Spring is a time of renewal, but not so much in the swamp. All new coaches, even some new players, or at least ones we haven’t seen thanks to injury.
JACKSONVILLE — With 19 seconds left in 14-seeded Georgia State’s 75-67 loss to Xavier, a father subbed his son out of the game.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Friday’s game between Florida and Kentucky was one of dueling legacies — yes, average teams leave legacies too.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two and a half hours had passed since Kentucky beat Florida 67-50 to make history, the first power conference team since 1976 to finish a regular season undefeated, 31-0.
Billy Donovan stood about where his name will probably be immortalized one day on the O’Connell Center court.
It’s very 2015 of me to write, but a Snapchat, of all things defines pretty accurately what happened Saturday in the O’Connell Center during Florida’s 57-56 win over Arkansas.
The Florida basketball team is, for lack of a better term, terrible.
It’s time to move on.
"Nothing haunts us like promise unfulfilled." Simple, poignant and powerful words spoken by Michael Wilbon in the ESPN 30for30 "Benji."
Antoinette Bannister threw away an opportunity that many people would kill to have.
The Florida Gators are doing what Billy Donovan expressed so many doubts about - they’re learning how to win.
Billy Donovan had to have liked what he saw in Florida’s first two Southeastern Conference games.
When I arrived at women’s basketball media day in October, coach Amanda Butler was energetic and enthused about the upcoming season. Despite losing team leader Jaterra Bonds, Butler was eager to tell anyone who would listen that UF would be able to adapt and adjust.
It’s a cold world out there, Gator fans.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — There is a finality that can’t be felt until something actually ends.
Saying goodbye is always hard.
I stand in the company of greatness. And it smells.
Finally, the sources and flight tracking are over. The Gators have their head man.
TALLAHASSEE — As Treon Harris lined the Florida offense up with fourth and the ballgame to go, I scanned the crowd of 82,485 at Doak Campbell Stadium. My eyes met briefly with a female Florida State fan, and she smiled at me. It wasn’t one of those happy smiles, it was a nervous one, an "oh crap there’s still a chance we might lose this game," kind of smile. I just assumed she was new around these parts. Perhaps she had woken from a coma last Sunday and this was her first FSU game this season.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vernon Hargreaves III was worried about the cold before the game started. His Tampa blood isn’t thick enough for an autumn evening in the Tennessee hills. Thankfully for Florida, its ballhawks flew around and heated the Gators on a chilly evening, charging them to a 34-10 victory against Vanderbilt.
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