A Peach of a Leader
If there were a Hall of Fame for promoting a city into prominence in the sports world, Gary Stokan would be a charter member. The president and CEO of Peach Bowl, Inc. – who will retire at the end of…
Sports Desk
A Gentleman and a Scholar
The term student-athlete is far different today than yesteryear, when a scholarship that paid for your education was something extraordinary. High school kids today still are the beneficiaries of the grant-in-aid system that went into effect in 1956. However, attitudes…
A Family Tradition: A Georgia Sports Family
The work and leadership of high school coaches, along with that of various youth league coaches across the country, has been invaluable to American communities and families for years. There have been issues, mistakes and shortcomings, but for the most…
Georgia’s Homegrown Heroes
I have long been curious about Georgia’s 159 counties, stopping to read historical markers when I travel and researching famous folk who put their hometown on the map. Recently when I drove…
A (Farm) League of His Own
In baseball, that fickle game in which there is no crying but endless statistics that will never give way to abridgement, spending time down on the farm is bad news. The farm is where the Big Leaguers go when they…
The Legendary Fran Tarkenton
One of the most accomplished quarterbacks in the history of the National Football League long ago transitioned adroitly from the locker room to the corporate boardroom. In fact, with a mind as agile as his body was in competition, former…
Leading By Example
President Joe Biden hosts an event for the 2021 World Series Champion Atlanta Braves, Monday, September 26, 2022, in the East Room of the White House. Anthopoulos is eighth from the left, next to Max Fried.…
Humility Despite Success
Already, in the space of eight years, Kirby Smart has established himself as one of the outstanding football coaches in history of the state of Georgia. The highlights that doting alumni fawn over, and the high marks dished out by…
A Champion in Every Respect
The baseball box score reflects individual and team performance. What it doesn’t reflect, however, is the athlete’s character or his habits and interests when he is not playing ball. As we are painfully aware, many get hooked on drugs; others…
Sports Desk: A Tradition of Tales
There is a certain wry humor that has been a staple of locker room commentary dating back ages – maybe even to the first Olympic games in 1896. Even without locker rooms, it would be safe to suggest that some…
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