LAND O' LAKES - Last year at the Class 2A-Region 3 swim meet at Indian River State College, Land O' Lakes boys coach Barb Hayes was stunned when the final scores were announced and the Gators had won the school's first team region championship. ...more

October 31, 2009

As news spread of a Plant High teacher's battle with leukemia, students present and past quickly signed up to help through a Facebook page, "We Love Mrs. Phillips.'' Within 24 hours in August, Tamara Phillips went from thinking she had an infection to learning she had Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Phillips immediately started chemotherapy and blood transfusions at Moffitt Cancer Center. ...more

October 30, 2009

GAINESVILLE - University of Florida LB Ryan Stamper is a popular guy these days. The Jacksonville native said he has been swamped with ticket requests for Saturday's game against Georgia. ...more

October 29, 2009

One professor called it spiteful. Another said it was far-fetched. Those were the reactions Wednesday to U.S Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's request that President Barack Obama get the permission of Congress before he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. ...more

October 29, 2009

After splitting their first four meetings, something will be decidedly different when the University of South Florida hosts No. 20 West Virginia on Friday. ...more

October 29, 2009

When shoppers go to the grocery store and pick up three pounds of ground chuck or roast beef, they seldom think of the process leading up to the meat sitting in the refrigerated butcher aisle. ...more

October 29, 2009

Dwight Howard had 21 points and 15 rebounds, Vince Carter scored 15 and the new-look Orlando Magic rolled to a 120-106 victory against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. ...more

October 29, 2009

Brooksville research facility experiments with cross-breeding cattle. ...more

October 28, 2009

Football team doctors are an extension of the coaching staff, not a medical advocate for players, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers president Gay Culverhouse told a House Judiciary Committee on NFL brain injuries Wednesday. ...more

October 28, 2009

A young woman whose days are typically filled with rehabilitation sessions spent a whirlwind weekend in Gainesville recently, a treat from some who had heard her story and were touched deeply. ...more

October 28, 2009