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SPORTS | COLUMNS

Time for Gators to show up

Oct. 21, 2008

Pardon me, as I steal a line from one of my favorite rappers, but "Will the real Gators please stand up?"

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

UF set for SEC opener at LSU

By RYAN LEVICK | Oct. 21, 2008

Only a few days after the UF men's and women's swimming teams began their journey to find themselves, they begin their journey to find where they stack up in the Southeastern Conference.

SPORTS | SOCCER

UF will have short practice week in preperation for Arkansas

By CALLOVI< | Oct. 20, 2008

Players on the UF soccer team will get to enjoy one less practice this week, but they will also be taken out of the comfortable rhythm they are in.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Gators prepare to face NCAA tournament hopefuls

Oct. 20, 2008

When UF associate head coach Nick Cheronis addressed the media on Monday, he attributed the Gators' recent success largely to timing.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Experienced Macklin helps freshmen develop

Oct. 20, 2008

Standing at an imposing 6-foot-10, 240 pounds, Georgetown transfer Vernon Macklin appears to be the perfect replacement for the NBA-departed Marreese Speights.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

Gators' BCS road map to Miami

Oct. 20, 2008

If there's one thing the BCS has been resoundingly successful at, it's evoking emotion.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Moody returns to practice

Oct. 20, 2008

The Gators' suddenly lethal rushing attack looks to be getting a key weapon back this week.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

O-line finds chemistry with Johnson at guard

Oct. 20, 2008

As Carl Johnson approached the tunnel - just minutes away from storming onto the field for his first career start against defending champion LSU - he received some simple but choice words to give him inspiration from the man he is attempting to replace, Jim Tartt.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Butler stresses winning lifestyle

Oct. 20, 2008

The phrase doesn't exactly sound cliche, but UF coach Amanda Butler might have created some new coach-speak when she said it.

SPORTS | CLUBS AND INTRAMURALS

Handball team raises money at Swampland Championships

By KATIE TSCHOPP | Oct. 20, 2008

The UF club handball team tested its strength at the 4th-annual Swampland Handball Championships this weekend in Gainesville.

SPORTS | VOLLEYBALL

Fleming helps Gators stay perfect in SEC play

Oct. 19, 2008

Thanks to the unexpected contributions of their sophomore defensive specialist, the Gators were able to avoid a let down in Auburn on Friday night.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Offense shows power in win over SFCC

By ADAM BERRY | Oct. 19, 2008

If the Gators softball team is looking to build on last year's success, they will need a lot more games like the ones they played this weekend.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Kerns scores hat trick in rout of Alabama

By CALLOVI< | Oct. 19, 2008

Megan Kerns recorded a hat trick, but it was Angela Napolitano's lone goal that broke the game open for the Gators.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

No. 15 Women take fifth in Pre-NCAA Invitational

By ADAM BERRY | Oct. 19, 2008

If Saturday's Pre-NCAA Invitational was a preview of the NCAA Championship, the UF women's cross country team looks like it could be competing for a national title in late November.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE