Two Gators have earned weekly honors by the SEC in their respective sports.

Junior first baseman Ali Gardiner was named the SEC Player of the Week after he led the Gator softball team to a 5-0 record final week, including series sweeps by conference foes South Carolina and No. 8 LSU.

Gardiner was…

Former UF tailback Terry Jackson has been hired as the Gators’ new Director of Player and Community Relations.

Jackson, a Gainesville local, was a member of UF???s 1996 National Championship team and a seven-year veteran of the NFL.

"Terry is a great addition to our football staff,??? UF coa…

Sen. Mike Bennett climbed into Rep. Ron Reagan’s living room, which is not that much different from the kitchen or the bedroom, took a look around and laughed.

"I’m just came out to see the trash," Bennett said.

It was a term of affection, of course, Monday night being the 6th annual…

Law enforcement officers escort vehicles off the Dunedin Causeway from Honeymoon Island after they closed the causeway. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]

DUNEDIN — A standoff amidst an armed motorist and Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies closed the Dunedin Causeway for most of Monday afternoon …

Law enfocement officers escort vehicles off the Dunedin Causeway from Honeymoon Island after they closed the causeway. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]

DUNEDIN — A standoff amidst an armed motorist and Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies closed the Dunedin Causeway for most of Monday afternoon and…

   The Bucs raised ticket prices for the sixth straight season and implemented a more than 30 percent increase — the highest since the Glazer family purchased the team.

   But hey, it’s the cost of doing commerce.

   Team vice president Joel Glazer said his family…

The Miami Dolphins are really an interesting team to cover. It’s not so much that they win so much (as they did when I covered them under Don Shula), or that they lose so much (as they have been lately), it’s just that they find new and innovative ways of being weird.The team that brought you the pe…

Many have questioned the Bucs’ conservative approach to that offseason, particularly some of you frustrated fans.

Well, after a rare conversation that afternoon with executive vice president Joel Glazer, it’s clear the philosophy the team is employing begins at the top.

Glazer emphasized several …

In a rare interview, Jeb Bush tells Florida Baptist Witness that he isn’t trying to criticize Gov. Charlie Crist, but makes clear his repulsion to gambling and warns state leaders to resist the "narcotic" of easy money.

“I think gambling is a vivid example of a culture that demands inst…

In a rare interview, Jeb Bush tells Florida Baptist Witness that he isn’t trying to criticize Gov. Charlie Crist, but makes clear his repulsion to gambling and warns state leaders to resist the "narcotic" of easy money.

“I think gambling is a vivid example of a culture that demands inst…

The Pinellas school district’s top two administrators have called a truce - with a little help from a former Hillsborough school chief.

Superintendent Clayton Wilcox (left) and School Board attorney Jim Robinson (right) signed an agreement Monday crafted by former Hillsborough superintendent Earl…