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DOG DAYS PODCAST: April 25

Editor’s Note: In this installment of the Dog Days Podcast, Sports Editor Ryan Black talks with CBS Sports.com (and former Red & Black) sports writer Jason Butt to discuss various topics, including Butt’s time at the paper, the NFL Draft and the negativity that continues to surround the New Orleans Saints organization.

Insensitive writer hears the wrong cries

Please tell me, Michael Fitzpatrick: Where are these cries coming from? And who is crying? Are these people the only ones crying? In Fitzpatrick’s column on Monday (“Shooter, not weapons should take heat”), he writes he can hear gun control advocates whining for a change in the Constitution’s Second Amendment after this past weekend’s unfortunate events – defending the right Americans have to own and possess firearms.

Editor apologizes for lack of equestrian title coverage

On behalf The Red & Black’s sports section, I feel the need to offer the Georgia equestrian team an apology. Over the weekend, the Bulldogs went to Waco, Texas, battled the top competition in the sport’s Varsity Equestrian National Championships, and won their second consecutive title.

Tennessee coach takes tip from Richt, signs up for personal Twitter account

Mark Richt is officially a trendsetter. When Georgia’s head football coach set up a Twitter account four weeks ago, little did he know a fellow SEC coach would decide to follow in his footsteps in this microblogging craze. “I was reading coach Richt inserted that and we wanted to make sure that we were doing everything we could that could possibly be a benefit to us,” Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin said in Thursday’s SEC coaches teleconference.

Quarterback’s brother to walk on team

It looks like freshman quarterback Aaron Murray won’t be the only member of his family playing football in the fall for Georgia. The University’s sports communications department confirmed that Aaron’s brother Josh, a former minor league baseball player, will walk on to the Georgia football team this fall – at least that’s the plan for now.

Diamond Dogs No. 1 again in coaches poll

For the third time this season, the Georgia baseball team is ranked No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll released Monday. Arizona State is No. 2 followed by LSU, Rice and North Carolina to round out the top five. Georgia (29-6, 11-4 SEC) swept Kentucky last weekend to gain sole possession of first place in the SEC.

Women’s club volleyball wins Division II national championship

Georgia’s women’s club volleyball team captured a national championship this weekend at the 2009 National Campus Championship Series Volleyball Club Championships.

Georgia defeated Ohio University in the championship in three sets – 25-22, 25-27, 16-14.

Fox trots into Georgia family: No free time for passionate coach

Meet Mark Fox.
He’s 40 years old and the 21st Georgia basketball coach.
He said two things occupy the majority of his time – basketball and family. If, perhaps, there were a couple of more hours in the day, Fox said he would love to use the extra time to play more golf.

Little known Fox hire smart for Damon Evans

Mark Fox, huh? I must admit – this is a smart hire. But for different reasons. This hire is so strange, bizarre and risky that it makes perfect sense. Think about it: It will take roughly two years for Fox to turn around Georgia’s basketball program. And if he does, the hire looks golden.

Fox’s interest in Bulldog basketball job ‘goes way back’

Apparently Mark Fox has been a Georgia guy for a while.

Fox revealed coaching Georgia basketball has intrigued him in the past, even if his only visit to Athens resulted in a Nevada 58-47 win over Georgia in 2004.

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