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Junior striving to improve to get Dogs back on track

Zach Cone is just a little bit different. Not because of his gaudy statistics as an outfielder for the Georgia baseball team, nor for the fact that he’s a Bulldog in a family of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Cone is different because he’s willing to learn and, according to head coach David Perno, that makes [...]

College football buried beneath financial kickbacks

We sports fans have known for a long time that college football has gone green and become a money-driven industry. It is now clear that greed is exploding out of control and ruining amateur sports for fans that once appreciated it for the competition. On one hand, we have head coaches and administrators cashing big [...]

Fan support necessary despite team’s recent struggles

Georgia football fans should approach the 2011 season with a lesson taught by the Boise State faithful in its moment of monumental disappointment. After its kicker, Kyle Brotzman, missed two chip-shot field goals — one of which would have ended the game in regulation — fan support for the program’s all-time scoring leader did not [...]

Heisman vote, national title run risk of recall with Newton

Right now, I think another story about Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is the last thing anyone wants to read. Sorry. As tired as I am of hearing about the NCAA’s investigations into Newton and his father Cecil’s alleged solicitation of money from Mississippi State, there are potential problems that simply can’t be ignored. With each [...]

SPUR OF THE MOMENT: Junior leads Bulldogs toward 6th title; Hard work results in recognition for equestrian

Michelle Morris knew what she had to do. It was doing it that was the problem. It was the 2010 Varsity Equestrian National Championships in Waco, Texas, and Georgia had battled Texas A&M to the first tie in the history of the competition. Chosen as the team’s rider for the flat event — the first [...]

Rules needed to prevent future injuries

As the clock ticks down in a close football game, fans want nothing more than to see their team pull out a win. Voices teeter on the edge of extinction as they urge their team’s players to do anything — whatever it takes — to make that wish a reality. And that’s when it happens. [...]

Athletes visit St. Mary’s to show gratitude to hospital: Players share jokes, stories

Roberta Basham sat with her son, Bob, in a faintly lit room at St. Mary’s Hospital. The dark room and bare walls looked fit for a somber occasion, a stark contrast to the lively atmosphere they found themselves in. Instead of quiet reflection, Basham, 94, was talking and laughing spiritedly with five visitors from the [...]

Golfer’s personality drives performance

It was only 30 minutes before tee-time and Marta Silva Zamora was nowhere to be found. Kelley Hester, head coach of the Georgia women’s golf team for which junior Silva Zamora plays, had just sat down to a breakfast that was supposed to be shared with her star golfer. After five minutes passed, Hester decided [...]

Administrators no different than agents

Right now, the only thing football fans want to discuss is Georgia’s 1-3 record and Mark Richt’s uncertain future with the program. That’s fine. But there is another major issue that we cannot ignore threatening the future of university-level sports across America. There is rot at the core of big-time sports — and I have [...]

Freshman football player kicked off team after DUI arrest

After a forgettable weekend on the field, Georgia football suffered further loss with yet another player arrest. Linebacker Demetre Baker was kicked off the team following an arrest early Sunday. “Demetre has been dismissed from the football team,” head coach Mark Richt said. Baker, 19, was booked by the Athens-Clarke County Police at 4:26 a.m. [...]

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