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AFC DRAFT RANKINGS

NORTH     Baltimore Ravens:  B-  The Ravens made up for the Bills mistake by drafting Oregon defensive tackle Haloti Ngata. The rest of their draft was fairly uneventful. I have to wonder if they were already trying to decide what number current (but not for long) Titans quarterback Steve McNair would wear.     Cincinnati Bengals:  B  Keeping [...]

NFC DRAFT RANKINGS

NORTH     Chicago Bears:  C  A team that didn’t make a first-round selection but managed to pick up a few nice selections in the second round, including Miami receiver Devin Hester. The Bears weren’t really a team in need, so this draft wasn’t as important for them as it was for other NFC teams.     Detroit Lions: [...]

Ninja event provides comic relief

Thank God the University is ninja-free. When I saw the front page story in The Red & Black Wednesday, along with a rather amusing photo from a camera phone, I immediately exhaled and said a small prayer. They got them. The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm agents finally got them. Academic rigor be damned. We finally [...]

The truth behind what was really said at G-Day

As long as I’ve been a student here and a sports writer, I’ve watched the G-Day game each spring with mild interest. It’s always nice to break up the monotony of spring sports with a little college football, but during my tenure at the University we’ve never had a quarterback controversy. Now we do. Right? [...]

Bad press vs. media responsibility

A question I’m asked a lot as a reporter is: when athletes get arrested, why does it always ends up in the paper when regular students get arrested all the time? After my column Tuesday, in which I said the arrest of an athlete over the weekend was an embarrassment to the program, I got [...]

SGA merely “tongue in cheek”

I was walking through the Tate Student Center when I heard the familiar beats of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and was ambushed by a seemingly over-caffeinated girl who screeched that I should vote for two people I’ve never met. “It’s too early for ‘Thriller,’” I grouchily remarked to a friend walking with me. He replied sarcastically, [...]

Time delay could spoil Olympics for Americans

As far as I could tell, the difference between two of the best times in the luge finals was about half a sneeze. A Russian was running the show when Italy’s own Armin Zoeggler started his icy run. Zoeggler was a tenth of a second ahead at the first major turn. Slightly less, but still [...]

Bulldogs sign 27 recruits

The Georgia football team added two more big names to its 2006 recruiting class Wednesday as national signing day kicked off around the country. One of the nation’s best safeties, Atlanta’s Reshad Jones, and New Jersey’s top running back, Knowshon Moreno, announced Wednesday that they would join the Bulldogs. With 25 other players following through [...]

Shockley’s consistency will prove NFL worthy

As soon as ESPN started showing the practices for the Senior Bowl, anyone watching could tell who the commentators had crushes on. Vanderbilt’s Jay Cutler? The next Dan Marino (see below). Memphis running back DeAngelo Williams? The next Tiki Barber. Georgia’s D.J. Shockley? None of the above. The talking heads used the word “consistency” more [...]

What I’ve learned about ‘sure things’

Two yards to go and you’re on to the next round. Hey, you can even put up a bonus touchdown on the team that was supposed to go all the way. And you’ve got one of the best short-yardage backs in the history of the NFL in your backfield. Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis [...]

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