Recruiting

Entering the offseason, Florida’s wide receiver room was one of the team’s biggest areas in need of improvement. Now it’s among the most competitive positions on the team. Florida lost its top two receivers from 2024, seniors Elijhah Badger and Chimere Dike, to the draft. The pair combined for over …

After committing to Florida in August, Hawthorne native CJ Ingram signed to play for Florida coach Todd Golden on Wednesday. The No. 2 Gators men’s basketball team will welcome the four-star recruit next year as a small forward. https://twitter.com/MVABasketball/status/1892261789087240491 Before heading to Montverde Academy for his senior year, Ingram was …

As many Gainesville area high school football athletes ask themselves what’s next for their athletic career, for this list of players, college football is the next step. Wednesday began the signing period for high school football athletes, and a couple of them signed their letters of intent. Buchholz Jackson Islam, …

Florida’s volleyball team added libero/defensive specialist Lily Hayes to the 2025 roster on Tuesday. She is expected to strengthen the Gators’ defensive lineup as she steps up to collegiate volleyball. Hayes is expected to be in Gainesville for the fall 2025 semester after graduating from Berkeley Prep in Tampa. She …

By Brooke Bastedo and Elizabeth Landen The Gainesville High School Hurricanes boys basketball team is looking to repeat last season’s district championship. GHS also hopes to extend its run in the state tournament. Last season star player Cornelius White hit the game-winning shot against Buchholz to win the district championship …

BRADENTON — The IMG Academy national men’s basketball team is running three-on-three drills with a skyscraper. It’s a standard afternoon practice in February, and the squad is playing in its 115,000-square-foot basketball complex. The royal blue, five-pointed logo of the “Ascenders” is illuminated by the overhead lighting that spans four basketball …

There is good and possible bad news for Florida basketball fans this week. The Gators gained a commitment from 2025 four-star guard Alex Lloyd and signed Washington State transfer Rueben Chinyelu. And Will Richard declared for the NBA draft. A Future In NBA The Gators may lose a veteran presence …

Florida senior defensive lineman Cam Jackson says the Gators will be prepared to play the hardest schedule in the nation come fall. The return to UF Jackson said coming back to UF for the senior year was not an easy choice. He turned 21 and decided to return to UF, …

Less than a week after their two-point, heart-breaking loss to Colorado in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Gators men’s basketball team lost guard Riley Kugel to the transfer portal. The sophomore bid farewell to Gator Nation in a social media post Wednesday afternoon. https://twitter.com/RileyKugel/status/1773037714801095056 Kugel’s Regression Despite …

In the ever-expanding world of basketball, the international impact on the sport is unmistakable. With international players dominating the NBA — the league’s Most Valuable Player in each of the past five seasons was born outside of the United States — and every team boasting at least one player from …