The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the sports calendar into disarray. The month of June usually features the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final as well as the MLB's regular season and the U.S. Open. This summer was also supposed to have huge international events like the Summer Olympics in Tokyo and Euro 2020.
Why the big league NFL reigns supreme over college football
Third down may be the “money down,” but what about the first two downs?
Every year, college programs say goodbye to some of their best players on draft day.
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.
Decisions will not be made until mid-June
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.
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.
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