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Stadiums across teh country have been left empty with sporting events canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SPORTS

Coronavirus Roundup: A return to sports is promising

By Bryan Matamoros | May 10, 2020

It’s been nearly two months since COVID-19 brought the world of sports to a complete stop.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Issiah Walker Jr. transfers to Miami

By Dylan O'Shea | May 9, 2020

Offensive lineman Issiah Walker Jr. spent one semester at UF.

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2019, file photo, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers play during the second half of an NFL preseason football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs will open defense of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on Sept. 10 in the NFL's annual kickoff game — pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Your must-watch prime-time NFL games in 2020

By River Wells | May 7, 2020

The world may be wallowing in uncertainty, but as far as the National Football League is concerned, it’s business as usual on the gridiron.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Top 10 Recruiting Classes Won’t Cut It

By Zachary Huber | May 7, 2020

Coach Dan Mullen has preached to his team and the Florida faithful about living up to the Gator Standard since he set foot in Gainesville.

Stadium seats are empty as a part of precaution against the new coronavirus during a baseball game between Hanwha Eagles and SK Wyverns in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. With umpires fitted with masks and cheerleaders dancing beneath vast rows of empty seats, a new baseball season got underway in South Korea following a weeks-long delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

SPORTS | COLUMNS

I watched a Korean baseball game for the first time. Here’s what I learned.

By Brendan Farrell | May 7, 2020

I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest baseball guy.

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1993, file photo, Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula is carried on his team's shoulders after his 325th victory, at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium. Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home in Indian Creek, Fla., the team said. He was 90. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Perfection: The legacy of a Don Shula, a South Florida icon

By Noah Ram | May 4, 2020

It was a sad but strange feeling for me to hear the news of the passing of Miami Dolphins coaching legend Don Shula Monday morning at age 90.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Freshman Issiah Walker enters transfer portal

By Zachary Huber | May 4, 2020

Florida’s offensive line depth for the 2020 season took a hit Monday evening.

FILE - This is a March 12, 2020, file photo showing Capital One Arena, home of the Washington Capitals NHL hockey club in Washington. Get used to the concept of pods and pucks if the NHL is going to have any chance of completing its season, with the most likely scenarios calling for games in empty, air-conditioned arenas during the dog days of summer. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Still on standby

By Brendan Farrell | May 4, 2020

I was at the O’Connell Center a little early on Feb. 26 for Florida’s men’s basketball team’s matchup against LSU. After wolfing down some press box food, I was feeling a little sentimental.

SPORTS

The State of Sports

By Kyle Wood | Apr. 29, 2020

The Florida-Eastern Washington football game scheduled for Sep. 5 is a testament to how quickly things can change.

In a photo provided by ESPN Images, the first six selections in the NFL draft are displayed during ESPN's coverage of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Bristol, Conn. (Allen Kee/ESPN Images via AP)

SPORTS | COLUMNS

The NFL Draft was great except for the part that wasn’t

By Kyle Wood | Apr. 29, 2020

I watched the NFL Draft this past weekend closer than I have ever before.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS

Coach Rowland and three Gators named to All-SEC team

By Noah Ram | Apr. 29, 2020

In what has been a year full of accolades for Trinity Thomas, she received two more Tuesday.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Silver lining: several seniors granted extra eligibility to return

By Payton Titus | Apr. 28, 2020

Last weekend was supposed to be marked by family, flowers and fervid fans, culminating in an emotional senior sendoff at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Nembhard declares for NBA Draft

By Brendan Farrell | Apr. 26, 2020

Point guard Andrew Nembhard has announced that he will declare for the 2020 NBA Draft after spending two seasons at Florida, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Swain selected by Seattle in sixth round

By Brendan Farrell | Apr. 25, 2020

Freddie Swain became the sixth UF player and the second Florida receiver to hear his name called at the NFL Draft this weekend when the Seattle Seahawks took him in the sixth round with the 214th pick.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Perine joins Zuniga, selected by Jets on Day 3

By Evan Lepak | Apr. 25, 2020

You can follow Evan Lepak on Twitter at @evanmplepak and contact him at elepak@alligator.org.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Zuniga drafted by the Jets in Round 3

By Christian Ortega | Apr. 24, 2020

For the third round in a row, a Gators player comes off the draft board.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

LA Rams snag Jefferson in the second round

By Joseph Salvador | Apr. 24, 2020

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UF's secondary, led by cornerback C.J. Henderson, has forced 12 interceptions this season. It grabbed three picks against AU.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Jacksonville takes Henderson at No. 9

By Payton Titus | Apr. 23, 2020

In Miami, former Gators cornerback CJ Henderson sat on a white couch surrounded by family awaiting a phone call from one of the NFL’s 32 teams on the first night of the 2020 NFL draft. If his phone rang, the defensive back would be UF’s 53rd first-round pick in school history.

Florida defensive back C J Henderson runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Gators in the NFL Draft primer

By Joseph Salvador | Apr. 23, 2020

The NFL Draft begins tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN, ABC and the NFL Network.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

The 2020 alligatorSports Mock Draft

By Alligator Staff report | Apr. 22, 2020

With the NFL Draft on Thursday night, we divided the 32 teams among our writers and tasked them with picking the first round. Here is the 2020 alligatorSports Mock Draft: