Karsten Whitson was the ninth overall selection in the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft. The right-hander out of Chipley turned down a $2.1 million offer from the San Diego Padres and instead went to Florida.
Florida baseball is in trouble. For the second straight year, the MLB Draft has sucked the best talent away from Gainesville.
Right-hander Tucker Simpson will transfer from Florida, a UF spokesman confirmed Monday.
Against all odds, the Gators are outdoor champions for the second consecutive season.
Karsten Whitson was the ninth overall selection in the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft. The right-hander out of Chipley turned down a $2.1 million offer from the San Diego Padres and instead went to Florida.
With the end of the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships on the horizon, the Gators needed points to stay in contention.
After playing in only three games for the Gators during her freshman season due to a foot injury suffered in November, Chandler Cooper decided she needed a fresh start elsewhere.
The Gators are slowly climbing their way up the leaderboard.
Jonathon Crawford might have thrown his last pitch as a Gator.
The NBA is nearing the end of its two-month haul through the postseason, and Miami Heat forward LeBron James has continued his dominance through the Eastern Conference Finals. As James leads his team into the Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, alligatorSports editors Adam Lichtenstein and Landon Watnick will decide which Florida player dominates or dominated his or her game in a LeBron-esque fashion.
From baseball in Miami to football in West Palm Beach and track in Gainesville, junior Eddie Lovett has stayed busy his entire life.
The 2012-13 campaign yielded positive results for Florida, but it ended with a disappointing final act on May 30. The Gators placed 25th at the NCAA championships in Woodstock, Ga.
The first day of the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., had some ups and downs for the Gators.
Tim Walton is a man of the present, not the future.
The season started well.
So you need to get to class fast. Or work. Walking is just not going to be quick enough.
The Florida men’s golf team had a week to forget at the NCAA Championships in Woodstock, Ga., and Alabama had one it will remember forever.
For the first time since 2010, the Gators are finishing their season at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
After a five-and-a-half-hour, 15-inning win against Nebraska on Saturday night, Florida had little left to give in its next contest.
It took nearly five and a half hours, but UF survived Nebraska in 15 innings Saturday night to preserve its season.
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