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It paved the way for Vegas to become the capital of college hoops.

SUNRISE, Fla. — The losing streak is over.

At the end of practice Wednesday in Sunrise, the Florida Panthers played a half-ice, scrimmage-type game and at the end of the game, the losers had to skate laps.

Like a lot of highly-recruited high school players that were dominating when Donovan was coaching at Florida, Tristan Thompson was on the Gators’ radar before choosing Texas. It’s taken a long time, but the two were finally reunited, as Thompson joined the Bulls over the weekend.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators followed their biggest win of the season with a crushing near-miss against the SEC’s hottest team.

The Florida Panthers held three separate leads Tuesday, including a two-goal lead in the second period and a one-goal lead with less than 10 minutes remaining. They fired 48 shots at David Rittich and even successfully challenged a Nashville Predators goal in the third.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With culture wars heating up in an election year, the Florida House on Tuesday split along bitter partisan lines as members considered two Republican-sponsored education bills that target discussions of race and sexual orientation in public schools.

For most of the final game of their post-break three-game road trip Sunday, the Florida Panthers did not play well. The Chicago Blackhawks, with the third worst record in the Western Conference, outshot them by eight in the opening period and ultimately held the Panthers’ league-best offense to just 25…

Auburn has not won in Gainesville since 1996.