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Athens longs to see Florida return as Georgia home game

ATHENS, Ga. — With all due respect to Georgia coach Kirby Smart, the city of Athens is looking ahead to the Tennessee game.

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Florida Gators with stirring hype video for Tom Petty Day

It is Tom Petty Day in Gainesville, Florida.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Questions for Gators entering visit from LSU

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida and LSU are set to resume the SEC’s best crossover rivalry Saturday night in the Swamp.

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University of Florida greets presidential finalist Ben Sasse with protests, tough questions

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Students and faculty at the University of Florida gave U.S. Sen Ben Sasse a raucous welcome to campus Monday, greeting the Nebraska Republican with biting questions and a loud protest as he sought to introduce himself as the school’s likely next president.

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University of Florida student protesters loudly greet Sen. Ben Sasse during his campus visit

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — About 200 student protesters crowded into the University of Florida’s Emerson Alumni Hall on Monday and refused to leave in protest of U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, the lone finalist to be the school’s next president.

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Florida holds off Missouri, 24-17, to snap six-game SEC losing streak

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida forced key turnovers and the run game came alive en route to a 24-17 victory against Missouri on Saturday.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida moves Eastern Washington game to noon Sunday because of Hurricane Ian

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida is moving Saturday’s visit from Eastern Washington University to noon Sunday at the Swamp because of Hurricane Ian, the school announced.

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Florida uses fourth-quarter rally to slip past USF, 31-28

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida had hoped that a matchup against a clearly overmatched opponent in USF would be just what the Gators needed to take away the bitter taste of last week’s loss to Kentucky. Instead, UF found itself in a dogfight throughout before pulling out a hard-fought 31-28 win…

Orlando Sentinel

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' Administration Tells Gainesville To Abandon Zoning Reform

The state's Republican administration comes out against property rights and local control.

Reason

Panthers in attendance for Saturday’s Kentucky vs. Florida matchup

The Panthers will be one of 15 NFL teams in Gainesville tonight—with eyes, presumably, on Anthony Richardson and Will Levis.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Florida debuts at No. 12 in AP Top 25 following Utah upset

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida debuted at No. 12 the Associated Press Top 25, marking the Gators’ biggest one-week leap since the prestigious poll moved to 25 teams.

Orlando Sentinel

What it’s like on death row: Possible future for Parkland school killer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The two prisons that house men on Florida’s death row stand on a pleasant two-lane road that runs past farms and cow pastures about 30 miles north of Gainesville.

Tribune News Service

Anthony Richardson, Florida upset No. 7 Utah in coach Billy Napier’s Gators debut

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators coach Billy Napier spent the offseason trying to lessen the pressure and hype on star quarterback Anthony Richardson.

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Florida QB Anthony Richardson stays loyal, finds purpose in Gainesville community

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eastside High School basketball coach Herman “Pop” Williams would drive and listen to the talented, contemplative teenager in the passenger’s seat.

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Ohio State, Florida Are Leading Hosts for Top Recruits in Week 1

Week 1 of the college football season will draw top talent to Columbus and Gainesville, among other places

Orlando Sentinel

Former Florida hoops star Keyontae Johnson to resume career at Kansas State

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Keyontae Johnson has a new home and new hope for his basketball future.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida record-setter Shane Matthews segues to broadcast booth to analyze Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shane Matthews was an unassuming, rawboned Mississippian deep on Florida’s depth chart who would evolve into Steve Spurrier’s first star quarterback.

Chicago Tribune

Adam Levin’s latest big, huge novel throws Chicago into a giant sinkhole. After all, he lives in Florida now.

CHICAGO — Adam Levin left Chicago a few years ago and moved to Florida, and if you don’t think that’s hilarious, you should meet Adam Levin. He grew up in Highland Park, taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and for the past decade has been known…

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Orlando Sentinel

‘Now It’s Legal’: NIL pits Gators legends Spurrier, Carr on opposite sides

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Steve Spurrier tried to tell everyone but few listened.

Los Angeles Times

His family was scared he'd go to prison. How J.C. Jackson kept his NFL dream alive.

First in a series exploring the origin stories of three of the Chargers' top defensive players, each of whom grew up in a small rural town in Florida.

Reason

Brickbat: A Bite Out of Crime

A Gainesville, Florida, police department report simply said that suspect Terrell Bradley fled on foot after officers stopped him for a traffic violation, a K-9 "apprehended him, and "officers observed injury to [Bradley] and EMS was immediately requested and responded. [Bradley] was transported via ambulance to the hospital." In fact,…

Orlando Sentinel

NIL is a different game for female athletes. Exhibit A: Gators gymnastics.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF gymnast Leah Clapper arrived from Michigan in 2018 possessing athletic prowess, academic purpose and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Tribune News Service

Amid abortion battle, they chose permanent birth control. Here’s why

TAMPA, Fla. — A day after a leaked Supreme Court opinion tipped the impending doom of Roe v. Wade, 23-year-old Lindsay Tagliere called a women’s health group near where she lives in Gainesville and inquired about getting her fallopian tubes removed.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida’s Keyontae Johnson enters transfer portal seeking chance to play basketball elsewhere

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — One-time Florida basketball star Keyontae Johnson wants to play basketball again, but it won’t be with the Gators.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida needs more mature QB Anthony Richardson off field, too

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To become a better quarterback Florida redshirt sophomore Anthony Richardson plans to become a better teammate and leader.

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