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FSU, Alabama to Play in 2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game

Release from the Chick-Fil-A Bowl: Two of college football’s last three national champions will meet in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game to open the 2017 season in epic fashion. The 10th installment of the nation’s longest-running kickoff game will feature the Florida State Seminoles and the Alabama Crimson Tide in what will be the first regular-season…
ATLANTA HAWKS REQUEST WAIVERS ON AUSTIN DAYE

Release from the Atlanta Hawks: The Atlanta Hawks have requested waivers on forward Austin Daye, it was announced today by President of Basketball Operations/Head Coach Mike Budenholzer. Daye signed consecutive 10-day contracts with Atlanta (March 15 and March 25) last season before signing a multi-year contract on April 4. He saw action in eight games…
Big Ten Announces List of 42 Football Players To Appear At 44th Annual Kickoff Luncheon

Release from the Big Ten Conference: The Big Ten Conference announced today the 42 players scheduled to attend the 2015 Big Ten Football Media Days and Kickoff Luncheon presented by Allstate and BMW, held Thursday and Friday, July 30 and 31, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago. The list of students scheduled to…
Georgia Tech 2015 Hall of Fame Class Announced

Release from Georgia Tech Athletics: Two-time Olympian and NCAA track champion Chaunte Lowe, All-American softball pitcher Jessica Cole, long-time director of broadcasting Wes Durham, as well as first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference tailback, Joe Burns, are among the nine former Georgia Tech sports icons who have been elected to the 2015 Georgia Tech Sports Hall of…
Georgia’s Marshall Morgan Included On Groza Award Watch List

Release from Georgia Athletics: Georgia senior kicker Marshall Morgan has been named to the Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award Watch List for being considered one of the nation’s top kickers. Morgan, a 6-3, 194-pound native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., led the Southeastern Conference in scoring with 115 points in 2014, including a school record…
ACC Has Seven Selected to John Mackey Preseason Watch List

Release from the ACC: The Atlantic Coast Conference had seven tight ends—the most of any conference nationally—named to the preseason watch list for the John Mackey Award, which is given annually to the top tight end in the nation. The total preseason watch list of 33 collegiate tight ends was announced Wednesday by the Mackey…