Recruits coming to Gainesville for Friday Night Lights
By ADAM BERRY | July 22, 2009Friday night, some of the top high school football players in the nation will gather under the lights of one of college football's most storied stadiums.
Friday night, some of the top high school football players in the nation will gather under the lights of one of college football's most storied stadiums.
HOOVER, Ala. - Mississippi State took Dan Mullen out of Gainesville, but the Bulldogs hope Starkville doesn't take the Florida out of Dan Mullen.
HOOVER, Ala. &ndash All eyes in Fayetteville, Ark., are on sophomore signal caller Ryan Mallett.
HOOVER, Ala. - A few weeks ago, which of these would you have thought Tim Tebow had the best chance of becoming?
There's a thin line between admiration and objectification.
We've looked back. Now, it's time to take a peek forward.
Editor's Note: This is the last of a five-part series as we reveal who a six-man alligatorSports panel has voted as the Top 10 UF Athletes of 2008-09.
I don't envy David Letterman. Putting together a top 10 list can be fairly difficult.
There are three events that consistently mark the middle of July on my calendar - the release of the annual update to EA Sports' NCAA Football game (which my colleague Adam Berry so generously opined on in Tuesday's paper), my birthday (today, time to do it big) and the always-interesting ESPY Awards.
Amid another round of speculation about his future, which seems to become a topic of debate every few months, Urban Meyer once again restated his commitment to UF.
Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a five-part series as we reveal who a six-man alligatorSports panel has voted as the Top 10 UF Athletes of 2008-09.
In 107 words, Tim Tebow went from hyped hero to living legend.
On Georgia's second play of its first drive, star running back Knowshon Moreno took the handoff from Matthew Stafford, tried to make a cut to get back to the line of scrimmage and was driven to the ground by Brandon Spikes.
Elyse Cusack came to Gainesville ready to become UF's first four-year starter at the libero position.
During her junior year, Francesca Enea broke the UF career record for RBI, set the single-season RBI mark and shattered the school record for home runs in a career and a single season. And she basically did it all on only one good knee.
With 10 minutes left in the BCS National Championship Game and his team down by 3 but slowly marching down the field, Oklahoma's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford launched a pass down the field to receiver Juaquin Iglesias.
Four years ago, Sha Brooks may have wanted to play basketball for Tennessee.
Stacey Nelson did not receive the national recognition Tim Tebow did, but she may have been better at her sport than any other athlete in Gainesville.
The legend of Preston Tucker's epic slugging abilities preceded him to an almost unhealthy level.
In a disappointing season for the Gators, Nick Calathes' success was the silver lining.