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Masters time: What's a 14-year-old doing here?
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 ...
Auburn's good fortune: NCAA is an even bigger mess
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 ...
Falcons give us feel-good story with Brian Banks signing (UPDATED)
(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 ...
Braves will need more than 'Smashball' at some point. Enter: Simmons (UPDATED WITH LINK)
(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 ...
Braves will win East (but here are some concerns)
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 ...
Column tease: Osi isn't final answer for Falcons (LINK ADDED)
(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 ...
Umenyiora gives Falcons another upgrade
(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 ...
New 'injury data' affirms NFL still cares more about revenue
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 ...
Smith, Howland firings suggest college lunacy worse than ever (UPDATED)
(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 ...
After Umenyiora, could Falcons' next move be jump in draft?
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 ...
In Sunday's AJC: Holyfield, Tyson now joke about ear bite (UPDATED)
(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 ...
Alec Ogletree knows he has something to prove off the field (UPDATED)
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 ...
Falcons have one move left in free agency (UPDATE: Umenyiora visits Falcons)
(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 ...
Georgia: Home of Final Four but no tourney teams
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 ...
Falcons' new reality: They're a destination team
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 ...
Steven Jackson will be perfect fit for Falcons
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 ...
Poll: Was Kobe Bryant's injury Dahntay Jones' fault?
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 ...
No Teague, no Smith, no chance? Naw, Hawks beat Lakers (UPDATED)
(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 ...
LIVE: Teague out, Josh doubtful for slumping Hawks vs. Lakers
(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 ...
Tony Gonzalez just gave Falcons a window of opportunity
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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