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Recent trends may threaten coaching diversity

College basketball has long been dominated by African-Americans on the court. The same can't be said for the sidelines. And the numbers of minority coaches aren't getting much better — they're stagnant or even declining at the Division I level. George Mason coach Paul Hewitt — who also coached at ...

• Updated: 12:03 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012

Georgia Tech duo again wins golf challenge

Georgia Tech football coach Paul Johnson and former basketball star Jon Barry have won their second straight Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament. The pair's 10-under score Tuesday at the Reynolds Plantation resort was one stroke better than Florida State's Jimbo Fisher, who played with Terrell Buckley, and Maryland coach ...

• Updated: 6:56 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Rams begin final day of draft with WR Givens

Wide receivers and more trades were trendy Saturday in the fourth round of the NFL draft. Chris Givens, the first player selected from Wake Forest this year, was taken by St. Louis to open the round. Givens also can help the Rams in the return game. He had some injury ...

• Updated: 2:07 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2012

Draft reunites Stanford TE Fleener with QB Luck

Coby Fleener heard his name, grabbed his phone and immediately contacted his new teammate in Indianapolis — and old teammate from Stanford. The overnight wait paid off for the Stanford tight end. He's reuniting with his college quarterback, a guy named Andrew Luck. Fleener wasn't chosen in the first round ...

• Updated: 11:43 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012

Overnight wait pays off for Stanford TE Fleener

The overnight wait paid off for Stanford tight end Coby Fleener. He's reuniting with his college quarterback, a guy named Andrew Luck. Fleener wasn't chosen in the first round of the NFL draft, in which Luck was the top selection. He got a nice consolation prize Friday night when the ...

• Updated: 9:25 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012

After Luck & RGIII, it's anxious time for players

Andrew Luck knows exactly where he's heading, and so does Robert Griffin III. For the rest of the college stars preparing for the NFL draft Thursday night, the anxiety is building. Nobody is looking forward to the green room at Radio City Music Hall. "It kind of made me a ...

• Updated: 5:14 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Georgia vs Georgia Tech: Who wants it more?

The game lasts for three hours. Bragging rights last for 364 days. Georgia and Georgia Tech fans work in the same office together, they go to the same church, get their hair cut at the same barber and even marry one another. This annual showdown and final regular season game ...

• 4:43 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011

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I Hear You Tech Fans, But Does the Football Team?

I get emails like this all the time. “How can a guy, who went to Kansas and worked in Oklahoma and Florida, be such a UGA homer?” “Last night during your 6 pm sportscast, you led with Georgia Tech, but the video clip was shorter than the one of Georgia ...

• 9:37 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
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