The Gators need to come out aggressively in each of these games and play their brand of softball regardless of the opponent

It was shock and awe in high definition — The Massive Mountain Man, The Nigerian Nightmare, The Sultan Of Swat. Pick your favorite and hope the trademark lawyers are asleep

Rueben Chinyelu in the locker room after the Gators won the 2025 national championship (Photo by Chris Spears) At the NBA 3-point contest in 1988, Larry Bird arrived in the locker room, surveyed his opponents and asked, “Which one of you guys is playing for second?” Out on the floor, Bird never even took his Boston Celtics warmup jacket off and won, beating Dale Ellis in the final round. He hoisted his index finger to signal No. 1 before his final shot even dropped through th

Alex Condon scores his 100th point as a Gator (Photo by Chris Spears) When he grades the film of 12 th -ranked Florida’s 78-66 win over South Carolina, Todd Golden will have no problem whatsoever filling up a legal pad with items that must be corrected. Pretty, it wasn’t but grind it out wins count just the same as the aesthetically pleasing wins that send the fan base into frothing at the mouth frenzies.   The outcome was never in doubt Tuesday night. Almost from the opening

Todd Golden has the Gators in the SEC driver's seat (Photo by Chris Spears) With six games remaining in the regular season, Florida is in the driver’s seat for its first Southeastern Conference championship since 2014. The SEC awards its conference championship to the team that wins the regular season. For NCAA Tournament purposes, the winner of the SEC Tournament gets the automatic berth. The Gators have a 1-game lead over Arkansas and a 2-game lead over Vanderbilt, Alabama,

Xaivian Lee was SEC Co-Player of the Week (Photo by Chris Spears) The very last thing Todd Golden wants is for the now 12 th -ranked Gators (19-6, 10-2 SEC) to bask in the glow of a win over the Kentucky Wildcats. Any win over Kentucky is a good win and should be celebrated but not at the expense of whatever and whoever is next. In this case, it’s South Carolina (11-14, 2-10 SEC), a team the Gators whomped by 47 points back on January 28.   Things are certainly different now.

The Gators end the week at 12-0 and look to continue building that resume with a mid-week game and another round-robin tournament this weekend.

There was no room in the Florida setlist for “My Old Kentucky Home.” Todd Golden’s group, now ranked No. 14 and climbing, treated the visiting Wildcats like a cover band playing the wrong song in the wrong key

Tommy Haugh powers up for two of his 17 points (Photo courtesy of UAA Communications) There were stretches Saturday afternoon at the O-Dome in which we were treated by a team that has elbowed its way into serious Final Four contention. When the Gators are focused, motivated and playing hungry the way they did during the 10-2 run that began the game with Kentucky or the 11-2 second half explosion that caused the 11,230 sardined into the arena to nearly blow the roof off the jo

Florida has the talent but has another case of the yips on Vault to put itself in a hole it could not dig out from of despite a stellar effort for the rest of the meet.

When Sumrall starts rattling off names — Jayden Baugh, Jayden Woods, VB 3, Myles Graham, Dallas Wilson — you can tell he’s not just checking a recruiting box. He doesn’t gush over stars; he zeroes in on ethic.

Xaivian Lee puts the clamps on Georgia's Blue Cain (Photo by Chris Spears) In assessing what went wrong Wednesday night in Athens, Georgia coach Mike White was asked about Florida’s defense, which held the Bulldogs to a season-low 66 points, a full 25 fewer than their second in the nation per game average.     “There wasn’t a hole,” White said. “There wasn’t a weak link.”   No holes. No weak links. Just a team that has grown comfortable in its own skin, a team that has come t