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The worst night in Atlanta sports history
The Atlanta Falcons lost to the middling New York Jets on a field goal as time expired, and that was only the second-most excruciating game of Monday-night-into-Tuesday-morning. Roughly 90 minutes later, the Atlanta Braves wasted a one-run lead with six outs to go and were eliminated by the Los Angeles ...
Why I believe L.A. will rue using Kershaw tonight
On the one hand, he's the best pitcher in baseball. On the other, he'll start tonight's Game 4 on three days' rest -- something he has never done -- after throwing 124 pitches over seven Game 1 innings. On the one hand, this means the Braves must beat Clayton Kershaw ...
With the UGA offense ailing, the burden's on the D
With five games gone, Georgia has lost its best wide receiver, its fastest wide receiver and its second-best tailback for the season to knee injuries. Its best tailback -- the best in the nation, actually -- just missed a game with a sprained ankle and isn't a certainty to play ...
Georgia Tech ran the option better, and still it lost
These short takes from Georgia Tech’s 45-30 loss at Miami are presented as an adjunct to the game column, which can be found on myajc.com, our premium site. 1. At the start, Georgia Tech ran the option pretty much as Paul Johnson designed it. The Yellow Jackets rushed for 151 ...
Breaking down the Braves' vital Game 2 win
These short takes are an adjunct to the column off Game 2 of the Braves-Dodgers series -- the Braves won 4-3, in case you haven't heard -- that is available on myajc.com, our premium site. 1. Mike Minor took a giant step forward. Working his first playoff game, the Braves' ...
How the Braves missed a chance against Kershaw
It’s among the oldest bits of baseball wisdom, right behind, “Good pitching stops good hitting.” In Thursday’s Game 1, the Atlanta Braves lent further credence to the old saw that the batted ball will always, always seek out a shaky glove. A.J. Ellis drove in the Dodgers’ second run on ...
Trouble in paradise? Bama puts assistant on leave
On Wednesday, Alabama suspended All-American safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix for an unspecified period for an unspecified violation of team rules. On Thursday, Bama placed assistant strength coach Cory Harris on adminstrative for -- this from the TideSports.com report by Tommy Deas and Aaron Suttle -- "providing impermissible benefits to (Clinton-Dix)." ...
Nobody's picking the Braves - except Kate Upton
In the wake of yesterday's revelation that 27 of ESPN's 33 baseball analysts have picked the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves in the Division Series comes another sobering forecast. Daniel Rathman of Baseball Prospectus doesn't just think the Dodgers will prevail -- he believes they'll sweep. Whoa, Nellie. ...
Six of 33 ESPN analysts pick the Braves over L.A.
ESPN asked its 33 baseball analysts -- yes, ESPN has more analysts than the Menninger Clinic -- to make postseason picks. Of the 33, six picked the Atlanta Braves over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series. Of those six, two picked the Braves to reach the World Series. ...
When the Falcons see red, they stop - and lose
This post is an adjunct to the Falcons-Patriots game column, which can be found on myajc.com, our premium site 1. The Falcons, who were bad at scoring touchdowns in the red zone through three games, got worse in Week 4. They entered Sunday night’s game having gone 6-for-12 at scoring ...
Lane Kiffin fired by USC: What took so long?
It's hard to believe now, but there were those -- I was among them, sorry to say -- who believed Southern Cal would be the nation's best team in 2012. The Trojans were ranked No. 1, ahead of even reigning champion Alabama, in preseason. Then they actually started to play, ...
On Georgia's great blocking and its less-great D
This post is an adjunct to the Georgia-LSU game column, which can be found on myajc.com, our premium site. 1. Georgia outmuscled LSU, which isn’t often outmuscled. The Bulldogs rushed for 196 yards – and that was with Todd Gurley missing the second half -- and Aaron Murray wasn’t sacked. ...
If the Jackets look 'terrible,' whose fault is that?
The wonder wasn’t that Georgia Tech lost. The wonder was that the Jackets had, inside the final 90 seconds, a chance to win (or at least tie). Virginia Tech did as little as you can do and still beat a quality opponent – which the Jackets are, most games if ...
For the win(s): Jackets, Bulldogs and Falcons
Four days, three big football games: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech on Thursday night; LSU at Georgia on Saturday, and the New England Patriots against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night. You ask: Who’s going to win? I say: Locals sweep. You say: “Bradley, you’re a homer.” I say: Perhaps, ...
Looking ahead to the Atlanta Braves' postseason
Here’s where I pose questions as we look ahead to the Atlanta Braves’ postseason, and here’s where you get to answer them. 1. Is Mike Minor still the Game 1 starter? Or has Kris Medlen claimed that honor with his stellar second half? And if so, do you really want ...
So how exactly did the Falcons lose this one?
This post is an adjunct to the print column, which can be found on myajc.com, our premium site. 1. The Falcons actually blocked somebody. Without Steven Jackson, they rushed for a season-best 146 yards. (Jacquizz Rodgers had 86, Jason Snelling 53.) Matt Ryan was able to throw 38 passes without ...
On Georgia Tech's Attaochu, Sims and Lee
This post is an adjunct to the Georgia Tech-North Carolina game column, which can be found on myajc.com, our premium site. 1. The name’s Attaochu, as in “ouch.” Defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu had three solo tackles and a sack, which is a better game than the famous South Carolina defender ...
The injured Falcons are conceding nothing
I've been covering sports for a while now, and here's a sentiment I've never heard expressed in a professional locker room: "Oh, we've lost (fill in name of key player), so we're doomed." That's never, as in not a single time, no matter who the lost player was. Not on ...
Are Braves staging an encore of 2011? Surely not
The best closer in baseball wastes a two-run lead and blows his first save since May 7. The best shortstop in baseball makes a game-losing error. The Atlanta Braves' magic number remains at four. Their lead over the Washington Nationals shrinks to nine games with 12 to play. And surely ...
Another bad Falcons sign: 2 starters out for year
Not to say that my instincts are always unerring -- I picked South Carolina over Auburn in an SEC championship game the Tigers won 56-17 -- but I haven't had the greatest feeling about these Atlanta Falcons, and I've seen nothing to date to make me reassess. In Week 1 ...
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