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Tim Tucker
Sports and Business reporter
Tim Tucker covers stories at the intersection of sports and business as well as assisting in coverage of University of Georgia and SEC sports and major Atlanta sporting events. He has been on the AJC staff for 29 years and has covered a wide range of sports beats, including the Braves and UGA.
Latest from Tim Tucker
Heyward’s 2-out hit foils Dodgers’ lefty strategy
Left-handed batters hit a measly .131 against Dodgers left-handed reliever Paco Rodriguez this season, going 13-for-99. But when the Dodgers based some seventh-inning strategy on those numbers Friday night, Jason Heyward made them pay. Trailing 2-1 with two out and Atlanta runners on second and third bases, Dodgers manager Don ...
Ernie Johnson Jr. honors his dad while calling NLDS
As Ernie Johnson Jr. broadcasts the Braves-Dodgers playoff series to a national audience on TBS, he has special links to his father — the former Braves pitcher and broadcaster — in the booth with him. “Every time I do a game on TBS, I wear these: my dad’s cuff links ...
Ex-Braves president Kasten on other side in series
Playoff baseball in Atlanta is nothing new for Stan Kasten, who was president of the Braves for the first 12 division championships in their famous streak of 14 in a row. So it seemed like old times Thursday, seeing him at Turner Field for the start of another baseball October.But ...
Murray set to break SEC record for passing yards
At some point in Saturday’s game — probably early — Georgia’s Aaron Murray figures to break the SEC career record for passing yards. He’ll begin the game at Tennessee only 99 yards short of the record held by former Georgia quarterback David Greene. “I’m excited for him,” Greene said this ...
UGA snapper continues family tradition
Freshman walk-on long-snapper Trent Frix got good reviews for his play on Georgia’s punting unit against LSU — and not just for two uneventful snaps. When LSU returner Odell Beckham bobbled a 48-yard punt in the third quarter of a 27-27 game, Frix made a hit that ensured Beckham wouldn’t ...
Falcons make it official: South site ‘definite’ for stadium
The Atlanta Falcons made official Monday their choice of a site for the new $1 billion stadium: the spot just south of the Georgia Dome long preferred by the city and state. “… It is now the definite site for construction of the (stadium),” Falcons president and CEO Rich McKay ...
Georgia offense ‘cool as a cucumber’ on winning drive
Trailing 41-37 with just over four minutes to play Saturday, Georgia sent its high-powered offense back on the field, 75 yards from a potential game-winning touchdown. The mood in the huddle? “We’re cool as a cucumber, man,” wide receiver Justin Scott-Wesley said later, recalling the moment. “We’re not worried about ...
Georgia-LSU tailback showcase veers off script
The much-anticipated battle of the tailbacks did not unfold quite as anyone expected Saturday. All week, the matchup of Georgia’s Todd Gurley and LSU’s Jeremy Hill — two of the SEC’s top three tailbacks, averaging 125.7 and 117 yards per game, respectively — had been the game’s second-most-talked-about storyline. (You ...
Atlanta seeks college title game in stadium’s first season
Atlanta will forgo a bid to host college football’s national championship game for the 2015 season when proposals for that event are due Friday. Instead, Atlanta sports and tourism officials plan an aggressive bid to bring the title game here at the end of the 2017 season, the first in ...
Tailbacks loom large in Georgia-LSU game
If not for all of the attention riveted on the quarterback matchup of ex-roommates Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger, the tailbacks would be front-and-center entering Saturday’s Georgia-LSU game. Todd Gurley of Georgia and Jeremy Hill of LSU — both sophomores, both 230-plus pounds, both averaging well over 100 yards rushing ...
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