Woods’ Tour Championship victory likely one of his biggest ever

Tiger Woods wins. Honestly, when he began playing again this season following the medical Hail Mary of spinal fusion surgery, I never thought I&rsquo...

September 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

Another tweak coming to FedEx Cup, Tour Championship - this one’s a doozy

  If this were 2019, Tiger Woods would be reporting to the first tee of the Tour Championship on Thursday already 2 under. That before he ever put...

September 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

Can we spare just a moment to appreciate Bulldogs’ offensive line? 

There being little else of consequence to take from Saturday’s sacrificial rite between the hedges, might as well suck it up and get this offensive...

September 15, 2018 | 0 Comments

Why is it so hard to say that Serena Williams’ Open outburst was just wrong?

For three days now, many – including herself – have tried to make the great Serena Williams into a champion of a larger social cause. That...

September 11, 2018 | 0 Comments

Georgia asserts dominance in SEC East at Gamecocks expense

Football can be such a simple thing, especially when it works on the raw, primal level of good nature programming.   You’re better. You...

September 08, 2018 | 0 Comments

Once more, Falcons offense gets lost in the dead, er, red zone 

Logic dictates that Thursday’s Falcons loss was one game, but the first of 16 opportunities. One game, against the defending Super Bowl champion...

September 07, 2018 | 0 Comments

If Falcons want what Eagles have, they have to seize it

  So, I’m lying around in another hotel room on the night before the big game in Philadelphia, enjoying the spicy, go-go-go life of a sportswriter...

September 06, 2018 | 0 Comments

Beware, SEC: Auburn feeling real good about itself after beating Washington

Over a three-week period last November, Auburn beat both the No. 2 and No. 1-ranked teams in the country at the time. But, it seems there was a flaw in...

September 01, 2018 | 0 Comments

Tech’s Saint-Amour reflects hopes of a new season

Another college football season begins. Hundreds of eager young chaps burst into view from behind the high walls of their closed practices and the curtains...

August 31, 2018 | 0 Comments

For Georgia State, why not revel in win over Kennesaw State? 

You can throw out all the initials when Georgia State and Kennesaw State play football. FBS. FCS. LOL. It just doesn’t matter.  The story of...

August 31, 2018 | 0 Comments

Twice bitten in Atlanta, Auburn’s still not shy

Come Saturday – dating back to December – Auburn will have played as many football games of consequence inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium as have...

August 28, 2018 | 0 Comments

OK, Falcons, show us once more that the preseason means nothing

It is generally accepted that the NFL preseason is about as telling as a stopped clock. As a sign of what’s to come, the preseason is no more accurate...

August 26, 2018 | 0 Comments

Dream coach comes up with winning design in first year

Back as one of those bona fide student-athletes at Marquette, Nicki Collen had not a clue that today she’d be leading a team into the WNBA semifinals...

August 24, 2018 | 0 Comments

No Chubb, no Michel, no worries for Bulldogs

There seems to be some confusion about the University of Georgia’s greater mission. “We are OLB University,” Bulldogs OLB (outside linebacker)...

August 22, 2018 | 0 Comments

Braves fans take heart, Phillies aren’t exactly seizing East, either

The Braves may have had the kind of weekend that, in the real world, would have involved several rejected credit cards, at least one trip to the emergency...

August 20, 2018 | 0 Comments