Streak keeps Gators baseball team in playoff conversation | Florida Times-Union
GAINESVILLE — For the past two weeks, the post-game meal tasted sweeter for the Florida Gators. An eight-game winning streak placed the Gators (22-19, 10-8 Southeastern Conference), teetering on a postseason berth or postseason oblivion, firmly in the regional conversation. Florida boasts the nation...

Florida governor signs "sweeping education bill" | Florida Times-Union
TALLAHASSEE | Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed into law a sweeping education bill that rolls back graduation standards adopted just three years ago. Scott predicted the measure would transform education and help high school graduates go down a pathway...

Bills banning Sharia law get mixed reaction in Florida | Florida Times-Union
A bill that passed the Florida House last week prohibiting foreign legal principles from being used in state courts appears to have united Muslim and Jewish advocates in opposition to it. The legislation, which is often referred to as the anti-Sharia...

Bills banning Shariah law get mixed reaction in Florida | Florida Times-Union
By Larry Hannan A bill that passed the Florida House last week prohibiting foreign legal principles from being used in state courts appears to have united Muslim and Jewish advocates in opposition to it. The legislation, which is often referred to as...

Why Florida State's defense will remain elite in 2013 - College Football | ESPN.com
It's a time of transition in Tallahassee, as the lost six assistant coaches and 14 starters (including kickers and punters) from their 2012 ACC championship squad. The personnel conversion could be , but otherwise should be somewhat smooth on the...

Florida captures 19th SEC championship | NCAA sports
third-ranked Georgia 4-0 to win the 2013 Southeastern Conference Championship on Sunday afternoon at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre. Not only was this the Gator’s 19th SEC championship in the 26-year history of the event, but it marked the 16tth time Florida has won both the regular-season...

Central Florida bowl ban rescinded for 2013 | ESPN.com
Big East in the conference blog. � Last year, the NCAA imposed a one-year postseason ban on the football and men's basketball teams as part of widespread sanctions for major recruiting violations. The Committee on Infractions also charged the school with a lack of institutional control. Both athletic...

Florida State embraces staff changes | ESPN.com
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Over the past four months, Florida State won an ACC championship, a BCS game, reeled in another top-10 recruiting class and sent a handful of players into the NFL draft with first-round promise. Given the recent spate of unsightly...

Florida Morning: Scott's teacher pay raises unlikely - Capitol preview - time running out for Scott's agenda | Florida Times-Union
If you have suggestions, tips or comments, make sure they find Matt.Dixon@jacksonville.com. And for up todate, but not football-free, Tweets about Florida politics follow @Mdixon55. Most importantly, if you want Florida’s finest morning tip sheet...

2 more titles for Florida at NCAA gymnastics | ESPN.com
Florida's Bridget Sloan won the balance beam and teammate Alaina Johnson won the uneven bars as the Gators continued to dominate the NCAA women's gymnastics championships Sunday. Sloan, who was ranked No. 2 on the balance beam, defeated Katie Zurales of Michigan and Hanna Nordquist of Minnesota...

Florida captures first national championship | NCAA sports
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Host UCLA 4th at gymnastics final; Florida wins | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- Top-ranked Florida opened the NCAA women's gymnastics finals about as poorly as possible, with two athletes falling off the beam to put the Gators in last place after the first rotation. Rather than let the...

Dinner on Main Street Bridge benefits Florida Theatre | Florida Times-Union
With the sun setting over the St. Johns River on Saturday, guests at Rock the Bridge dined beneath the blue beams of Jacksonville’s Main Street bridge in an event to benefit the Florida Theatre. The gala raised $150,000 and included the dinner on the...

Florida overwhelms Northwestern | NCAA sports
of the ALC title with the Wildcats, marking their third consecutive regular-season championship in its four-year history. The Gators (16-1, 4-1 ALC) hand the two-time defending national champion Wildcats (13-2, 4-1 ALC) their most lopsided loss in program history on a flurry of goals, shooting 22-for-28...

Gators, Tide pace Super Six squads | NCAA sports
the Super Six with an impressive performance on Friday at the Pauley Pavilion. The tensest moment for the Gators came on their first routine when sophomore Kiersten Wang fell during a tumbling pass on the floor. No worries as freshman Bridget Sloan followed Wang’s 8.825 with a...

Overflowing Florida draft class could reach double digits | Florida Times-Union
Muschamp’s second year. Florida’s top draft representation in the current seven-round format is nine players. The Gators have a chance to break that record when the three-day draft gets underway on Thursday night. The draft will be far more eventful for UF than last year, when just...

FDIC shuts down Heritage Bank of North Florida | Florida Times-Union
The Florida Office of Financial Regulation shut down the Orange Park-based Heritage Bank of North Florida Friday afternoon, with the bank’s assets being sold to FirstAtlantic Bank of Jacksonville. This is the first shutdown of a Florida bank this year,...

Wisconsin adds series with South Florida | ESPN.com
Before Wisconsin's recent run of Rose Bowls, the Badgers seemed to play postseason games in Florida every year. Their roster reveals a sizable contingent of players from the Sunshine State. The next step? A regular-season game in Florida. Wisconsin on...

Andy Enfield's dizzying rise from Florida Gulf Coast Eagles to USC Trojans - college basketball | ESPN.com
On March 6 in a 6,000-seat gym in Macon, Ga., a college basketball coach was doing what every college basketball coach does come the postseason: fretting and worrying and imagining worst-case scenarios. His team, which led by only two at the half, was...

Video: Florida QB Jeff Driskel | ESPN.com
Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel discusses offensive improvements from the spring and his increased confidence.

Times-Union looking for students at Harvard and MIT from Northeast Florida | Florida Times-Union
The Florida Times-Union is looking for Northeast Florida residents who go to Harvard or MIT and were in Boston this past week. Anyone who fits that description should call staff writer Larry Hannan at (904) 359-4470 or email him at...

A conversation about racism at the University of North Florida | Florida Times-Union
South and the emphasis on education. Darius Holliday, who graduated from Stanton College Preparatory School and now plays football at Charleston Southern University, who is black: “You still have black women who say, ‘Oh, you’re a black man dating a white woman. You’re a sellout.’ We don...

Florida faces top-five rival Northwestern | NCAA sports
league tournament, but the Irish are still one victory away. • In the 31 years since the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships has been in existence, there have only been four programs that have claimed the crown – Georgia (10), Utah, (9), UCLA (6) and Alabama (6). Will this...

Jacksonville's Ashanee Dickerson ready to compete for Gators in NCAA championships | Florida Times-Union
Now, the Jacksonville native has a chance to cap her career by forging a legendary one for the Gators. Dickerson, an eight-time All-American, is fourth in school history with 68 event titles. The Ed White graduate is a key cog in top-ranked Florida’s pursuit of its first national...

Bill making big changes in Florida alimony laws goes to governor | Florida Times-Union
would make big changes to the state’s alimony laws and custody-sharing agreements, worrying family law advocates that women and children could be hurt. Supporters of alimony reform say the changes are long overdue to correct an antiquated system more suited to the homemakers of past decades than today...