http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:56:40 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/08/17/52/image_1352178.jpg http://www.ajc.com 5 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/08/allen_0709.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/08/allen_0709.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:59:24 EDT Georgia's Asher Allen is one of 40 players on the watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to college football's best defensive back. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/07/ugahoops_0708.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/07/ugahoops_0708.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:49:40 EDT Athens — Jeremy Jacob came to Georgia last year as a four-star basketball recruit. He left without anyone knowing whether he was worthy of that distinction. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/03/lemon_0704.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/03/lemon_0704.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:29:11 EDT Athens - Georgia defensive lineman Michael Lemon was suspended indefinitely from the football team Thursday afternoon after turning himself into authorities Thursday morning, the school announced. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/07/02/tennessee_fulmer_0703.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/07/02/tennessee_fulmer_0703.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:16:36 EDT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer will earn $2.4 million this season and $3.3 million in 2014, the last year of his new seven-year contract, according to details released Wednesday. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/02/perno_0703.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/02/perno_0703.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:29:08 EDT Athens - No sooner had Georgia baseball coach David Perno put his signature on a new contract Tuesday than he was on the phone with 30 recruits. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/02/arkansas_0703.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/07/02/arkansas_0703.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:40:17 EDT FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas linebacker Wendel Davis faces a felony criminal mischief charge after police say he punched through the window of a car that bumped his scooter. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/30/uga_funeral_0701.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/30/uga_funeral_0701.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:09:24 EDT Athens — This was a funeral, complete with real tears. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/29/ugamascot_0630.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/29/ugamascot_0630.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:09:36 EDT Athens — Uga V's Whatchagot Loran, better known to the world as Uga VI, will be laid to rest Monday at 3 p.m. at Sanford Stadium. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/06/29/ark_0630.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/stories/2008/06/29/ark_0630.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:47:33 EDT Fayetteville, Ark. — Arkansas backup linebacker Freddy Burton faces a drunken-driving charge after an early morning arrest by university police. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/28/ugamascot_0629.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/28/ugamascot_0629.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:55:57 EDT The University of Georgia's beloved and Churchillian English bulldog mascot Uga VI died peacefully Friday night in Savannah of congestive heart failure after serving nine seasons on the sidelines as the Bulldogs' winningest mascot. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/28/ugachart_0629.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/28/ugachart_0629.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:55:56 EDT Since 1956, the University of Georgia's live mascot has come from a line of solid-white English bulldogs named Uga, each owned by Sonny and Cecelia Seiler of Savannah. Here is a closer look at each Uga (with tenure and records): http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/28/ugastatement_0629_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/28/ugastatement_0629_web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:35:36 EDT The following is a statement issued by the University of Georgia on the death of its mascot, Uga VI: http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/27/humphrey_0627.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/27/humphrey_0627.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:32:55 EDT In the aftermath of an arrest for DUI and other charges, Billy Humphrey has been kicked off the Georgia men's basketball team. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/26/cwsdogsfolo_0627.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/26/cwsdogsfolo_0627.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:43:39 EDT Georgia baseball coach David Perno prefers to see the bright side of his team's accomplishments, not the failures of the season's final two games. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/26/humphrey_0627.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/06/26/humphrey_0627.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=21 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:27:04 EDT University of Georgia basketball player Billy Humphrey was arrested Tuesday morning for drunk driving in Gwinnett County. It was his second arrest on alcohol-related charges since February.