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Harrick stresses skills, recruiting

The Red & Black Georgia basketball coach Jim Harrick spotted a few of his new players in the back of the conference room during his Wednesday press conference and said over a crowd of media, “I want you to get excited about Georgia basketball. Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” [...]

Jones may stay at Georgia

The Red & Black Georgia sophomore basketball standout Jumaine Jones might not be leaving Georgia early to enter the NBA draft after all. On Wednesday, Jones told The Red & Black he will remain at Georgia if he determines by late May that he will not be one of the first 10 selections in June’s [...]

Harrick takes the leash

The Red & Black It is not often that a school is afforded the opportunity to hire a head coach who has won a national championship. But on Wednesday, Georgia did just that. Athletics director Vince Dooley announced 60-year-old Jim Harrick would be the new men’s basketball coach at Georgia, meaning Harrick will leave Rhode [...]

Offer on the table for new hoops coach

The Red & Black Georgia lost another candidate for its men’s basketball head coaching vacancy Tuesday, but athletic director Vince Dooley said an offer has been made to a coach. “We have finished the process of looking, and we have now made an offer,” Dooley said. While that offer apparently did not go to one [...]

Peterson could soon replace Jirsa

The Red & Black Georgia Athletic Director Vince Dooley could be within a few days of selecting a new men’s basketball coach, according to published reports. All signs indicate Georgia, which fired second-year coach Ron Jirsa 15 days ago, may be ready to offer the job to Appalachian State head coach Buzz Peterson as early [...]

Sports Notebook

Place qualifies for NCAA championships and ties for Gabrielsen Natatorium’s record time Georgia’s Leslie Place earned an automatic qualifying time for the NCAA championships as Georgia’s swimming teams tuned up for next month’s NCAA championships with a strong showing at their Bulldog Invitational this weekend. “I am very proud of the way we raced,” Georgia [...]

Dogs’ record not so dismal

The Red & Black Georgia’s quest for a fourth-straight 20-win season is not lost, believe it or not. But if Georgia does so, it will come in either the SEC, NIT or NCAA tournaments. The Bulldogs (14-11 overall, 5-8 SEC) will host LSU (11-12, 3-10) at 1 p.m. on Saturday with the same overall record [...]

Bulldog recruit is tops in Florida

  In securing one of the nation’s top football recruiting classes, the University absorbed virtually all of Georgia’s high school talent. But what made the Bulldog’s recruiting class something more than a conglomeration of in-state power was the signing of the USA Today Player of the Year in the state of Florida, William Witherspoon. As [...]

The Red and Black’s top 10s of the sports year

  A look at the top 10 athletes at Georgia for the 1997-98 season. 10. Stephanie Yarem – soccer Yarem broke the Georgia record for most goals in a season with 18 (eight of which were game-winners) and most points with 37. 9. Champ Bailey – football, track While the 6-foot-1, 174-pound sophomore’s speed and [...]

Volleyball up to new year’s challenge

  The stumbling block that kept the Georgia volleyball team from last year’s NCAA Tournament remains again this season – but this time, a more cohesive and experienced team awaits the challenge. With the release of the Lady Bulldog’s 1998 volleyball schedule Tuesday, head coach Jim Iams now can prepare to face a nearly identical [...]

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