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TAMPA — Adversity was the calling card for Florida’s 2024 football season. From a Week 1 beatdown at the hands of rival Miami to losing key players on both sides of the ball to injury, the Gators managed to overcome adversity to find themselves with a winning season. With the …

Pat Dooley, co-host of The Tailgate on WRUF, grades the Gators after their fourth consecutive win, a 33-8 victory Friday against Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. OFFENSE: B- First half: If you are a fan of yardage and time of possession, the Gators graded …

Florida’s Parker Valby won the 2024 Bowerman as the most outstanding woman in track and field. PARKER VALBY WINS THE BOWERMAN!!! Valby becomes the first woman in Florida’s program history to win The Bowerman.#GoGators pic.twitter.com/Ul89oyt4gb — Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) December 20, 2024 Valby, who signed …

TAMPA — Jim Barrie gazes at the frames hung on the wall of his brewery, BarrieHaus Beer Co. in Ybor City, pointing to artifacts of his great-great-great grandfather’s brewery and speaking of continuing the family legacy. “It almost feels like destiny, right?” Barrie said. “Beer is in my blood.”  The …

The Gators hadn’t struggled to win games this season. Entering Tuesday as one of five remaining undefeated teams in college basketball — three housed in the SEC — Florida had provided evidence that it deserved to be considered among the top teams in the country. Its Associated Press ranking supports …

Ever since he was a kid, Steve Russell only wanted to do three things: be a professional baseball player, be a coach or be a teacher. He realized early on that professional baseball wasn’t in the cards for him, so he needed to find another way to combine his love …

The No. 7 Florida men’s basketball team has another opportunity tonight to add a high-impact win to its resume before the start of the SEC schedule early next month. The Gators (10-0) face college basketball blue blood North Carolina (6-4) in the Jumpman Invitational at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., …

The Back Nine comes at you after another chill weekend. But it’s coming and I can’t wait.   10. I’m talking about the playoffs (plaaayyoffs?) and this is going to be historic. Or not. Friday will be the beginning of a new era, one that may last for a year …

Competing on an elite collegiate gymnastics team with your sister might seem like a unique opportunity. But for Skye and Sloane Blakely, it’s just another day. The two sisters have been training and competing together since they started the sport at ages 3 and 5.  After years of competing in …

Guards Walter Clayton Jr., Alijah Martin and Will Richard combined for 56 points Saturday in No. 9 Florida’s 83-66 win against Arizona State in the Holiday Hoopsgiving at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. some fun at Holiday Hoopsgiving #GoGators | Presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/eGKFRIQgnL — Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) December …