Nice Guys Should Finish First
Dale Murphy, one of the most beloved and appreciated athletes to play for the Atlanta Braves, makes his home in Alpine, Utah, which is around 36 miles south of Salt Lake City, but people see him often enough around the…
Sports Desk
On Track for Great Success: Georgia Women's and Men's Coach Ranks High
The sport of track and field, which has long been one of the most prestigious sports in the world in large part because of the Olympics, has risen in popularity in recent years. Before NIL (name, image and likeness) rights…
A Quiet Competitor
Campus life can be a very good life, and love of alma mater can lead to lifelong commitment to the institution. Lucius Sanford, executive director of the Letterwinner Association at Georgia Tech, is an example of the many college faculty…
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…
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.…
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