From students getting into fights with each other during games to taking verbal abuse when missing a call, RecSports officials have to deal with it all during intramural competition.

Bennett Solomon has the feature:
alligator.org/article/2024/0…

So happy for Jesse Simmons. He did an excellent job putting together his first big feature on Florida freshman pitcher Luke McNeillie’s midseason turnaround.

And thanks to Lee Ann Anderson for the lead photo, too.

wruf.com/headlines/2024…

I had the pleasure of sitting down with UF basketball commit Olivier Rioux recently to talk about his Guinness-World-Record-setting height, his time at IMG Academy and his future at UF.
Really enjoyed our conversation! Read the story below.
wruf.com/headlines/2024…

It has been rewarding seeing someone who had worked as hard as Zack get the reward. Proud.

Congrats to Bennett, who has a bright future ahead. Well-deserved honor.

.UF College of Journalism and Communications students, see below.

Scoop: Sports Illustrated has a new publisher! He told me he’s planning to hire back some of the laid-off employees and continue the print magazine.
nytimes.com/2024/03/18/bus…

It has been fun to see how excited the students are about this project. Great to see it come to fruition. Kudos to Zack, who is incredibly passionate about this, and all the students who are a part of building Sports Lab.

Congrats to Julie, someone who cared about the quality of the work and the rest of the SI team (and, yes, cats) as much as anyone I’ve worked with.

Super proud of Jack Meyer for his work this semester on his big ESPN 98.1 / 850 WRUF feature on UF baseball star Jac Caglianone

🗣️ “I think people underestimate what I'm doing. When I cross-train, there are puddles of sweat on the floor to the point that our recreational center has to put out 'Wet Floor' signs because I sweat that much.” – Parker Valby 🐊

New podcast with the NCAA XC champion breaking…

So thrilled for Adam, one of the sharpest editors I had the pleasure of working with at SI. Excited to see what he does with FOS.

CC: all my JOU students.

UPDATED STORY: @sinow is able to publish partially redacted documents showing how Michigan opponents decoded Wolverines signals and matched them with run and pass concepts.

More here w/ Pat Forde: si.com/college/2023/1…

Support the student radio team here in Columbia.

Orlando Arcia said anything he says in the clubhouse except during an interview is off the record. Some fans and even media members have exhibited a similar misunderstanding of how this works.

On “the record,” what it is and what it’s for:

bit.ly/48PfChu

In new rankings that emphasize student outcomes, The Wall Street Journal rates University of Florida No. 1 public university in US, No. 15 overall among 400 schools wsj.com/rankings/colle…

Ben Shelton is so fun to watch. Amazing to think he was doing this in Gainesville just last year.

The coastal community of Steinhatchee is bracing for impact today as #HurricaneIdalia approaches Florida.

Taylor County officials have issued an evacuation order for all coastal residents.

I visited the area with Aileyahu Shanes for WUFT News to see how residents were repairing.

First day of classes. Still surreal being back on campus after 26 years, this time on the other side. Ready for a great semester … though, to this point, Canvas has been a formidable opponent.