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By JESSE SIMONTON | May 30, 2011Mike Lupica shoots from the lip. Pat Dooley strokes the back nine, and Bill Simmons writes 10,000-word mailbags.
Mike Lupica shoots from the lip. Pat Dooley strokes the back nine, and Bill Simmons writes 10,000-word mailbags.
Michelle Moultrie was going to attend Florida no matter what.
Even though Florida’s track and field athletes only needed to crack the top 12 in each event to advance from the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, UF coach Mike Holloway didn’t let the Gators run on cruise control.
Lauren Embree pulled out a magical performance to will the UF women’s tennis team to a national championship last week, but the sophomore ran out of steam just short of an individual singles championship.
The salty aroma of fresh seafood churned in the cool breeze blowing across the St. Johns River as children laughed and screamed out of joy or fear - and sometimes both - as carnival staff pushed mobile thrill rides to their limits.
The Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace erected more than 6,000 tombstones along a mile of Northwest Eighth Avenue between Northwest 34th Street and Northwest 23rd Street this Memorial Day weekend.
A broken air conditioning system, a hole in the roof and a busted water chiller. The cost of these would-be repairs, after Gov. Rick Scott vetoed roughly $12 million in funding for UF Thursday, would not come out of state funds.
Impending doom arrived May 21, 2011.
This isn't even fun anymore.
I gulp a frosty mug of Pabst, wink at Gerry and ask, "Hey Hank, when are you going to start serving blacks in here?"
The summer heat has arrived. Students have fled the city, and the midtown business drought is on.
When Gov. Rick Scott announced his budget proposal in February, the word "education" was notably absent from the political event. And when he did roll out his education budget proposal, it called for slashing already underfunded public schools by more than 10 percent.
Gainesville residents might have to wait a little longer to find out the day they are supposed to vote for their future leadership.
UF broke ground Thursday on its new Clinical and Translational Research Building, a $45 million, 120,000-square-foot complex expected to be completed by January 2013.
Florida Ultimate failed to defend its Ultimate Frisbee national championship, suffering two losses Friday and Saturday at the 2011 USA Ultimate nationals tournament in Boulder, Colo.
Student Body President Ben Meyers' mission to expand free printing on campus is underway.
HOOVER, Ala.— In No. 3-seed Florida's biggest game this season, the
Lauren Embree keeps advancing in the NCAA Singles Tournament. She
HOOVER, Ala. — On a steamy, emotional, maddening, marathon
Even though Florida’s track and field athletes only needed to crack