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Sports Archive
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Atlanta Braves Poised for Deep Playoffs Run
by Christopher McIntosh
Nope, I'm not having an acid flashback or proving that writers recycle leads wherever and whenever they can--although whoever came up with this beauty, "Holyfield to Fight Contender, Global Warming" yesterday gets a gold star--but I am honest to God saying it and saying it out loud.
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Assessing Roger Federer: How Good Is He?
by Christopher McIntosh
Roger Federer seems to be the subject of immense debate after his [insert cliche here] victory over Andy Roddick on Sunday clinched his 15th grand slam victory placing him one ahead of Pete Sampras to give him sole possession of the all time record for grand slam victories.
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Us-Brazil Soccer: We've Still Come A Long Way, Baby
by Christopher McIntosh
Beating Brazil would be bigger. No, it wouldn't have made soccer a major sport in the US. And it wouldn't have changed the mind of sportswriters around the country who consistently downplay the sport's significance. But it would have established the US team in the cultural psyche of the American sports fan. Tell your average sports fan that the US beat Spain, the number one team in the world, and they might be impressed. Tell them they beat Brazil and *everyone* would take notice. I know nothing about Opera but if you tell me someone's on par with Pavarotti, I'm impressed. Same with Brazil.
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Georgia Bulldogs Football: Number 3... With a Bullet
by Christopher McIntosh
One simple question. If a team is ranked number four one week, does not lose the next, how can pollsters reward teams and push them past the team that had the bye? How can you lose ground by not playing? Should teams start strategically scheduling their bye weeks?
This year, we have the converse of that scenario. Georgia is number one going into the season. Georgia wins, but apparently giving up three scores to a talented 1-AA team is unacceptable when USC blows out the ever dangerous Virginia. No really, that wasn't sarcasm you heard. Nope, you didn't just hear it again.
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Why's Everybody Hatin' on Michael Phelps?
by Christopher McIntosh
Granted, much of my so-called research on this has been based on the musings of those in my extended social circle, but I think their comments speak to a larger strain of thought in Americana.
"He's got a chip on his shoulder."
"He's arrogant."
"He needs to learn how to win gracefully and answer reporters' questions."
I wish I had a more complex thought about this other than, "Really?!?!"
As Phelps said time after time, "I'm at a loss for words."
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Skip Caray, RIP
by Christopher McIntosh
By now I'm sure you've heard the news.
Skip Caray died in his sleep last night.
And I'm totally at a loss for words.
What do you say when someone like this dies? It's impossible to overstate the importance of Skip Caray to the Braves baseball experience. Skip started calling games about a year before I was even born, 1976. To say he's been calling the Braves my entire life is an understatement.
As others have pointed out already. he had great calls - like the Cabrera hit that ended the 1993 NLCS and nearly killed Sid Bream. There was the time, just this year in fact, he watched Dusty Baker walk out to the mound and say "the bases are loaded and Dusty Baker wishes he was too."
He was ours. That's it. Nothing more.
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Tiger Woods, the US Open, and His ACL: Unreal
by Christopher McIntosh
Tiger Woods can't win the US Open with one hand tied behind his back.
But he *can* win while playing on one leg.
So we knew that his leg was hurt. We knew he'd just had surgery on the thing and he didn't play a full practice round before the Open because of the pain.
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Preakness Stakes: Big Brown To Win
by Christopher McIntosh
I'm going to go out on a limb here and try and pick the winner of the Preakness Stakes.
There are years of history against me, mathematical proofs demonstrating picking the winner of a horse race is like picking whether a stock will go up or down in the next week, and just plain bad luck all conspiring against me.
So I'm just going to go with the favorite.
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UGA Gym Dogs Earn Spot In NCAA Championship
by Ashley Tate
The top-ranked Gym Dogs earned their ticket to the NCAA Championship with their first-place finish at the Northeast Regionals held on Saturday, April 12.
The team totaled a 197.775 win at Penn State’s Rec Hall. This is the highest total in regional victory since the Georgia team tied that score in 2001. This is also the Gym Dog’s highest total score accomplished in an away meet this season.
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Masters Tournament In Augusta Is A Uniter
by Josh Cagliani
It doesn’t matter if you’re a scratch golfer, a 20-handicapper, or not really a golf fan at all. The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia has something for everyone.
If it’s a hole-in-one you want to see, the Par 3 contest on Wednesday had four of those. It was like a pilot lining up for a landing at night with the runway lit up. You knew that every time the players came to the tee box they were aiming at the flag and there was no way they were going to miss, just like a pilot.
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2008 Masters: Tiger Woods Begins Stalking Golf's Grand Slam
by Christopher McIntosh
With all apologies to the Daytona 500, it's time again for the South's Superbowl.
Today begins the 74th edition of the Masters, a "tradition unlike any other," as CBS reminds us annually. It also begins a litmus test on Southern sports fandom.
If I was feeling more froggy I'd say it was also a litmus test on modern Southern identity, but I'll leave that one alone.
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Tigers, Birdies and Azaleas: A Masters Preview
by Martin Minschwaner
Golf enthusiasts, rejoice.
The Masters Tournament begins Thursday, April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. The tournament and its world-famous scenery serve as a notice to golfers everywhere that winter has passed and golf season has arrived.
As usual, Tiger Woods is the most talked about player coming into the tournament. Woods will be looking to capture his fifth Green Jacket. Jack Nicklaus holds the record with six.
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UGA Gym Dogs End Regular Season With Perfect Scores And A Few Wobbles
by Ashley Tate
With an entire season filled with ups and downs, the last meet of the 2008 regular season for the Gym Dogs was no different.
The top-ranked Gym Dogs defeated the Iowa State Cyclones Friday evening in Stegemen Coliseum for their 10th win of the season. But the 196.750-194.950 win didn’t come without a few surprises.
For the third time in four meets, a Georgia gymnast scored a perfect 10.0, only this time it was done twice – by Grace Taylor on bars and Katie Heenan on floor. It was the first time Georgia had two perfect scores in a meet since the 2004 Southeastern Conference Championships which had perfect scores from Cory Fritzinger on beam and Marline Stephens on floor.
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Georgia Basketball Wins the SEC in Stunning Fashion, Draw Xavier In NCAA Tournament First Round
by Christopher McIntosh
Yesterday afternoon around 5:30 EST, The University of Georgia won the SEC championship.
In basketball.
Our football team had an outside (deserved) shot at the national title game, finished the year ranked number 2, and will probably be either one or two in the all-important pre-season polls that set the pecking order of the season to come.
They did not win the SEC football crown.
Our basketball team came into the SEC tournament ranked DFL (dead [redacted] last) in the conference.
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Kyle Busch Dominates At Atlanta Motor Speedway
by Josh Cagliani
Kyle Busch and Toyota could not have asked for a much better weekend at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga.
Busch, driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, was up front all day long and pulled away from fellow teammate Tony Stewart in the closing laps.
The win marks the first time Toyota has been in victory lane since it entered the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series last year. It is the first win by a foreign manufacturer since Al Keller won in a Jaguar in 1954.
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2008 Daytona 500: Earnhardt Jr.'s Race To Lose
by Josh Cagliani
And the favorite is... Dale Earnhardt Jr.
If anyone thought Junior made a mistake by moving from his dad’s team to Hendrick Motorsports, they may need to rethink that position.
Junior will be the man to beat when the Daytona 500 rolls around on Sunday.
After a disappointing season last year in which he failed to make the Chase, Junior moves over to a team that has won seven championships on NASCAR’s biggest stage. That’s seven more championships than his previous owner has.
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Roger Clemens Hearings Go Sideways: Is This Just Pure Selfishness?
by Christopher McIntosh
Book 'em, Dan-o.
Roger Clemens should be heading to the same federal [redacted: see Office Space] prison that will house Michael Vick and (hopefully) Barry Bonds.
I watched the hearings yesterday. And by hearings I mean circus. And by circus I mean something much larger, but smaller, and yet, more out of control. The implications were huge, the focus was tiny (one, admittedly large and legendarily important player), and it got absolutely outrageous.
There are literally tens of thousands of articles on the Clemen's hearing. Who was right? Who was wrong? Who was more believable?
I am shocked. I never in a million years thought that a hearing like this, with stakes this high, could go so sideways.
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Georgia Bulldogs Pull In Top Ten Class On National Signing Day
by Josh Cagliani
The Bulldog style of recruiting may be boring, but it’s hard to argue with the results after seeing this year’s class.
After getting most of the recruits to verbally commit early, Georgia head coach Mark Richt and his assistants pulled in the No. 6 recruiting class according to Rivals.com. Since 2002, the Bulldogs have finished no worse than 10th in recruiting.
“We’re extremely excited about this class,” recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach Rodney Garner said. “We feel like we’ve signed a class that was able to address all the needs that we set down as a staff and identified right after last year’s signing day.”
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Why Trade For Shaquille O'Neal?
by Christopher McIntosh
I just have one question: Why in God’s name did the Phoenix Suns trade for Shaquille O’Neal? It’s like a middle manager with a family of five getting an unexpected bonus and then using it for a down payment on a Mini Cooper. “Don’t worry honey, I know we can’t all fit in it at once and we’ll be paying for it for five years, but ain’t it something?”
The Suns are a soccer team. The play international, up and down, running basketball. They rely on finesse (although they certainly have athleticism), moving off the ball, and the ability of nearly every player to knock down shots.
Shaq is conservatively 340-350. He’s old.
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Hillary Clinton: Poor Sportsmanship Personified
by Christopher McIntosh
Politics ain't my thing. Moves too quick, and it makes me too upset.
You want to argue about how the introduction of the wild card has been the single worst development in baseball outside of HGH, I'm your guy. I'll go 12 full rounds (and win, mind you) but if for some reason I don't, I'll take another pull from my whiskey and happily move on to the next subject.
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BCS: Rematch Between SEC And Big Ten For National Championship
by Josh Cagliani
If the Sugar Bowl was any indication of things to come, then the LSU Tigers are in good shape.
When the Tigers (11-2, 6-2) enter the Superdome to face the Ohio State Buckeyes, they will do so knowing Georgia was warming up the dome for their fellow SEC mate.
The last time the Tigers played for the National Championship it was also in New Orleans. They came away with a 21-14 win over Oklahoma and became the 2003 national champions.
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Hawaii-Georgia Sugar Bowl: Top Five Finish Within Reach For Bulldogs
by Josh Cagliani
When the cameras turn on for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, it may seem the game is being shown in black and white, but that will just be the Georgia and Hawaii fans and players in their black and white attire.
The season will end for the Georgia Bulldogs and Hawaii Warriors when they travel to New Orleans on New Year’s Day for the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
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A Changed New Orleans: Beyond Football At The Hawaii-Georgia Sugar Bowl
by Richmond Eustis
The Bulldogs and their fans have been to the Sugar Bowl before. Lots. They’ve been to New Orleans before. But they haven’t been to this New Orleans. The city that hosted the dazzling skill of Herschel Walker and witnessed Georgia’s last Sugar Bowl win is not the New Orleans visitors will encounter in 2008.
The failure of the federal storm walls after Hurricane Katrina has changed New Orleans in ways that won’t be understood or realized for decades. The slate hasn’t been wiped clean as so many pundits like to claim— but it isn’t exactly the same place it was on Aug. 27, 2005, either.
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Atlanta Braves 2008: Bullpen Outlook
by Hayley Nelson
The Braves Bullpen has traditionally been their Achilles heel. In 2006, the bullpen managed to blow an incredible 29 saves in 67 opportunities. 2007 was much better to the Braves bullpen, with only 9 blown saves. Looking ahead to 2008, there are a lot of uncertainties about who will be pitching at the end of the game. There are a few guarantees, however.
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College Football: Upon Reflection, Hawaii Is A Real Threat To UGA Bowl Hopes
by Christopher McIntosh
During my sabbatical, I've tried to think about Georgia's bowl game with some distance, not colored by the anger of getting shut out of the national championship bowl, watching OSU rise in the polls without playing while we somehow fell, or the continual bewilderment of how the computers voted Virginia Tech the number 1 team in the country.
I'm basically of two minds with this game. Hawaii fans, you ain't gonna like the first part, but bear with me. My time wandering has allowed more balance to creep in.
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Georgia Football: Dawgs Rack Up Awards
by Josh Cagliani
Since the end of the season, awards have been rolling in for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Georgia’s freshmen have been the recipients, more often than not. Redshirt freshman Knowshon Moreno leads the way with 12 awards. Other award recipients are Trinton Sturdivant, Clint Boling, Rennie Curran, Chris Davis, Reshad Jones, Geno Atkins, Fernando Velasco, Dannell Ellerbe and Mikey Henderson.
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The Fire Sale Begins: Florida Marlins Fans Need To Show More Support
by Josh Cagliani
The fire sale has started again in Miami.
The Florida Marlins have finalized a deal that will send their two most recognizable players, Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera, to the Detroit Tigers.
After trading away Willis and Cabrera, the Marlins will be younger and more inexperienced than ever.
How many times can the Marlins sell off their best players and have their fans return the following year? Oh wait, I forgot one thing. The Marlins don’t have any fans, even with Willis and Cabrera on the team.
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Former University Students Join Hawks Dance Team
by Michelle Harding
The next time you attend an Atlanta Hawks basketball game, be sure to look out for the continuous hair-tossing and booty-shaking coming from the courts. No, it’s not the basketball players, but the girls of the official dance team of the Hawks, the A-town Dancers.
Joining their ranks this year are two of the University of Georgia’s recent graduates, Valerie Barth and Ashley Britt, both 22.
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Allstate Sugar Bowl: Georgia Gets... Hawaii?
by Christopher McIntosh
Well, we got what we deserved.
In some sort of weird, karmic justice our Georgia Bulldogs will be playing...
Hawaii.
In the Sugar Bowl.
I realize speechless is an inappropriate state in a written column, but I've got nothing.
It's almost like the BCS looked at the two teams who had designs on the national title game and said, "here, you two play each other. Hell, call it the JV national championship for all we care. Just stay out of the way and be sure not to cause any trouble".
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College Football: Why Georgia Deserves A BCS Title Shot
by Christopher McIntosh
Quick, name the most important game of this year's UGA football team?
Whipping Florida? Auburn? Georgia Tech?
Wrong, wrong, and wrong.
Tennessee?
Close, but no cigar.
See, it's a trick question. And if you're into scenario planning, you could have seen this one a mile away.
Tennessee vs. Kentucky.
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College Football: UGA Gets Hawaii In Sugar Bowl
by Christopher McIntosh
It's almost like the BCS looked at the two teams who had designs on the national title game and said, "here, you two play each other. Hell, call it the JV national championship for all we care. Just stay out of the way and be sure not to cause any trouble".
Somehow without playing a down we went (de facto) down in the polls and fell out of contention for the national title.
Compounding my confusion, we'll be watching a team who was ranked well below us - number seven - win the national title by beating up on a poor, overrated Ohio State team.
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Atlanta Braves 2008: Starting Pitching Outlook
by Hayley Nelson
The 2007 season did not end as the Braves expected. They had high hopes of reclaiming their crown atop the National League East. But even with the epic collapse of the Mets, the Braves couldn’t even claim second place. They finished in third place with a record of 84-78, better than last year, but still nothing spectacular. So the Braves are looking ahead to 2008, and we're looking at their pitching.
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Barry Bonds Indictment: 755, No Asterisk
by Christopher McIntosh
Barry Lamar Bonds.
Indicted. Not for lying about a criminal case. Not even for lying about sexual indiscretions that could prove embarrassing.
No. Mr. Bonds, despite having 100% immunity for any crime he may have committed, as well as an airtight guarantee that any sensitive information he provided would not be leaked or used against him, lied.
He lied to all baseball fans, he lied to Major League Baseball, he lied to his own fans (wherever they hide), but most importantly, he lied to the Feds.
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Georgia Bulldogs Football: Seniors Say Goodbye To Sanford Stadium
by Josh Cagliani
The Georgia Bulldog seniors will get one more chance to play between the hedges when the Kentucky Wildcats come to Athens on Saturday for the final SEC game of the season.
The ninth-ranked Bulldogs (8-2, 5-2 SEC) have 23 seniors who will be playing their final home game. During their four years at Georgia they have compiled a record of 37-11 with one SEC title.
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College Football: Georgia Looks To Defend Home Turf Against Auburn
by Josh Cagliani
The Deep South’s oldest rivalry will continue in Athens on Saturday as the No. 18 Auburn Tigers roll into town to face the No. 10 Georgia Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs (7-2, 4-2 SEC) are coming off a homecoming win over Troy in which they put up 44 points. The win marked the second straight game the Bulldogs have scored over 40 points and the fourth time this year.
“For us right now, our greatest success has been with a very balanced attack, and a serious dedication to running the ball in order to set things up,” Georgia head coach Mark Richt said. “I can’t imagine us trying to go away from that.”
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College Football: Georgia Looks To Defend Home Turf Against Auburn
by Josh Cagliani
The Deep South’s oldest rivalry will continue in Athens on Saturday as the No. 18 Auburn Tigers roll into town to face the No. 10 Georgia Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs (7-2, 4-2 SEC) are coming off a homecoming win over Troy in which they put up 44 points. The win marked the second straight game the Bulldogs have scored over 40 points and the fourth time this year.
“For us right now, our greatest success has been with a very balanced attack, and a serious dedication to running the ball in order to set things up,” Georgia head coach Mark Richt said. “I can’t imagine us trying to go away from that.”
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Homecoming Adds Excitement To Georgia v. Troy Football Game
by Josh Cagliani
It’s homecoming week in Athens and the No. 10-ranked Bulldogs will have to prove to their new king and queen they are worthy soldiers as they face off against the Troy Trojans for the first time ever on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (6-2, 4-2 SEC), coming off an emotional victory over the Florida Gators, showed a level of intensity that many fans have been waiting on for some time. In the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, the entire Bulldog team stormed the field after scoring their first touchdown, which led to 35 more points.
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Gators Go Hungry: Georgia Bulldogs Resurrect A College Football Rivalry
by Drew Wheatley
By defeating the favored Gators, Georgia now has a 6-2 record and is 4-2 in SEC play. That places them in a tie for first in an airtight SEC East Divison with Tennessee, who would win a tie-breaker by virtue of their head-to-head victory over the Dawgs. In order to reach the SEC Title Game this December, Georgia needs to defeat both Auburn and Kentucky and have Tennessee cooperate by losing another conference game.
Georgia also severely damaged Florida quarterback Tim Tebow’s chance to win the Heisman Trophy. Tebow, playing with a sore right shoulder, was sacked six times and held to negative 15 yards rushing.
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UGA Football Player Questions Stereotype: Sean Bailey, Pit Bull Enthusiast
by Jackelyn Lynam
One University of Georgia student and football player encourages responsibility and education when it comes to owning a pit bull. Sean Bailey, a split end and No.4 on the team, is a pit bull breeder and advocate for the breed. Since he was raised around pit bulls, he knows what it takes to raise a healthy animal and not the beast the media often portrays.
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Georgia v. Florida: Dawg Tired Of One-Sided Football Rivalry
by Josh Cagliani
The 18th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs hope the rest from their bye week will reverse their recent losing trend to the Florida Gators as they face off this Saturday in what is generally known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.
The Bulldogs (5-2, 3-2 SEC) come into the game against Florida (5-2, 3-2 SEC) off a bye week, the first time that has happened since 1991. Georgia head coach Mark Richt is 9-2 in his career following the bye week.
“We are playing the defending national champions this week and that is a team that could easily be ranked No. 1 in the country,” Richt said. “They have two very close losses to two outstanding teams, and they are only a fraction away from being where they were a year ago.”
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College Football: BCS Rankings Show The Innate Difficulty Of Competing In The SEC
by Christopher McIntosh
The first BCS rankings came out on Sunday and the SEC should be ecstatic.
Seven of the top 21 teams all are proud members of what is almost universally acknowledged as the toughest, meanest, and most importantly, the best conference in the country.
And not a single one of those seven controls whether or not they have a shot at the national title game. In order for any one of these football teams to be playing come the first week in January, someone else has to lose. Any one of them could run the table and be left wondering.
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Schuerholz Should Make Plans For Hall of Fame
by Josh Cagliani
After 17 years with the Atlanta Braves, John Schuerholz announced at a press conference Thursday he would be stepping down as general manager and accepting a position as the team’s new president.
The requirements of the new job haven’t been made clear, except that he will be the “right hand” to Frank McGuirk, Braves Chairman and CEO. Schuerholz will fill this position for at least the next four years.
“To be given the opportunity to serve as the president of this grand organization is beyond my dreams,” Schuerholz said during a press conference Thursday.
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UGA Gets Sweet Revenge Against Vanderbilt, But Tough Games Await Bulldogs
by Drew Wheatley
As much as Georgia fans love their team’s flare for the dramatic, the win was too close for comfort for the No. 24 ranked Bulldogs. Many analysts predicted Georgia to beat the unranked Commodores handily. Mark Richt downplayed the concern in a post-game interview.
“This is not a case of us falling behind a team that is not good,” Richt said to reporters. “But the fact that we shut them out in the second half and won in regulation is a great accomplishment. I am thankful for the victory.”
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Joe Torre Is One Of A Kind
by Josh Cagliani
The New York Yankees may have to go into next year’s season without their long time head coach, Joe Torre, after the team lost the American League Division Series to Cleveland 3-1 on Monday.
Torre’s future with the Yankees rests on the shoulders of team owner George Steinbrenner, who said before the series that Torre’s job would be in jeopardy if they lost in the ALDS.
Torre became the Yankees 31st manager in November 1995. Since joining the team, he has enjoyed 12 consecutive playoff appearances, including four World Series rings.
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Georgia Bulldogs Look to End SEC East Winless Streak Against Vanderbilt
by Josh Cagliani
The No. 24-ranked Georgia Bulldogs will look to start a new winning streak as they travel to Nashville, Tenn. to face the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday.
After being humiliated by the Volunteers a week ago, the Bulldogs (4-2, 2-2 SEC) will have to show the nation they are still an elite program. The Bulldogs haven’t won an SEC East game since defeating South Carolina 18-0 last year.
The Commodores (3-2, 1-2 SEC), who lost to Auburn 35-7 last Saturday, know what it takes to play with the Bulldogs. Last year, the Commodores went into Sanford Stadium and shocked the Bulldogs, winning 24-22.
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Bulldogs Rocked to the Tune of "Rocky Top"
by Drew Wheatley
Georgia's road to the SEC Title Game looks a bit rockier after a loss at Rocky Top.
The Georgia Bulldogs lost 35-14 to the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville Saturday afternoon. The loss leaves the football team with a 4-2 record overall and a 2-2 record in conference play.
The game was decided by half time. Tennessee racked up 280 yards and scored four touchdowns in the first half on their way to a 28-0 lead over the nation's No. 12 ranked team.
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Georgia vs. Tennessee College Football Preview
by Josh Cagliani
The No. 12-ranked Georgia Bulldogs will look for revenge as they make their way to Knoxville, Tenn. to take on the Volunteers on Saturday afternoon.
The Mark Richt era has been a good one when it comes to visiting Tennessee. Richt is undefeated while playing inside Neyland Stadium.
“I just think we have quarterbacks that have played pretty well in those games and we have almost always had at least one big special-teams play,” Richt said.
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College Football: Upsets Prove College Football Is The Best Football
by Josh Cagliani
If you’re a fan of college football, this past weekend could not have been any better. Upsets and Cinderella stories were the name of the game and that made for an unbelievable weekend.
The college football weekend began with an upset. That trend continued throughout the weekend, with five of the nation’s top 10 teams losing.
The first upset came at the hands of No. 18 South Florida, who defeated No. 5 West Virginia 21-13 last Friday.
Top 10 teams continued to fall over the weekend including Texas, Oklahoma and Rutgers. The madness ended with Auburn’s last second field goal to stun No. 4 Florida 20-17. This marked the second year in a row that Auburn has defeated Florida.
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UGA v. Ole Miss Football Preview: The Rebels are Coming!
by Chris Chancey
The Georgia Bulldogs will continue their tough SEC schedule this Saturday in Athens against the Ole Miss Rebels.
“Ole Miss is a very good football team. A year ago we barely survived them, they really outplayed us in my opinion,” said Georgia Head Coach Mark Richt. “I don’t think they will be any different this year as far as the physical nature goes. We have a lot of respect for Coach Orgeron and what he is trying to do, and last week’s game against Florida is evidence that they are not far away from getting that big signature win. We are just going to try to keep that from happening this week.”
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Bulldog Stampede Showcases Top Runners
by Glenn Fullington
The University of Georgia hosted its first cross country meet in four years for a collection of regional colleges as well as high schools from all divisions in Georgia.
The Bulldog Stampede was held Saturday at the University of Georgia Golf Course where a five kilometer course was set up for high school and collegiate women as well as an eight kilometer course for collegiate men.
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A Gameday In The Life Of The UGA Redcoat Band
by Kimberly Nogi
It’s 8:30 on Saturday morning and the majority of University of Georgia students are still asleep while only a handful of very spirited tailgaters have arrived to campus. But the University of Georgia Redcoat Marching Band is already into their second hour of practice, rehearsing for a football kick-off that is almost 10 hours away.
For most UGA students, the typical game day consists of sleeping in, tailgating, relaxing, and enjoying other pre-game activities. However, for their peers in the Redcoat Band, Saturday means a carefully planned schedule that will last well into the evening. “We start early and end late,” says fifth year senior music education major Josh Luke, “but it’s definitely worth it.”
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UGA v. Alabama College Football Wrap: One Play At A Time
by Chris Chancey
“We came in here this week and we wanted to take it one play at a time. That was our philosophy,” Henderson said after his game-winning grab. “If we play each play as hard as we can and we keep stringing those together then something good is going to happen. Today it happened.”
The overtime heroics were preceded for four quarters by a “normal” SEC football game. “Normal” in SEC football means two evenly-matched teams leaving it all on the field, struggling for momentum throughout the game and ending in over 700 yards of offense and plenty of spine-cracking collisions on defense.
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Students Combine Work And Play On UGA Gameday
by Brie Britzius
Many would shudder at the idea of working on a home gameday in Athens, but some students find that they can successfully combine work and play on gameday. Many University students apply for jobs that entail duties within the stadium, including Sky Suite servers, Sky Suite Ambassadors and vendors.
Sky Suite servers and Ambassadors work together in the private suites in the stadium, which are maintained by the Athletic Association. The first set of suites were added in 1994 on the South side of the stadium and in 2004 another set of suites were added to the North side.
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UGA v. Alabama College Football: Bama or Bust
by Chris Chancey
The No. 22-ranked Georgia Bulldogs are ready for the border rivalry against the No. 16- ranked Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Al. on Saturday night.
"I liked how practice went today, I talk a lot about how important it is to have energy out there, and we had it today," head coach Mark Richt said after practice on Wednesday.
Coach Richt knows what he is talking about. Georgia is 22-3 under his leadership in road games and 1-0 in Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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Sportsmanship Lessons from Little League
by Josh Cagliani
The Little League World Series Champions from Warner Robins reminded us all what sportsmanship really is when they cheered up the Japanese team they defeated 3-2 several weeks ago in Williamsport, Pa.
After the completion of the game, the Japanese players were visibly disappointed and began crying while still on the field. In a display of good sportsmanship, each player on the Warner Robins team reached out to a player on the Japanese team and gave a hug, a pat on the back and words of encouragement.
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UGA Football Players Miss Out On Normal College Experiences
by Page Stafford
From their public lives, playing in front of thousands of people, to their private lives as they attempt to live a normal college life, every move that the players make is watched and scrutinized.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford says, “I feel like I have to be constantly aware of my actions because people are taking pictures of me with cameras or phones when I am just trying to get to class.”
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Western Carolina v. UGA Football Preview: Cat Scratch Fever
by Chris Chancey
Athens is itching for kickoff this Saturday, as Georgia hopes to get back to its winning ways against the Western Carolina Catamounts.
“I’m glad we have a game this week and not an open date, that would be awful,” said Coach Mark Richt. “After a loss you sometimes wish you played baseball or basketball so you could get that taste out of your mouth quicker without having to wait a week.”
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Georgia-South Carolina College Football Preview
by Douglas Tuttle
South Carolina always plays Georgia tough between the hedges and this year should be no different. Spurrier has made no secret of the importance of winning this game for South Carolina if they want to be considered among the elite SEC teams and compete for a title. Georgia’s hopes for capturing its third SEC title of the Mark Richt era would take a hit with a loss to the Gamecocks on Saturday. As always, this is a huge game for both teams.
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Premier Development League Soccer A Good Fit For Athens
by Chris Anthony
Title IX is the main reason for this lack, said Tom Camp, president of the Athens United Soccer Association. Title IX dictates that there should be equal opportunity based on gender in education, which includes college athletics.
In order for the University to add a men's varsity soccer team, another women's athletic team would need to be added so that the University would be compliant with Title IX. Camp claims that there are "no more women's programs to add." Funding also becomes an issue, as it is unlikely the University has enough room in the athletic budget to support two more varsity teams.
The University is presented with a similar Title IX dilemma that faced Brigham Young University. Despite much success at the club soccer level, BYU was unable to add a men's varsity team due to budget issues created by Title IX.
BYU's best alternative was the Premier Development League. The PDL allows college-age soccer players to gain experience in a professional atmosphere without losing college eligibility.
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Football is the Least of Michael Vick's Problems
by Christopher McIntosh
We should all make a pact to end any speculation on the effect the dogfighting and gambling charges will have on Vick's football career.
And this isn't even mentioning the potential racketeering/conspiracy charges--the "superseding indictment" that a grand jury is meeting on as I write this--or the possible animal cruelty charges he could face in Virginia.
There are only a few ways this can play itself out. None of them end well for those owning a number 7 Vick jersey--especially Vick himself.
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David Beckham: You Say Goodbye...
by Christopher McIntosh
And I say Hello.
Hello, Hello.
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello.
Thus endeth the best summary of Beckham's great American adventure via an ESPN commercial that left both me AND my soccer ambivalent wife groping for the Tivo.
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