Nobody’s forcing me to make a pick, and I’m sure I’d be better off abstaining. I can make a case for any/all of the NFL’s final...

They are, after all, the Saints. Falcons fans might regard them as something else, but the New Orleans NFL franchise wasn’t named for a bird or...

Hello again. We’re nearing Big Event Time in the A-T-L, and you know what that means. It’s time to dust off our trusty Gloom ’n Doom...

On the first college football Saturday of 2018, we wrote a little something about the six quarterbacks – at three schools – who would...

The early polls – and by this we mean “early poll,” singular; Ryan Thibodaux’s invaluable Hall of Fame tracker is all you...

This could, we admit, be much ado about nothing much. The best coaches make the best of what they have, and Atlanta United has more than any club in MLS...

I assume NFL kickers will make every kick. The Falcons’ Matt Bryant, the one I watch the most, comes awfully close. At 43, he missed one field-goal...

I’m here on a personal errand, and imagine my surprise when the local TV announced at the bottom of the hour: “UK offensive coordinator...

The friendly Vegas folks at Caesars have set the over/under for the 2019 Atlanta Braves at 84 wins. And here you’re saying: “Didn&rsquo...

Of all the Alabama imitators, Georgia is the best facsimile. (That Clemson hasn’t modeled itself quite so closely after Alabama is one reason the...

Dirk Koetter will hit the ground running. He knows the way to Flowery Branch. He knows Matt Ryan. There will be no time of transition. This will be a...

Four teams advance from the NFL’s wild card round, which means that every January we get a bit excited about one or two as long-shot Super Bowl...

Losing the final two games after being in place to make the College Football Playoff was a lousy ending. A fake punt in one stadium named for a German...

You could feel this coming. This game meant far more to Texas, a proud program that hadn’t had a signature bowl victory in nearly a decade, than...

There were worse fates than facing Texas in the Sugar Bowl. When Georgia came within an eyelash of beating Alabama in the 2012 SEC championship game,...