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Sheriff: Officer Should Not Have Arrested Antonio Morrison
Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison was arrested late Saturday evening on charges related to barking at a dog. Today, Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell said the arresting officer should have just issued Morrison a warning....

Emails: Reporters Pester Urban Meyer About Hernandez (And Tebow)
When Aaron Hernandez became a murder suspect—and news emerged of previously unreported incidents during his time at Florida—journalists naturally turned to his former Gators coach for comments on Hernandez's "checkered" past. But Urban Meyer wasn't having it....
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Florida's Antonio Morrison Arrested For Barking At A Police Dog [UPDATING]
Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison, arrested in June over a dispute at a nightclub, was arrested again late Saturday night on charges of resisting an officer without violence and harassing a police animal—because he barked at a dog....

Ron Zook Works At A Florida Bank Now, And He'll Respond To Your Email
Former Florida and Illinois coach Ron Zook has given college coaching the old college try twice, and failed twice. Now he's in an exile of sorts in Florida. And he's working at a bank....

Ex-NFL Player Charged With Leaving Toddler In Car At Strip Club
Former University of Florida linebacker Monty Grow, who later played two NFL seasons as a defensive back for the Chiefs and Jaguars, faces a child abuse charge after allegedly leaving a 3-year-old girl in his car while he hung out at a strip club....

Not Everyone Is Turning Their Backs On Aaron Hernandez
Apparently this would have been at the Pouncey brothers' birthday party last night, which NFL beat writer Omar Kelly attended unironically/journalistically:...

Former Florida State OT Just Got His 2012 SEC Championship Ring
Conference realignment is definitely confusing these days, but we're pretty sure Florida State is still in the ACC. In fact, yes, Florida State is still in the ACC; the Seminoles beat Georgia Tech 21-15 last year to win the ACC for the first time in seven years. According to this ring FSU won the SE...

Authorities Investigate Aaron Hernandez's Role In 2007 Shooting
It's a day that ends in "Y," so we were due to learn about yet another shooting incident that may or may not have involved Aaron Hernandez. Outside the Lines has us covered, with a nonfatal 2007 shooting outside a Gainesville club where at least one of the targets initially identified Hernandez as t...

Teenaged Aaron Hernandez Punched A Bar Employee After Refusing To Pay
Aaron Hernandez sucker-punched a Gainesville bar employee in 2007, injuring the man seriously enough that police recommended felony charges be brought against the then 17-year-old Florida Gators player....

Darren Daulton Hospitalized With Brain Tumors
Darren Daulton, Philadelphia's longtime sparkplug catcher who finished off his career with a championship with the Marlins, has been diagnosed with two brain tumors. One of them is reportedly inoperable....

Florida Panthers Season Tickets Now Start At $7 A Game
A completely acceptable first reaction to this Panthers ticket plan is rage. Rage that you're in one of those hockey markets where all games are sold out, season-ticket waiting lists stretch for years, and going the scalper route can cost about as much as an HDTV, while down in South Florida, they c...

Florida State WR Charged With Sexually Assaulting Female Friend
Greg Dent, a rising senior receiver for Florida State, was arrested and charged with felony sexual assault last night after he allegedly tried to force himself upon a woman with whom he's been friends for years....

Flo Rida's Manager Was Ejected From Game In Miami
You might think that empty seat was purchased for the sole purpose of giving Flo Rida's neck a break from the burden of that enormous Jesus piece. You would be a sensible and concerned individual, but an oh-so-very-wrong one....

The Florida Panthers Want Broward County To Buy Them A New Scoreboard
The Panthers will appear before the Broward County Commission today, to argue that that the county should spring for $4.2 million to build a new scoreboard. As their neighbors to the south, the Marlins and Dolphins, struggle to win over increasingly skeptical taxpayers, maybe $4.2 million is a littl...

You Missed Quite The College Baseball Game
Via Reddit user Thedaveabides98, someone's DVR was very, very confused about this weekend's SEC baseball action. LSU did sweep the series by a combined score of 26-8, so perhaps the description's not too far off....

FIU's Beach Towel Court Is A Reality
We knew this was coming, and we had originally anticipated that the final design of FIU's beach-themed court would be a bit more traditional than the proposed designs that were tweeted out by then-coach Richard Pitino. Not so. FIU has gone full Margaritaville on us. ...

FAU's Deal To Name Its Stadium After A For-Profit Prison Company Is Off
Florida Atlantic has withdrawn from its stadium naming-rights deal with for-profit prison operators Geo Group. This is a historic moment: we've finally found an industry too shady even for college sports....

Michigan Destroys Florida For Final Four Berth
This was an ugly one. Michigan beat Florida 79-59, dominating from cover to cover. Short of a mini-run at the end of the first half, Billy Donovan's squad was out of whack all game. The image above was grabbed from the end of the broadcast but, really, it could have been taken two minutes into the g...