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Bradley’s Buzz: The Big Dance gave us FDU, FAU - and almost KSU
The pause between Weeks 1 and 2 of the NCAA tournament is when we count by conferences. The Big Ten sent eight teams...
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Georgia Tech’s not-so-secret door to hoops redemption? Players
Josh Pastner isn’t out of work because he couldn’t draw up a nifty inbounds play. He won an ACC Tournament with players...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The trumpeted Mets suffer a major spring setback
I almost feel sorry for the Mets. The famous reliever Edwin Diaz has been lost for the season before the season could...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The Falcons add free agents, but the big issue remains
Having waited for the chance to spend money, the Falcons are spending money. Adding good players is the way to make a...
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Damon Stoudamire’s job - return Georgia Tech to the fast track
The surprise isn’t so much that Georgia Tech has hired Damon Stoudamire. It’s that the Jackets hired him so fast. Not...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Will the Owls have their shining moment? Yes indeed
Sometimes we think seeding doesn’t matter. It does. For Kennesaw State, it’s the difference between having a chance to...
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It’s again time for Georgia Tech to dream big hoop dreams
Georgia Tech needs a new basketball coach, and we’ll get to that. There is, however, a greater need. The Institute...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Jim Boeheim’s final act is a fine whine
Jim Boeheim went out his way. He went out whining. Except for two post-college years spent playing for the Scranton...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The real March madness - conferences in flux
Florida State’s athletic director sounded the latest alarm, telling the school’s board of directors “something has to...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Even with Ridder, should Falcons draft QB in Round 1?
The big-name quarterbacks fared well at the combine. Even Bryce Young, who didn’t participate in the on-field fun and...
Thirty-nine years at the AJC, and I owe it all to Guy McIntyre
Assuming I make it through the weekend, Monday will mark the beginning of my 40th year at the AJC. Doubtless you’ve...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Tech’s Pastner has had seven seasons. That’s enough
If you’re Georgia Tech, this is the ACC you’d awaited. Mike Krzyzewski: gone. Roy Williams: gone. Jim Boeheim: hanging...
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Isn’t it time we heard from UGA’s Kirby Smart?
This is Kirby Smart’s program, for better and for worse. He’s paid $11.25 million per annum to win national titles...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The Falcons will add a QB. Here are thoughts
The Falcons aren’t saying much, not that you’d figure they would, except for this: “We’re going to add to the position...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The Hawks’ new-coach bounce could see them take flight
A week ago, the sub-.500 Hawks were deciding what to do with Nate McMillan. As of Monday morning, the Hawks had gone...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Flouting public opinion, Bama lets Brandon Miller play
Brandon Miller, whom a Tuscaloosa detective identified as the transporter of a gun used in a shooting that left Jamea...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Coaching the Hawks means coaching Trae Young
We who work in sports journalism have a saying, re: professional sports. “In baseball, it’s the general manager who...
Nate McMillan’s out. Can anyone coach these Hawks?
Between Christmas and New Year’s, word began circulating that Nate McMillan was so thrilled to be coaching these Hawks...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Why does PECOTA hate the Braves? (Actually, it doesn’t)
Baseball Prospectus gets great mileage from its annual PECOTA reveal. First come the cold numbers. Then comes the...
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No longer a novelty, Atlanta United must prove it has staying power
It’s no longer an expansion team, though it never carried itself like an expansion team. Atlanta United knew it was a...
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Bradley’s Buzz: If the Bears opt to deal Fields, I spy a trading partner
Jason La Canfora, reporting via Twitter, offered this Wednesday: “More than one NFL general manager came away from the...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Monken leaves, but Smart’s UGA won’t miss a beat
A body in motion stays in motion. That’s Newton’s first law. It has become Kirby Smart’s true north. His program no...
Bradley’s Buzz: It was defensive holding. Deal with it
It was defensive holding. It was the textbook definition – a receiver’s jersey being grabbed by a defender – of...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Texas and Oklahoma pay big to join the one big league
Texas and Oklahoma will arrive sooner than expected. Perhaps not coincidentally, Texas and Oklahoma will begin SEC play...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The puzzling Hawks and a dunk not taken
It’s the most famous shot not taken. It happened – or, put another way, didn’t happen – with 3:30 remaining in the...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The Braves are truckin’ down to North Port
Today is Truck Day at Truist Park. For the longest time, it was just truck day, no capital letters. The Braves would...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Asking for a friend - is Sean Payton that big a deal?
After a year away from football, much of it spent going on TV to talk about football, Sean Payton is refreshed enough...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Stetson Bennett should have a chat with himself
I’m not Stetson Bennett’s dad. (If I were, I’d be Stetson Bennett III.) I’m not his agent. I’m not his coach. I’m just...
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Why Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remains a towering figure
In his penultimate NBA game against the nasty Pistons in the 1989 finals, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 24 points. He was...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Is there a real chance Lamar Jackson becomes a Falcon?
Franchise quarterbacks stayed put. That was a key part of the definition – “franchise” QB, singular, as opposed to...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Rolen’s Hall call bodes well for Andruw Jones
Scott Rolen made All-Star teams. He won Gold Gloves. Of his 17-year career, most was spent in the National League...
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What does Adonai Mitchell’s transfer say about UGA? Nothing, really
Adonai Mitchell, widely known as “AD,” worked four playoff games as a Georgia Bulldog. He caught a touchdown pass in...
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Bradley’s Buzz: An AFC title game in the A-T-L?
We’ve had the Super Bowl – three of them, in two different buildings. We’ve had the World Series – six of them, in...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The Braves haven’t made huge offseason noise, and that’s fine
The easiest prediction ever made: Alex Anthopoulos isn’t done. It’s easy because the Braves’ GM is never done. He made...
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Is the Falcons’ rebuild ready to bear fruit?
The hard part of the Falcons’ rebuild could – could, I say – be over. They found a head coach who has gotten the most...
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Bradley’s Buzz: I hate the NFL. So why do I watch the NFL?
The things you learn from watching CNBC. “Power Lunch” was winding down when Tyler Mathisen asked Kelly Evans, “How...
Bradley’s Buzz: Likening Stetson Bennett to Michael Jordan. Seriously
This time a year ago, yours truly labeled Stetson Bennett the greatest story in the history of college football. A...
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Bradley’s Buzz: TCU’s a great story; Georgia’s a great team
Since Nov. 8, 2020, Georgia is 32-1. Since Dec. 3, 2022, TCU is 1-1. The Horned Frogs’ loss was to Kansas State, which...
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Bradley’s Buzz: One of Georgia’s biggest fretters believes UGA will win
Alabama fans believe their team will win every game. Georgia fans grew up with Vince Dooley, the coach who could make...
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A coach named Smart has made Georgia wise in the ways of winning
It was 2016, the Monday before Labor Day. Kirby Smart was readying his first Georgia team for its opener against North...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Should Georgia fear the Horned Frogs?
TCU is the biggest underdog the College Football Playoff title game has known. Georgia is favored by 13 points. The...
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Ohio State could have won. Georgia did win
They trailed by 14 points in each half. They led for 105 of the game’s 3,600 seconds. They were all but beaten … and...
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Bradley’s Buzz: For Georgia, these are the golden days
It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Five Decembers ago, Bulldog Nation flocked to California via planes, trains and...
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There’s a reason for the Big Ten’s inferiority complex
I saw my first SEC game in 1969. (Kentucky beat Archie Manning’s Ole Miss.) I covered my first SEC game in 1976, when I...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Repeating is tough. So why is UGA so serene?
The first College Football Playoff champion figured to be the second CFB winner, too. Ohio State entered the 2015...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The transfer portal changed everything, even recruiting
Today is National Signing Day. There’ll be another in February, but that, which stood for decades as the only NSD, has...
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So Dansby Swanson’s a Cub. The Braves will be fine
Dansby Swanson is signing for $177M over seven seasons, an average annual value of $25.3M. Had you told me a month ago...
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After the doings in Qatar, the World Cup is headed here
The World Cup final will be played Sunday. France is a slight favorite over Argentina. Argentina is the massive –...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Making sense of the Braves’ trade for Sean Murphy
The Braves traded Shea Langeliers, their catcher of the future, to Oakland because they needed a first baseman, theirs...
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Bradley’s Buzz: Could the Falcons still win this lousy division?
Over their bye week, the Falcons decided to give Desmond Ridder, rookie quarterback, a chance to show he might grow in...
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Georgia Bulldogs have returned to greatness because of a great coach
From Jan. 2, 1981, through Jan. 9, 2022, Georgia went without a national championship. Over that span, 22 national...
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Bradley’s Buzz: The Falcons had to give Desmond Ridder a look
The Falcons played it down the middle. They tried to win. Now they’re looking to tomorrow. By playing it down the...
Bradley’s Buzz: Stetson Bennett, the greatest of all Georgia quarterbacks
Stetson Bennett is among four Heisman Trophy finalists. I doubt he’ll win, but I – and you, and everybody in this whole...