AUGUSTA – Welcome to Masters week. My day began at the Augusta National media center with the news that I would occupy the seat formerly reserved for Furman Bisher all week. I don’t mind telling you, it’s a little intimidating. Also, with the legendary Dave Kindred sitting to my right ...
Academic fraud. Cash given to players and recruits. Financial incentives for players to not enter the NFL draft. Did we miss anything? Auburn has another mess to clean up – or at least another alleged mess. By now you’ve probably read the wrecking ball of an expose on the Auburn ...
(LINK ADDED BELOW) Amid stories about an abusive coach who hurls basketball and homophobic slurs at his players (Rutgers' Mike Rice, just fired) and a conference director of officials (Pacific 12's Ed Rush) who puts a referee's version of a bounty on a coach (Arizona's Sean Miller) and somehow keeps ...
(LINK TO FULL COLUMN ADDED BELOW) The popular blog site "Yardbarker" recently looked ahead to the baseball season and listed "10 players primed for a breakout in 2013." No. 1 on the list? Andrelton Simmons. Among the comments: "This year, Simmons will be the leadoff hitter for a potent Braves ...
My one and only prediction on this baseball season: The Braves will win the National League East. That’s as far as I’m going because after watching my NCAA bracket -- Final Four: Michigan State, Florida, Ohio State Miami – blown to bits, I’m a little gun shy about taking a ...
(HERE'S THE LINK TO THE FULL COLUMN) FLOWERY BRANCH -- OK, calm down. The Falcons havent' won the Super Bowl yet. My column off of today's news conference with Osi Umenyiora will be posted shortly, and I will link it here. Umenyiora didn't make any grand proclamations Thursday as ...
(UPDATED: 9:30 p.m.) It took a little longer than expected, but Osi Umenyiora is finally officially a Falcon. And can we please dispel these thoughts that he somehow represents a step down from John Abraham? The Falcons have agreed to terms with Umenyiora on a two-year, $8.5 million contract. He ...
I’m not a doctor and I can’t read an X-ray or an MRI. But I think I know bunk when I see it, and the NFL just dumped a load of it in the court of public opinion. In the NFL’s just-released “Health and Safety” update – which you can ...
(LINK ADDED BELOW) Tubby Smith won and didn't cheat at Minnesota. The fact that no basketball coach in the history of the program had ever stood at that intersection didn't stop the school from firing him. Ben Howland went to three straight Final Fours at UCLA, a feat achieved by ...
If and when the Falcons finally close the deal with free agent defensive end Osi Umenyiora – which could happen as soon as Tuesday -- he will become the third impact veteran signed in this offseason. That’s significant for a team that fell just short of reaching the Super Bowl ...
(UPDATE: If you missed it, here's a link to the full column) I was there the night the Las Vegas when Mike Tyson bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear. Actually, I was not only at that abbreviated title fight in 1997, I also was at the Las Vegas ...
ATHENS -- So I spent the day at Georgia's "Pro Day" Thursday, and if there is any doubt about whether this event stirs some interest, consider: 1) 95 media credentials were distributed (about half that total being taken up by the NFL Network and ESPN); 2) Every NFL team was ...
(UPDATE BELOW) I blog, therefore I am . . . Sometime before next month’s draft, the Falcons are likely to sign a player in free agency in hopes of filling one of their gaping holes on defense. The question that needs to be answered: Is it better to sign a ...
Hello, and welcome back to College Basketball Depression Central. There are 68 schools representing 31 states, plus the District of Columbia, in the NCAA tournament field. None are from Georgia. Again. This is the second straight season that Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Mercer, Savannah State and Georgia ...
He wore a Falcons pin on the left lapel of his suit jacket, a gift from the man, Arthur Blank, who now signs his paychecks. “It’s kind of like being knighted,” Steven Jackson said Friday. King Arthur. Sir Steven. It works. Which way to Camelot? Jackson’s signing not only fills ...
This is what fans want from their sports franchises. Show aggressiveness. Recognize opportunity. Keep important players. Bring in difference makers. This is how teams win championships, and it's certainly why the Falcons have been moving in the direction of that finish line with more consistency and more momentum than any ...
So I've been all over Twitter since late Wednesday night, railing on the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant for blaming the Hawks' Dahntay Jones for causing his severe ankle sprain by undercutting him in the final seconds of a game at Philips Arena. My view: Bryant is whining. The Lakers ...
(FINAL UPDATE: 11:30 p.m.) With a dented roster, a lineup to make even the most ardent NBA fan look sideways and the presumably lame-duck Josh Smith sitting out with a knee injury and, yes, after another benching (sssssh), this didn’t figure to be a night the Hawks would juice their ...
(THIS BLOG GOES LIVE AT GAME TIME.) We now interrupt the "Tony Gonzalez is Back!" parade and NFL free agent hysteria to pose this question: Has reality set in for the Hawks? The Hawks are trending downward as they go into tonight's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. They have ...
The season played out like some slow begrudging acceptance by Tony Gonzalez that this was it. He said he would “probably” retire before the year began. He moved the meter to “95 percent” certain. Then to “97 percent.” Then, as if going numb and collapsing before the media following the ...
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