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ACC Announces 2014 All-ACC Academic Football Team

Release from the ACC: Duke senior linebacker David Helton (Chattanooga, Tenn.), who was named the winner of the Campbell Trophy as the nation’s top football scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame and also earned the ACC’s Jim Tatum Award as its top scholar-athlete, heads the 65-person 2014 All-ACC Academic…
Atlanta Braves Announce Two Hires to Baseball Operations Department

Release from Atlanta Braves Media Relations: The Atlanta Braves today announced two new hires to the baseball operations department, as Fred McGriff and Greg Walker have each been named as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations. The hires were made by John Hart, Braves President of Baseball Operations. McGriff, a familiar face within the Braves…
Inside the Inquirer: Interview with Joe Gibbs Racing Motorcross Team Manager Jeremy Albrecht

By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor We conducted an exclusive interview with Joe Gibbs Racing Motorcross team manager Jeremy Albrecht in anticipation for the upcoming AMA Supercross races at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Feb. 21 and 28. The 40-year-old from Reche Canyon, Calif., is a motocross veteran, having ridden and wrenched motorcycles for years. Albrecht…
Georgia State softball prepares for 2015 season

Release from Georgia State Athletics: ATLANTA – After a third-place finish in the Panthers’ first season in the Sun Belt Conference, the Georgia State softball team in ready to embark on a historically challenging campaign in 2015. GSU’s schedule is one of the toughest in program history and features 12 games against ranked opponents, including…
Kennesaw State’s McAllister Named A-Sun Newcomer of the Week for Fifth Time

Release from Kennesaw State Athletics: Following a dominating performance against USC Upstate, junior Jasmine McAllister collected her fifth Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Week, the league announced on Monday (Feb. 9). “I was very impressed with how Jasmine bounced back after a disappointing loss the week before,” said head coach Nitra Perry. “I challenged her and she…
Georgia State Baseball: Atlanta Challenge Offers Unique Format for Opening Weekend

Release from Georgia State Athletics: The three Division I baseball programs in the Atlanta area will open the 2015 season this weekend with a unique event as Georgia State, Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State host Fordham, Liberty and St. John’s in the inaugural Atlanta Challenge. Northern schools routinely travel south for the first few weekends…