Imagine you're standing in line at your local deli. The person behind the counter is slicing your cheese, and you don't like the thickness of the cut.
The stage was set. The script was written. All UF needed was a hero.
Before coaching her first game at UF, Amanda Butler talked about lofty goals.
In professional wrestling there are 60-minute, falls-count-anywhere "ironman" bouts in which will and determination are tested.
Conquer the fast greens, the elevation and the hills.
Even the No. 1 team in the nation can stumble out of the gate.
Santa Fe College (5-2) conquered the Conquistadors of Pasco-Hernando Community College on Friday.
The Santa Fe College softball team, No. 1 in the state and the country, couldn't hang in its doubleheader against Tallahassee Community College on Friday.
If there is such thing as a home away from home, Baton Rouge, La., is not that place for the UF gymnastics team.
The first road meet of the season for the No. 8 UF gymnastics team didn't go nearly as well as the team would've liked: They lost for the first time in series history against Arkansas.
Five minutes of tears washed away four months of dreams.
After finishing 70-5 and rewriting the school's record book last year, coach Tim Walton knew his team would enter this season with a target on its back.
When Ali Gardiner steps into the batter's box, she only hears one voice resonating from the stands.
UF coach Billy Donovan revealed Thursday that freshman power forward Allan Chaney will be out two to three weeks with a stress fracture in his left heel.
It looked for a while like UF might get caught looking ahead on Thursday night at Southeastern Conference doormat Alabama.
In its last home dual match before heading north for indoor play, the UF men's tennis team improved to 5-0 on Thursday.
GREENSBORO - They say it takes a village to raise a child. For Gary Brown, it took that much to pick a school.
The fax machine was quieter than usual this year in the UF football office, and Gators coach Urban Meyer couldn't be happier about it.
One of the biggest challenges facing the 2009 UF football team will be staying hungry and humble despite two national titles in three years, and the Gators' two newest coaches should be a big help in that department.
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