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Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen shoots a free throw during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State, Feb. 11, 2025, in Starkville, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen sues the NCAA in hopes of gaining a fifth year of eligibility

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Flowers lie along a fence outside North Hall High School in Gainesville, Ga., on Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

Charges dropped against Georgia teens involved in accident that killed teacher

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall watches his players before an NCAA college football game against Charlotte in New Orleans, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Florida hires Tulane’s Jon Sumrall as head coach with six-year, $44.7 million deal

By Mark Long - Associated Press

FILE -Florida players and fans celebrate after defeating Florida State in an NCAA college football game, Nov. 30, 2024, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Colin Hackley, File)

More flag-planting celebrations could be in store for college football’s rivalry week

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr. holds up the trophy as the team arrives at the University of Florida after winning the NCAA national basketball championship, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood)

Florida shows up late for NCAA title celebration on campus

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Former Oregon football signee Dallas Wilson, left, attends a Florida basketball game against North Florida Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. Wilson, a five-star receiver is considering signing with the Florida. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood)

Former Oregon football signee Dallas Wilson visits Florida and gets full-court recruiting press

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Olivier Rioux, 7-foot-9 NCAA college basketball player at Florida, poses for a photo after practice, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

At 7 feet, 9 inches, Olivier Rioux is the world’s tallest teen and an intriguing basketball project

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Florida wide receiver Eugene Wilson III (3) looks for a way around Vanderbilt safety Savion Riley (21) after a reception during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SEC coaches are more accepting of youthful mistakes amid roster engagement in the portal era

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Florida head coach Billy Napier speaks during NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Florida enters year 2 under Billy Napier amid lowest expectations in nearly a decade

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna (11) warms up before an NCAA college football game against Eastern Washington, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna, the son of retired NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 and charged with two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child pornography. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Florida QB Jalen Kitna expected to be released from jail as child porn details emerge

By Mark Long - Associated Press

Gainesville mayor will seek city council seat instead

Associated Press

Employees gather outside of the Foundation Food Group site Thursday, Jan 28, 2021, in Gainesville, Ga., following a liquid nitrogen leak that killed six people. (Scott Rogers//The Times via AP)

Workers escaped deadly leak by going through nitrogen fog

By JEFF AMY and SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

A Hall County Sheriff guards the entrance to the campus of Free Chapel, a church where about 130 workers were taken by bus to be examined for injuries following a liquid nitrogen leak at nearby Prime Pak Foods in Gainesville, Ga. A liquid nitrogen leak at the northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people Thursday, with multiple others taken to the hospital, officials said. (WGCL-TV via AP).

Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

A new glass-bottom boat for the Silver Springs attraction is being built at St. John's Shipbuilding in Palatka, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Florida attraction to get glass-bottom boat for wheelchairs

By KEVIN SPEAR and Orlando Sentinel - Associated Press

In this Dec. 21, 1987, file photo, Eastside High School Principal Joe Clark is pictured at a rally by student supporters in Paterson, N.J. Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film Lean on Me, died at his Florida home on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said in statement. He was 82. (AP Photo/Peter Cannata, File)

Joe Clark, ‘Lean On Me’ principal, dies at 82

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