Assuming that the college football season begins as scheduled (which feels like a big assumption right now), we’re down to three months until the beginning of SEC play on Sept. 12. We decided to celebrate by surveying our staff on how it would rank all of the teams in the SEC heading into next season.
Former UF wideout Donald “Reche” Caldwell was killed in his hometown of Tampa Saturday night.
Tyree Appleby was a standout high school basketball player whom seemingly nobody was interested in.
A former UF gymnast spoke out about her experiences with racism during her tenure on the UF gymnastics team on Friday.
The second year of the Dan Mullen era was largely a success. Florida won double-digit games in the regular season for the first time since 2015, defeated its two in-state rivals in the same season for the first time since 2008 and won the Orange Bowl.
Shannon Snell used to make pancakes on the gridiron, but now, he does a different kind of cooking: barbecuing.
“The one constant through all the years has been baseball.”
Todd Grantham had a reputation when he was hired as Florida’s new defensive coordinator in 2018.
The onside kick must stay as-is
Memorial Day weekend is a time that is revered by sports fans across the country.
Let’s say I told you to roam the O’Connell Center and ask people to describe Cam Newbauer.
It’s 2006. Facebook has recently been made open to the public. The first episode of “Hannah Montana” just aired on the Disney Channel. And the Gators men's basketball team brought home its first national championship title in program history.
Bob Woodruff isn’t exactly the sexiest name in UF sports. He’s not talked about as one of the program’s great coaches, his legacy is only revered deep in the annals of Florida history, and he’s only the fourth result when you search for Bob Woodruff on Wikipedia.
I knew something wasn’t right.
It felt like a renaissance, a return to glory for the Gators.
Perfection.
Growing up in New Jersey, an April afternoon looks quite different than one around Gainesville. The temperature is probably going to peak at 50 degrees, the trees and the flora are bare for the most part, and a trip to watch a Rutgers baseball game leaves you in the company of maybe 100 people.
The year is 2014. The Gators have just finished a 6-5 regular season where their defense was one of the best in the country and their offense was, well, it’s better left unsaid. In other words, it was a typical Will Muschamp team.
Last weekend, for the first time in nearly two months, American sports fans witnessed a live sporting event in the U.S. with UFC 249 taking place in Jacksonville without fans.
Many Florida fans remember the 2016-2017 men’s basketball season for three reasons: Chris Chiozza’s game-winner against Wisconsin in the Sweet 16, Canyon Barry’s underhanded free throws and the opening of a renovated O’Connell Center.
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