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AGENT DOUBLE ZERO: Delicia Washington’s journey to UF and her tough decision over whether to stay
By Justin Ahlum | Feb. 28, 2018Tara Washington glanced down at her phone as it started to buzz.
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Florida lacrosse team ready for last game of home stand against Jacksonville
By Tyler Nettuno | Feb. 27, 2018After opening the season with games against three opponents ranked in the IWLCA top 25, Florida will have a tune-up game of sorts against Jacksonville before hitting the road to play No. 3 North Carolina and No. 7 Syracuse.
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Small ball and pitching powers Gators over Ospreys
By Morgan McMullen | Feb. 27, 2018On a chilly Jacksonville evening, a nagging breeze danced across Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium. The wind nudged fly balls around the outfield without favor.
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Florida lacrosse team found new contributors in thrilling win over Loyola
By Tyler Nettuno | Feb. 26, 2018When the Florida lacrosse team’s season began, expectations were high for returning starters like attackers Shayna Pirreca and Lindsey Ronbeck, midfielder Sydney Pirreca and defender Aniya Flanagan.
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Khader Baqlah, Georgia Marris preparing for NCAA Championships following Last Chance Meet
By Jacob McManamon | Feb. 26, 2018The Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are now preparing for the intense training period that’ll lead up to some of the biggest races of their lives.
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The meaning behind UF’s softball team’s Sunflower Saturdays
By Mark Stine | Feb. 26, 2018As it took the field Saturday in front of its home crowd at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium, Florida’s softball team wasn’t focused on just wins and losses. The Gators had something else on their minds.
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Blake Reese continues to grow into everyday role
By Morgan McMullen | Feb. 26, 2018For all his offensive firepower early in the season, Florida second baseman Blake Reese was still learning. His latest lesson came on an unusually warm February Sunday in Coral Gables.
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After leading UF to first win, women’s golfer Sierra Brooks is ‘trusting the process’
By Chris O'Brien | Feb. 26, 2018Florida women’s golf coach Emily Glaser appears to be tearing a page out of the Philadelphia 76ers’ playbook as she “trusts the process.” And by the look of her team’s recent success, it appears to be working.
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Raising awareness in sports often feels disingenuous, but there’s also nothing wrong with it
By Ethan Bauer | Feb. 26, 2018Everything in the O’Connell Center was pink on Friday night.
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Clayton Brown’s national title hopes still alive following SEC championship performance
By Alanis Thames | Feb. 26, 2018Clayton Brown stared anxiously ahead of him at the maroon track of Gilliam Indoor Stadium as teammate KeAndre Bates clapped optimistically from the side.
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PITCH PERFECT: Barnhill spotless against Eagles
By Mari Faiello | Feb. 26, 2018The sounds of about 1,600 clapping Gators fans resounded throughout Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium as Kelly Barnhill readied herself for her final throw of the day.
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What if the 2018 Gators football team sucks?
By Morgan McMullen | Feb. 26, 2018Imagine this scenario: It’s Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. The U.S. midterm elections have rocked the political world one way or the other. You’re probably still stuffed from that huge Thanksgiving feast, yet thankful that you’ve left your weird uncle’s house and returned to Gainesville. And the Gators football team, led by coach Dan Mullen, is floundering down the stretch of a once-promising season. Mullen decides to start Feleipe Franks at quarterback against Florida State after some rough outings from freshman Emory Jones. Mullen still has a shot at a bowl bid in his first season as head coach, but he needs to win against the Seminoles.
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Gators caught in the middle of wide open SEC race
By Andrew Huang | Feb. 25, 2018The current state of the SEC’s race for the top-four seeds in the conference tournament, which runs from March 7 to 11, is wide open.
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Gator’s complete Last Chance Meet, look ahead to NCAAs
By Jacob McManamon | Feb. 25, 2018The Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up the last meet of the season on Sunday.
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Florida lacrosse team earns hard-fought win over Loyola in overtime
By Tyler Nettuno | Feb. 25, 2018Florida spent most of regulation either tied or playing from behind.
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Florida’s men take third, women finish sixth in SEC Indoor Championships
By Alanis Thames | Feb. 25, 2018Grant Holloway clapped his hands together and broke into a running-man celebratory dance following his race.
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Gators’ offense lethargic again as UF drops regular season finale to Georgia
By Justin Ahlum | Feb. 25, 2018With two and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, Florida’s women’s basketball team emptied its bench.
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Kelly Barnhill baffles Georgia Southern on the way to hurling perfect game
By Mari Faiello | Feb. 25, 2018The sounds of about 1,600 clapping Gators fans resounded in Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium as pitcher Kelly Barnhill readied herself for the final throw of the day.
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Florida’s offense goes cold, falls to Miami in strikeout-riddled series finale
By Ethan Bauer | Feb. 25, 2018Palm trees bristled and clay clouded the air on Sunday in Coral Gables.
