Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
Losing the final 3 games of their first-round series against the Knicks by a combined 96 points drove home that Hawks need to get deeper, bigger, stronger and more physical.
The Hawks and coach Quin Snyder agreed to a multiyear contract extension after he guided the team to a 46-36 record and a No. 6 seed in the NBA playoffs.
The 31-year-old continues to be a supremely valuable addition, playing all over the field, batting up and down the lineup, and delivering one key hit after another.
Akshay Easwaran, a Milton High and Georgia Tech alum, has been hooked on soccer since watching the 2014 World Cup. Now, he works for U.S. Soccer as a senior data engineer.
The influential Georgia football coach can be a problem-solving example by accepting a smaller salary and advocating for a cap on the size of football support staffs.