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Before every game, Florida’s JJ Schwarz finds a moment to pray. Often that moment comes in the locker room or a hallway, away from the view.

Saturday was different.

Following the national anthem prior to Florida’s 3-0 win against TCU, most of the Gators left the first base line to return to the...

It was a sterling start but a tarnished finish.

Texas Christian broke through against the previously untouchable Florida pitching staff Friday in a 9-2 win in the College World Series. The same teams play today with the winner advancing to the final while the loser is eliminated.

Florida (49-19)...

Perhaps nobody in Florida’s lineup needed a couple days off more than Nelson Maldonado.

The area around third base has dropped the sophomore right fielder the past few days at the College World Series, but no doubt he’ll be in the lineup Friday when the Gators (49-18) take on the winner of the...

Expected power on the mound, unexpected power at the plate.

Each factored into Florida’s 5-1 win against Louisville Tuesday at the College World Series. The Gators (49-18) are off until Friday when they’ll face either Texas Christian (48-17) or Louisville (53-11) — the two teams they’ve beaten...

A whole lot of pitching and a little bit of offense. That’s been Florida’s path to success all season and the formula worked again Sunday during a 3-0 win against Texas Christian at the College World Series.

The Gators, in the CWS for the sixth time in eight years, will face Louisville (53-10)...

Quarterback graduate transfer Malik Zaire officially has joined the Florida Gators, confirming Tuesday what many have expected for weeks.

Zaire posted on his Instagram account the following: Official! I couldn’t be happier to be part of something special!!! Time to get to work!!! #Gators

The 22-year-old...

UF will reward coaches Mike White and Jim McElwain for strong seasons with salary raises, one-year contract extensions and, in McElwain’s case, significant performance bonus increases, the school announced Friday.

Following the Gators’ surprising Elite Eight run in men’s basketball, White will...

The Florida Gators road to Omaha was more like a river during their Gainesville Super Regional matchup with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

The Gators had to overcome torrential rains and long weather delays totaling nearly 10 hours during three days to oust the Demon Deacons, clinching a trip to...

The cost of running Florida Gators’ athletics continues to rise at a rapid rate.

The University Athletic Association approved a $6 million budget increase on Monday, raising the budget for Gators’ sports to $128.2 million in the first year of new athletics director Scott Stricklin.

In 2013-14,...

The nation’s top home-running hitting team got the best of the nation’s top closer to force Game 3 of the Gainesville Super Regional.

A walk-off, two-run home run by Wake Forest catcher Ben Breazeale off UF relief pitcher Michael Byrne led the Demon Deacons’ to an 8-6 victory in Game 2 of the Gainesville...

Heavy rains suspended the Florida Gators’ Game 2 matchup with Wake Forest during the Gainesville Super Regional, with the Gators trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the fifth inning.

UF won the opening game in the best-of-three series 2-1 in 11 innings Saturday after a weather delay suspended play nearly...

When UF All-American closer Michael Byrne enters a game it has been game over for Gators’ opponents.

On Saturday against Wake Forest, Byrne’s appearance began a stunning turn of events during a marathon game that lasted more than seven hours but ended in a 2-1 Gators’ win.

Byrne replaced Brady...

The remarkable run of UF track and field coach Mike Holloway’s program continued Friday night, with the Gators defending their national championship.

The Gators’ road to their fourth outdoor title in six seasons included four individual championships. But UF needed every point it could muster to...

The latest: Gators fall 8-6 to Wake Forest in extra innings, forcing Game 3 in Super Regional »

This weekend in Gainesville — or better known these days as “Rainsville” — coach Kevin O’Sullivan has no idea what the weather will bring or how many delays could be in his team’s immediate future.

Before...

The Florida Gators took another step toward making their third consecutive College World Series appearance Monday night.

It was not the cakewalk everyone expected for the SEC champions.

Top-seeded UF needed an extra day to eliminate feisty No. 3 seed Bethune-Cookman during the Gainesville Regional...

Bethune-Cookman baseball coach Jason Beverlin knew it had been awhile since his school had beaten the Florida Gators.

Beverlin, the Wildcats’ coach since 2012, just did not realize it had been forever.

Bethune-Cookman pulled off a historic 6-2 win Sunday night at UF’s McKethan Stadium, forcing...

Florida Gators infielder Blake Reese didn’t make an appearance at the plate on Saturday night until he slid across it in the top of the 12th inning.

After Reese entered the game to pinch run for Christian Hicks, Bulls pitcher Andrew Perez attempted to catch the sophomore drifting from first base.

With his team leading by a single run in the bottom of the eighth, Florida Gators catcher JJ Schwarz stepped into the batter’s box.

Facing a 3-1 count with runners on first and second, Schwarz took a pitch by Wildcats reliever Tony Romanelli and drilled it into the bleachers beyond the left field...

UF athletics director Scott Stricklin said he and football coach Jim McElwain are engaged in a dialogue about how to discipline star receiver Antonio Callaway.

What is said will remain between Stricklin and McElwain, but Callaway’s status for the Sept. 2 opener against Michigan will be among the...

When a wild pitch by Florida Gators closer Michael Byrne hit the dirt and ricocheted into catcher Mike Rivera’s left hand during the ninth inning of UF’s SEC Tournament battle with Auburn on May 24, one thought raced through Rivera’s mind.

Not again.

Rivera, who was sidelined for 22 games after...

The military veterans line up along the third base line, maybe 30 or so deep. Some are with their families. Some are pushed along in wheelchairs. Some are fathers with little ones in tow. They acknowledge the cheers from the crowd, framing a patriotic snapshot of a sunny Memorial Day afternoon.

DESTIN — Florida and Auburn first played each other in football in 1912.

The two schools met every year from 1927 to 2002, other than during World War II.

These days, the Gators and the Tigers rarely cross paths on the gridiron at all. Their last meeting was in 2011 and the next is in 2019 — and...

To succeed in the Southeastern Conference, a school needs players.

To get them, a school need high school coaches.

Will Muschamp thinks college football decision-makers have lost sight of this, based on the decision to add an early signing period.

“My brother is a high school coach,” Muschamp said...

The door soon may be open for quarterback Malik Zaire to join the Florida Gators.

By week’s end, the SEC is expected to relax its rules on graduate transfers joining member schools.

The possible changes were a popular topic during the first day of the league’s annual spring meetings, with coaches...

UF coach Jim McElwain said he had spoken with Antonio Callaway about his off-the-field decision-making and associations prior to his recent citation for marijuana.

McElwain is disappointed it still was not enough to prevent the May 13 incident.

“Is it concerning? Well, obviously it’s something...