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Gators riding high after LSU victory
By River Wells | Jan. 22, 2019There’s plenty to be excited about if you are coach Jenny Rowland.
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Ole Miss leads start to finish to down Gators
By Sam Campisano | Jan. 20, 2019Ole Miss guard Mimi Reid drilled a three on the first possession of Sunday’s game in Oxford, Mississippi.
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UF ends LSU’s 35-meet home win streak
By River Wells | Jan. 18, 2019The crowd at Pete Maravich Assembly Center rose to its feet when LSU’s McKenna Kelley finished her floor routine. Kelley needed a 9.975 on the routine for the Tigers to win, and she diligently watched the judges with the rest of her teammates as they wrote down her score: 9.875.
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Gators look to maintain dominance in 2019 campaign
By Bryan Matamoros | Jan. 17, 2019Coach Mike Holloway and the Florida track and field program will attempt to add more trophies to its display case this upcoming season — just like it has done for the past decade.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers made right decision by hiring Bruce Arians
By Evan Lepak | Jan. 17, 2019The NFL’s elite teams will be vying for a spot in the Super Bowl this weekend.
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Florida’s bench has been one of its few bright spots
By Sam Campisano | Jan. 17, 2019It has been a frustrating season for the Florida women’s basketball team, but one signal that greener pastures could be on the horizon can be found at the bottom of the stat sheet after every game: bench points.
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Florida heads to Baton Rouge to face longtime rival in LSU
By River Wells | Jan. 17, 2019Captain Ahab spends the entirety of the famed 1851 novel Moby Dick attempting to defeat the “white whale.” It’s more of a “white tiger” for the UF gymnastics team.
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Two Gators earn SEC honors for first week of competition
By River Wells | Jan. 15, 2019Two Gators gymnasts got more than just a win to remember Florida’s first meet of 2019 by.
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Young Gators squad ready for statement spring campaign
By Victor Prieto | Jan. 13, 2019The UF women’s tennis team enters the 2019 spring season with unfinished business after being knocked out by Florida State in the 2018 NCAA Tournament last season.
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Gators show depth in decisive victory over Missouri
By River Wells | Jan. 13, 2019The Florida gymnastics team is ranked No. 3 in the nation, and last Friday night, it showed why.
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Washington’s game-winner nets first win against Mizzou
By Dylan Rudolph | Jan. 13, 2019A hesitation move and a dash to her right allowed her to blow by the defender. She reached the rim and leaped as three Missouri Tigers jumped along with her to try and swat the ball away. She double-clutched and banked the shot off the glass and in with 2.2 seconds left to give Florida its first lead since 8:14 in the first quarter.
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UF defeats Missouri in season opener
By River Wells | Jan. 11, 2019The moment rapper T.I’s 2004 hit “Bring Em Out” began to pump through the loudspeakers at the O’Connell Center, the crowd of almost 8,500 people bounced up and down with primal yells.
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No, Kyler Murray is not a first round pick
By River Wells | Jan. 10, 2019We’ve seen this one before.
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Star gymnast injured, out for season-opener against Missouri
By River Wells | Jan. 10, 2019When the No. 3 Florida Gators take to the O’Connell Center to face off against the Missouri Tigers tonight, they’ll be missing one of their standout gymnasts.
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The Cleveland Browns will win the AFC North (and maybe more) in 2019
By Tyler Nettuno | Jan. 10, 2019I’ll give you a minute to stop laughing at the headline.
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Florida still winless in SEC after loss to South Carolina
By Dylan Rudolph | Jan. 10, 2019The South Carolina Gamecocks led from tip-off to the final whistle at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, on Thursday night. They handed the Florida women’s basketball team its third-straight SEC loss and seventh-consecutive road defeat, winning 71-40.
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Kaylan Marckese drafted to NWSL
By River Wells | Jan. 10, 2019Follow River Wells on Twitter @riverhwells and contact him at rwells@alligator.org.
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Clemson and Alabama have collectively ruined college football
By Mark Stine | Jan. 8, 2019The original premise of this article was going to be “Why Nick Saban ruined college football,” because, full disclosure, I expected Alabama to win Monday night.
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Where can UF turn when its leading scorers are playing inconsistently?
By Sam Campisano Sports Writer | Jan. 8, 2019Sunday’s 64-56 loss at the hands of Auburn raises an interesting question about the Florida Gators women’s basketball team: Who can the team turn to when its two leading scorers, Funda Nakkasoglu and Delicia Washington, aren’t at the top of their games?
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SEC bias? Nope, just dominance
By Kyle Wood | Jan. 6, 2019The Southeastern Conference is the best conference in college football, and it’s not particularly close. Those who disagree with that sentiment, apart from not knowing college football, would likely label it “SEC bias.” This is a term often used by fans of teams from other conferences that feel spurned by ESPN, the College Football Playoff Committee, AP Voters or anyone else that they can point a finger at in defiance instead of realizing that the SEC is simply better than the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Pac-12 (I shouldn’t even have to say that at this point) and yes, the American as well.
