can't be measured by third parties
Apr. 9, 2009I don't know. And that's not because I'm just of average intelligence. You don't know either, and there's a good chance you're smarter than I am.
NHL playoffs offer most exciting professional postseason
Apr. 7, 2009Assuming you read the headline above this column, you know it is going to be about hockey. But I implore you to keep reading.
Softball team enjoying success in more ways than one
Apr. 5, 2009The most impressive team on campus plays in a stadium that has no parking lot.
High expectations for Debose unreasonable heading into freshman campaign
Apr. 2, 2009The biggest question facing UF's offense next season is how to replace Percy Harvin, and it seems like a lot of people have taken the attitude that, "Oh, Andre Debose will be here next year. It's all taken care of."
New SEC coaching hires will push UF in future
Apr. 1, 2009If men's basketball coach Billy Donovan had left the program for Kentucky over the weekend, it would have been a devastating blow to UF basketball.
Many questions abound for football team in '09-'10
Mar. 31, 2009Maybe you're already making travel plans to Pasadena, Calif., for next January. I don't blame you. All signs point to the Gators playing for their third national championship in four years - and probably winning it.
Donovan's lack of interest in Kentucky job best for everyone
Mar. 30, 2009Good move, Billy Donovan.
Women's NCAA Tournament should not involve home games
Mar. 24, 2009Last time I checked, Goliath didn't have home-turf advantage against David.
Fill void in your NCAA Tournament watching with our podcast, soccer, archives
Mar. 22, 2009Welcome to the worst three days of March Madness.
Performance against Dolphins displays in-it-to-win-it attitude
Mar. 18, 2009The banners were strange. They were painted black with a diamond-shaped logo that doesn't belong in the O'Connell Center. They read "National Invitation Tournament" and spoke of postseason dreams, but not the postseason dreams with shining moments and the usual Madness.
Women's basketball team just getting started with winning ways
Mar. 17, 2009It was the best news the UF women's basketball players had heard in three years, and they were wishing for something better.
March Madness showcases what college football is missing
Mar. 16, 2009Every year, there's one week I look forward to above everything else &mdash the selection and first two rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.From Selection Sunday to the finalizing of the Sweet 16, I'm in heaven.
Doom, gloom locker room mood sums up season-long struggles
Mar. 15, 2009TAMPA - The room reeked of heartbreak.
UF's crucial loss to Auburn comes as no surprise
Mar. 13, 2009TAMPA - It has become a tired cliche: UF must win but comes up short.
UF needs Calathes to return to top of his game
Mar. 12, 2009With the Gators' season on the line, their best player had put on a disappearing act.
R.I.P. 2008-09 UF basketball season
Mar. 4, 2009Wednesday night in Starkville, Miss., a small city that just 24,000 people call home, the UF men's basketball team's season died quietly in its sleep.
Brooks may be greatest UF women's basketball player ever
Mar. 3, 2009It's hard to see it behind her meek smile.