http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Commentary and opinion. en-us dpurdum@ajc.com 2008-11-01T22:31:23-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Commentary and opinion. http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/11/01/georgia_overrat.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Jacksonville — There must be something about annihilation that shocks the system. There must be something about getting hammered in a team’s two biggest games of the season that causes amnesia and makes everybody forget what this year was supposed... 8486903@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ UGA / SEC 2008-11-01T22:31:23-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/04/04/you_name_it_ham.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists First it was the calf. Then it was the forearm. Then the back. Then the elbow, the oblique, the hamstring, the groin, vertigo, gout, brain freeze, demonic possession, high cholesterol, low biorhythms, closed chakras and going blind from sitting too... 2870603@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Braves / MLB 2008-04-04T00:02:05-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/26/to_each_sports.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Our sports columnists now have their own blogs. So bookmark these new urls for Furman Bisher, Mark Bradley, Terence Moore and Jeff Schultz: Bisher Bradley Moore Schultz If you want a RSS feed, go to the left rail of each... 2661203@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ 2008-03-26T15:35:15-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/26/tradition_going.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists This is so ridiculous. The first couple of Major League Baseball games this season ended before many fans could yawn their way out of bed. It’s bad enough that Opening Day is years removed from its rightful place in Cincinnati,... 2649303@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Terence Moore 2008-03-26T08:32:11-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/25/sayonara_baseba.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Baseball used to be a game played with nine men to a side, two managers, four umpires, and the major-league season always opened in Cincinnati. Come to think of it now, that would be sort of like “Gone With the... 2641203@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Braves / MLB 2008-03-25T20:57:11-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/25/mature_braves_n.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists As strange as this sounds, the Braves have a better attitude now in regard to October than they did along the way to a record 14 straight division titles. They’ve finished third in the National League East during the two... 2641103@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Braves / MLB 2008-03-25T20:34:10-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/25/the_tuesday_cou_37.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists 10: Like I said: North Carolina-Memphis-UCLA-Davidson. 9: So if I understand this correctly: If I’m an 18-year-old blonde female from Gwinnett County and I rob a bank, there’s probably only a 50-50 chance I’m going to have to go to... 2628603@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Jeff Schultz 2008-03-25T12:23:40-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/24/baseballs_sold.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Good morning. You just missed Opening Day. The Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics played the first game of the major league season Tuesday morning (normal baseball earth time) in Tokyo. I imagine Japan will reciprocate this breach of... 2614403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Jeff Schultz 2008-03-24T22:42:46-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/24/a_ranking_of_te.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists In the past several months, Atlanta sports fans have witnessed the firings, scorched-earth reassignments or sudden exits of three coaches and three executives, which is a remarkable achievement considering the Hawks’ season hasn’t even ended yet and the Thrashers’ general... 2606803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Jeff Schultz 2008-03-24T16:10:35-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/21/georgia_can_bui.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Washington D.C. — As tough as it has been to put what Georgia just did in perspective, the truly tricky part comes next. Was the Bulldogs’ rise from last in the SEC East to being, as Xavier’s Derrick Brown told... 2554603@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Mark Bradley 2008-03-21T12:54:02-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/20/feltons_team_sh.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Washington — They groused about the officiating, but the gripes weren’t heartfelt. They might have lost the game, but the Georgia Bulldogs knew full well they’d won the month and the season and their longstanding struggle for credibility. They won’t... 2539403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ UGA / SEC 2008-03-20T19:42:45-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/20/falcons_must_dr.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists It’s a no-brainer, really. Come the NFL draft, the definitive choice at No. 3 overall for the Falcons isn’t any of those quarterbacks with potential, especially since this is a franchise that needs players of now instead of tomorrow. You... 2535503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Terence Moore 2008-03-20T17:06:54-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/20/blogging_live_f.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists Washington, D.C. - In the 20 minutes that separated Georgia winning the SEC tournament and the announcement of the NCAA pairings, I’d pretty much decided the Bulldogs were going to Anaheim to play Stanford in Round 1. (Why? Because Georgia,... 2517403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Mark Bradley 2008-03-20T08:03:54-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/19/youre_a_good_fi.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists It seemed a departure from the man’s makeup and objectives late last season when DeAngelo Hall said: “I don’t want to be the highest-paid cornerback in the league and losing every game. Money only gets you so much happiness.” How... 2511203@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Falcons / NFL 2008-03-19T20:27:09-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2008/03/19/deangelo_hall_n.html?cxntfid=blogs_sports_columnists He has to go, and it’s a shame. It really is, because DeAngelo Hall has so many positive attributes. First, he can play. He is at least a good cornerback, and it’s difficult in the modern NFL to find even... 2493503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/ Terence Moore 2008-03-19T10:02:41-05:00