The Florida Gators, college football's newest gold standard after a 24-14 victory against Oklahoma, collected their riches Friday morning. First, the $30,000 crystal creation of sparkle and prestige that is the BCS national championship trophy was handed over. The football writers' Grantland Rice Trophy, the National Football Foundation's MacArthur Trophy and finally the Associated Press national championship followed. ...more

January 10, 2009

The University of Florida Gators, college football's newest gold standard after a 24-14 victory over Oklahoma, collected their riches Friday morning. First the $30,000 crystal creation of sparkle and prestige that is the BCS National Championship trophy was handed over. The Football Writers' Grantland Rice Trophy, the National Football Foundation's MacArthur Trophy and finally the Associated Press national championship followed. ...more

January 9, 2009

I can't explain it to my 11-year-old son. ...more

October 21, 2008

A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect. ...more

September 18, 2008

Shades Of H.G. Wells Methinks Patrick Miketinac has to set the dial in his time machine to 2008 and come to visit us here in the real world. No matter how much you wring your hands or pull at your silver locks, we aren't anytime soon going back on the gold standard. Let's be realistic. I never said we could drill our way out of this, though I'm pretty sure we "not-drilled" our way into it. What would the Middle East look like today had we not been pouring our national wealth in their pockets for more than 30 years? Did you ever see "Lawrence of Arabia?" Now that's nostalgia! ...more

July 25, 2008

The announcement that researchers at Florida's agriculture department have come up with new possible insect repellants is welcome news for Floridians, who suffer some of the worst biting bug issues in the nation. ...more

May 28, 2008

ESPN's "College GameDay" - the basketball version - returns to Gainesville on Saturday for the Kentucky-Florida game. Jay Bilas, the former Duke player who has become an ESPN mainstay, said he and his colleagues (Digger Phelps, Rece Davis and Hubert Davis) still remember the overwhelming response from Gators fans during the program's appearance last season in Gainesville. ...more

January 18, 2008

Florida Gators men's basketball coach Billy Donovan's words, spoken with a firm voice that rose and dropped to fashion perfect emphasis and effect, were powerful and inspiring. ...more

November 26, 2007

Few network shows have done more, both directly and indirectly, to give every American his or her now requisite 15 minutes of fame - and humiliation - than "Survivor." ...more

November 6, 2007