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Gattis to Fredi: 'Do you want to win?'
He has played only 37 big-league games, and already it's getting tough to find something new to say about Evan Gattis. Toward that end, his manager came to my aid. "I'll tell you a story," Fredi Gonzalez said Wednesday, after the folk hero had hoisted his first career grand slam ...
USA Today: Georgia State last among FBS teams
Every year, USA Today counts down -- actually, it counts up -- all the teams playing Division I-A (officially FBS) football. The good news, I guess, is that Georgia State is now included in that countdown. The less-good news is USA Today ranks the Panthers 125th, or last, in their ...
Addressing the thorny issue of the Braves' bullpen
Today's AJC column -- it's available on myajc.com -- addresses the Atlanta Braves' weakened-but-not-yet-weak bullpen. I know some among you believe the arm problems suffered by Jonny Venters and/or Eric O'Flaherty date back to the summer of 2011 and, not being an orthopaedist, I'm not prepared to say for certain ...
Tech's Paul Johnson: He's talking about practice!
Sunday’s AJC featured the fruits of a lengthy conversation with Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson. (It’s available on myajc.com.) Owing to space restrictions, not all of our not-so-little chat made the paper/site. But I would be remiss if I didn’t offer this bonus bit, in which Johnson addresses a familiar ...
Would Hawks hire a European import as coach?
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Atlanta Hawks are giving “significant consideration” to hiring Ettore Messina, the Italian-born coach of the Russian club CSKA Moscow. Wojnarowski also reports that Stan Van Gundy, identified as “Atlanta’s top target,” is “a long shot to accept the job.” Hiring Messina ...
On cue, the ACC eyes Madison Square Garden
We knew this was coming. Bang on cue, here it is. Brett McMurphy of ESPN reports that the ACC is “investigating” playing its basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden, which is closer to Times Square than Tobacco Road. There was much speculation about the-ACC-to-MSG at the tournament in Greensboro two ...
Andrew Wiggins to Kansas is good for college hoops
Who’s Andrew Wiggins? He’s the No. 1 basketball recruit in the Class of 2013. He would have been the No. 1 basketball recruit in the Class of 2014, but he, to invoke the buzzword, “reclassified” in October. (Meaning: Skipped a grade.) He will almost certainly be the No. 1 pick ...
Validation? Justin Upton returns, decks D-backs
It wasn’t a great trade just because Justin Upton returned to Arizona on Monday and went 4-for-5 with a 440-foot home run interspersed. A baseball season contains 162 days and nights; Monday was one among many. Nor was it a great trade just because Martin Prado, the principal outgoing piece, ...
Heat Check: Chilly Braves are still in first place!
Our weekly Heat Check arrives in the form of a one-sport entity, which isn’t to say it’s a one-trick pony. At least we hope not. THE BRAVES: They’re 3-4 on what figured to be a difficult road trip, with three games in Phoenix remaining. They were outscored 23-4 over their ...
Could the Hawks really land Paul AND Howard?
Having gone on record as believing the Atlanta Hawks would be better served pursuing Chris Paul and not Dwight Howard, I was intrigued by ESPN Insider Bradford Doolittle’s assertion earlier this week that the Hawks could be a landing spot for both big-ticket L.A. free agents. But let’s underline the ...
Football Outsiders: Tech to finish fourth in Coastal
It’s not my intent to link to everything Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders writes, but, in the interest of equal time, it’s only fair to note that the same Mr. Fremeau who picked Georgia to finish second in the SEC East has tabbed Georgia Tech to run fourth in the ...
Football Outsiders tabs UGA second in SEC East
Who just wrote that Georgia would be the favorite to win the SEC East this fall? (Er, me.) So who’s picking South Carolina ahead of the Bulldogs? Er, Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders, writing for ESPN Insider. (Yes, the old Outsiders-Insider tandem. Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard had nothing on ...
Heat Check: Braves are lukewarm, Falcons are ... operatic?
Our weekly Heat Check arrives the morning after a rainy weekend. That doesn’t really mean anything, but it sounded sort of evocative. Sort of. BRAVES: Remember when they had the best record in baseball? No more. They still lead the National League East by 2 ½ games, but recent reversals ...
A wild Hawks' series ends in a familiar way
This is what the Atlanta Hawks do. They make you pity them, and then they make you kind of proud. We say again: This team is never as bad as it looks and never as good as you’d hope. Game 6 was a wild mood swing. From a second quarter ...
The Braves swing and miss an opportunity
You knew it wouldn’t last forever, and it didn’t last the second half of a series that, for the Atlanta Braves, began in such giddy fashion that the gifted Bryce Harper managed to gift a home run to Tim Hudson on the night the pitcher claimed the 200th victory of ...
The touted Nationals: From ballyhoo to boo-hoo
The team that was supposed to win 100 games exits April having lost more than it won. The Washington Nationals are 13-14, and they trail the Atlanta Braves, against whom they’re 0-5, by 4 ½ games. The Braves’ early dominance -- they've outscored the Nats 31-8 -- hasn’t been a ...
So why can't the Pacers guard the Hawks?
Three observations after Game 4 of the Hawks-Pacers series, which has suddenly swung the underdog's way. 1. The great Indiana defense has had no answers for a Hawks offense that was not, at least in the regular season, all that great. Over four games, the Hawks are averaging 95 points ...
Ex-Hawk Jason Collins: He's gay, and he's a hero
Before Monday, Jason Collins was known in these environs as the tough guy the Hawks dispatched to bump and foul and irritate Dwight Howard. On Monday, Jason Collins -- who played here from 2009 through 2012-- became known for something far more important, and not just here but everywhere: He ...
Heat Check: The whiffin' Braves feel a big chill
Our weekly Heat Check begins with the team that has gone from hot-hot-hot to not-not-not. Or, as they say in baseball, that’s baseball. BRAVES: They still lead the majors in home runs, but that doesn’t mean they have baseball’s best offense. They’re 13th in runs scored, 15th in on-base percentage. ...
The Hawks serve notice: This series isn't over
Not to go all Pacino-at-his-hammiest on you, but these are the Atlanta Hawks: Just when you think they're out, they play themselves back in. Against an opponent of their apparent choosing, they stunk out Games 1 and 2 and were one wobble from being, effectively if not technically, done for ...
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