January 2007 Legends
Jackie Miller Walburn's 50-year-old basketball scoring records are still standing.
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Jackie Miller Walburn's 50-year-old basketball scoring records are still standing.
Falling sugar, hobnail boots and all, Larry Munson has called UGA football for four decades.
For the fifth year, Georgia Trend's dining critic names the state's top 10 restaurants, salutes a score of high achievers and finds a few more that are not to be missed.
Football great Taz Anderson now scores fund-raising dollars for his school instead of points.
Wyomia Tyus, once the fastest woman in the world, arrived four years ahead of schedule. She was a teenager, a mere freshman at Tennessee State University. Her coach, Edward Temple, was grooming her for the 1968 Olympics. But Tyus had her own timetable. And she wanted Olympic gold.
George William Mathews, Jr., one of the greatest and most successful Yellow Jackets of them all, wanted to attend the University of Georgia, not Georgia Tech.
How the Atlanta Boys Club sparked a pair of boxing careers — one with real staying power.
Ten summers after the 1996 Games delivered the world to Atlanta, the city's economy, its population, its landscape and its image are changed forever. But the man who brought the Olympics here says it was always about sports and athletic competition.
Boys' High and Tech High delighted football fans around the state, not just Atlanta.
At UGA, Cedartown's Kermit Perry ran for glory on the cinders.
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