Sports - The Independent Florida Alligator

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Calathes returns to form in UF's win over Jacksonville

Mar. 18, 2009

Nick Calathes looked a lot more like his old self Wednesday night.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

Women prepare for NCAA Championships in Texas

By MERCEDES MACHADO | Mar. 18, 2009

It's the invitation of a lifetime.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Performance against Dolphins displays in-it-to-win-it attitude

Mar. 18, 2009

The banners were strange. They were painted black with a diamond-shaped logo that doesn't belong in the O'Connell Center. They read "National Invitation Tournament" and spoke of postseason dreams, but not the postseason dreams with shining moments and the usual Madness.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Women's basketball team just getting started with winning ways

Mar. 17, 2009

It was the best news the UF women's basketball players had heard in three years, and they were wishing for something better.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Gators to face Dolphins in NIT first-round matchup

Mar. 17, 2009

The UF basketball team sat and watched the NCAA Tournament selection show Sunday just like all the others.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Brooklyn Heights: Guard brings New York game to UF

Mar. 17, 2009

At the intersection of Marion and Thomas S. Boyland streets in Brooklyn, N.Y., is the Marion Hopkinson Playground.

SPORTS | SFC

Saints sweep Tejanas in doubleheader

By KELSIE HOECHERL | Mar. 17, 2009

The Santa Fe College softball team (29-3, 6-2 Mid-Florida Conference) proved why it is ranked No. 1 in the National Junior College Athletic Association on Tuesday against El Paso Community College.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

UF's midweek doubleheader to help prepare team for weekend conference matchup

By ADAM BERRY | Mar. 17, 2009

Working an extra day of the week might not seem like an appealing prospect to most people, but for coach Tim Walton and the UF softball team, it's something to be excited about.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Munroe's walk-off single in ninth downs Seminoles

By CALLOVI< | Mar. 17, 2009

FSU's Tyler Holt yelled back at Buddy Munroe after running over UF's catcher to score the game-tying run in the top of the ninth. Munroe responded with his bat.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Panteliodis to take mound against rival FSU

Mar. 16, 2009

There's nothing like a rivalry game to wake up a reeling team.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

March Madness showcases what college football is missing

Mar. 16, 2009

Every year, there's one week I look forward to above everything else &mdash the selection and first two rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.From Selection Sunday to the finalizing of the Sweet 16, I'm in heaven.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Gators receive No. 8 seed in NCAA Tournament

Mar. 16, 2009

Just imagine the feeling.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Orr orally commits to Gators class of 2010

Mar. 16, 2009

The latest addition to the Gators' 2010 recruiting class is a big one.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Women's basketball team awaits NCAA Tournament seed

By CHRISTOPHER YAZBEC Alligator Writer | Mar. 15, 2009

The Gators won't be sweating it out tonight.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Doom, gloom locker room mood sums up season-long struggles

Mar. 15, 2009

TAMPA - The room reeked of heartbreak.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

UF unable to move into top 3 despite best round

By ANTHONY CHIANG | Mar. 15, 2009

With first and second place out of reach, the Gators men's golf team went into the final round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate with third as its objective.

SPORTS | GYMNASTICS