The Florida men's basketball team’s walk-ons washed clothes, toweled floors and got battered by bigger, stronger players, all for an opportunity that they thought might never come. But when it did, it changed them — and those around them — forever.
The Florida women’s swimming and diving team began the first day of the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, finishing 22nd in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
Striking the ball down the middle of the court, junior Alfredo Perez’s tennis racket slipped from his hands. His opponent, TCU’s Alex Rybakov, gingerly returned the ball to the opposite side of the court.
Barack Obama’s annual March Madness picks were released Wednesday and the former commander in chief has picked the sixth-seeded Gators to be bounced in the second round by Texas Tech, a three-seed out of the Big 12.
After a weekend road trip, the No. 12 Florida men’s tennis team returns to its home court to play No. 32 TCU on Wednesday. The midweek matchup is set to begin at 6 p.m. at the Ring Tennis Complex.
The No. 17 Florida women’s swimming and diving team is in Columbus, Ohio, this week for the NCAA Championships.
For Feleipe Franks, the start of spring football practice this week brings one thing to the forefront of his mind.
Long after the Florida basketball team’s lifeblood had trickled from its veins on Friday in St. Louis, the Arkansas Razorbacks continued to pound a beaten UF team that just wouldn’t stop trying. That was much to the frustration of one broadcaster on press row, who slammed a table with his open palm and mouthed something under his breath.
Despite being tied at 16 with the No. 10 team in the country with just over six minutes to play, freshman midfielder Shannon Kavanagh kept her cool.
Keith Stone glanced down at his phone as it started to buzz.
Nick Horvath stood tall on second base with his hand on his belt buckle. After the Gators center fielder sent a double to left center field that scored two Gator runners, he whipped out some familiar dance moves.
If you look close enough at a Gators softball player as she steps up to plate, you might see more than just a typical uniform.
Last month, the Gators women’s tennis team walked out of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a 3-4 record. When it entered its next match against Saint Mary’s on Feb. 23, the defending national champions were unranked.
Silence stung the atmosphere like a hornet attacking its prey.
After beginning its two-game road trip with a bang, upsetting North Carolina 17-10 on March 3, the Florida lacrosse team finished with a thud, falling at Syracuse 17-15 on Wednesday.
After a disappointing match March 9 against Mississippi State, the Florida men’s tennis team regrouped in Auburn on Sunday to win 6-1 over the Tigers.
When freshman Katie Kubicz and senior Peggy Porter found themselves down 5-1 during their doubles match on Sunday, they didn’t panic.
ST. LOUIS — In his first year playing for coach Mike White and the Florida Gators, junior transfer Jalen Hudson leads the team in scoring. The 6-foot-6 guard has garnered attention as an NBA draft prospect for his breakout season and is projected by some to be a late second-round selection. Hudson was one of Florida’s most consistent players over the course of the season. He finished the year on a tear, averaging 22.7 points per game on 57-percent shooting in the last three regular season games but struggled in the team’s SEC tourney loss to Arkansas, where he finished with six points.
Never before had a team shot even par or better overall at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in Gainesville. That is, never before Sunday.
The UF softball team took the field on Sunday without one of its senior leaders and the walk-off hero from Saturday night’s thriller against Kentucky.
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