There are no doubt many lists of the greatest racing movies of all time ranked from best to worst by a variety of highly accredited sources. With those lists in existence I see no reason to rehash what is already out there, so this is merely a compilation of great racing films I have seen with a few critically acclaimed I want to see weaved in.
NASCAR will never be 100 percent safe.
Despite it’s deceptive name, “slacktivism” can be influential. When something becomes fodder for slacktivists, it can engage people who would otherwise be on the fence about an issue.
Hello Gainesville. We hope you’re having a good day, recovering from your Independence Day celebrations and enjoying the onset of Discovery Channel’s latest rendition of Shark Week.
With the start of the Summer B semester and the end of the 2014-2015 collegiate athletic season, it’s time for another installment of the annual Alligator Awards. This week, Alligator editor-in-chief Jordan McPherson and alligatorSports assistant editor Luis Torres debate which of UF’s national championship winning teams — the softball team or the gymnastics team — deserves the title of "Best Team."
I’ve always driven a manual transmission car. In my house, an automatic just wasn’t an option. My parents have always driven manuals, and when I turned 15 and was ready to learn how to drive, that was what was available to me.
Since the social media boom of the 2000s, there has been a common refrain amongst parents, professors and anyone generally over the age of 35: Watch what you post on Facebook. As the distinction between our online personas and our physical activities becomes increasingly blurred, more scrutiny than ever has been placed upon an individual to keep their online profile proper, pristine and free of anything remotely vulgar or suggestive. Conventional wisdom holds that once college students enter the professional world, they’ll be surprised to learn how little that picture of them double fisting PBR tallboys will impress their potential employers.
Welcome back readers! We’re sure you’re settling back into the proper swing of things following our week off. In any event, it’s another week, another paper and another weekly dose of...
Alex Rodriguez’s baseball accomplishments shouldn’t be celebrated.
On June 26, the Supreme Court took a massive step forward toward equality, making marriage equality the law of the land.
All right, we at the Independent Florida Alligator leave our posts for a week and the United States decides to up and blow its top with national news and national controversies bubbling over like some witch’s brew.
I agree with the South Carolina governor’s position to take down the Confederate flag, as well as the decisions of Wal-Mart, Sears, eBay, the proposal in Mississippi and other such moves.
Buddy Reed has all the qualities a baseball coach looks for in a center fielder.
If you read my column last week, you know that I was extremely excited about the 24 Hours of Le Mans, an international endurance race held in France. Whether you follow the series or not, my thoughts on the results and my experience viewing the race cannot be contained.
The University of Florida, along with nine other schools, has received criticism for the systems in place that seemingly indicate that athletes receive preferential treatment when accused of criminal activity.
Last week, the Spokesman-Review questioned whether the president of the NAACP Spokane, Rachel Dolezal, was black.
Jeb Bush announced his candidacy for presidency Monday. About time, if you ask us.
Come Saturday, the final leg of the No. 4 national seed Florida baseball team’s quest for its first national title officially begins.
So this weekend is pretty big for me. It’s race season and the mother of them all is here. People ask what type of racing I’m into and sometimes it’s hard to explain because it’s not NASCAR, Formula 1 or Indy racing.
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