The world's tallest teenager is trying his hand — his reach, really — at football. Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center who played for the Under-19 Canadian national team this summer,

Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center who played for the Under-19 Canadian national team this summer, recently worked out for the Gators' football team.

Florida’s football coach brought in Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 redshirt freshman basketball player for the Gators, to work out with the hope that he could help block field goals and extra points. “I like the idea,

The NASA, JAXA and Roscosmos crew members set to launch next to the International Space Station arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, July 26, 2025.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket forms a jellyfish as it heads downrange from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station July 26, 2025 carrying 28 Starlink satellites. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station July 26,

NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 flight is more than just a crew rotation — it lands during a historic moment in spaceflight: the 25th anniversary of uninterrupted human habitation aboard the ISS.