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Monday, February 24, 2025

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Florida head coach Mike White communicates with players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against South Carolina Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
SPORTS  |  MEN'S BASKETBALL

‘Cocks rise to occasion, topple No. 19 UF

Kasey Hill knifed through a forest of players like a speeding predator toward its prey. He ripped the ball out of the hands of South Carolina forward Sedee Keita and sprinted down the court. Florida’s 6-foot-1 guard was all alone when he leapt into the air and kissed the ball off the glass and into the basket.


ESPN columnist, sports analyst and radio host Stephen A. Smith speaks to students at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 12, 2014.
SPORTS  |  COLUMNS

Column: Why sports journalism matters

The Alligator sports department welcomed five new staffers this week. As sports editor, it was my job to hire them. And while I’m confident the folks we brought in will do well here, I noticed an unsettling trend in many of the applications.



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