Column: Writer, editor leaves after three years
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Dec. 6, 2016I still have the emails from my freshman year — three of them from former alligatorSports editor Phillip Heilman.
I still have the emails from my freshman year — three of them from former alligatorSports editor Phillip Heilman.
Back in October, Florida golfer Gordon Neale received a text.
Florida coach Mike White watched No. 5 Duke seize the lead with a 15-3 run going into halftime.
He was just a toddler at the time, but that didn’t stop Mike White from taking it to his father, Kevin, on the basketball court.
There you have it, Gators fans.
After a back-and-forth first half, the Florida women’s basketball team exploded in the third quarter. Heading into the final 10 minutes of their championship match at the Arizona State Classic, UF had earned the first double-digit lead of the game.
After winning the match’s first two sets, the No. 11-ranked UF volleyball team dropped three straight sets to lose to No. 16 Florida State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Tyrie Cleveland slumped in his locker with a towel covering his face. Antonio Callaway fell to the floor and stayed there, his jersey pulled up to cover his eyes.
ATLANTA — About six Alabama players — all wearing “2016 Southeastern Conference Champions” hats and T-Shirts — ran from the field to their locker room after the game hollering down the hallway.
ATLANTA — Austin Appleby knelt on the field and gripped the helmet in his right hand.
ATLANTA — Burn the redshirt.
In the third and final set of Florida volleyball’s match against Alabama State, the Gators were in complete control.
Site: Georgia Dome (Cap. 71,228)
With eight freshmen on the Florida volleyball team, nearly half of UF's roster will get its first taste of postseason action tonight against Alabama State to open NCAA tournament play.
Opening the second half of Thursday night’s matchup in Jacksonville, the Gators held a firm 20-point lead over North Florida.
Joey Ivie remembers the pain well.
A game removed from its worst shooting performance of the season, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team was looking for efficiency.
On Monday, the No. 24 Gators cracked the top 25 in The Associated Press Poll for the first time since 2014.
The clock had finally struck zero. One team was left dazed by a furious fourth-quarter comeback.
Jim McElwain stood at the lectern on Monday and made a bold declaration. With a matchup against No. 1 Alabama — a team with the No. 1 scoring defense, rushing defense and total defense in the country — looming following a double-digit loss to Florida State, the second-year coach was asked about the obvious mismatch of his No. 114-ranked offense facing the elite Crimson Tide defense.