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Kennesaw State soccer drops match to Northern Kentucky

Release from Kennesaw State Athletics: HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Kennesaw State soccer team suffered a 1-0 setback to Northern Kentucky on a cold and rainy Saturday night (Oct. 18) at NKU Stadium. “Tonight was disappointing,” said head coach Rob King. “Once again we dominated a game in terms of possession, shots, shots on goal and corners,…
Atlanta Hawks drops preseason contest to Detroit Pistons

By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor Behind a 35-23 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter, the Detroit Pistons emerged with a 104-100 road preseason victory Saturday night over the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. Andre Drummond finished with game-highs in points (19) and rebounds (17) for a double-double in the Detroit victory. Brandon Jennings (16), Kyle…
Georgia State Football Trio Tabbed to Midseason All-Sun Belt Team

Release from Georgia State Athletics: ATLANTA — Georgia State tight end Joel Ruiz, linebacker Joseph Peterson and place-kicker Wil Lutz were named to Phil Steele’s Midseason All-Sun Belt first team announced Friday. Ruiz, a junior from Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County High School), was honored earlier this week on the Midseason Watch List for the John…
Gridiron Blitz: NFL Picks Week Seven

Music to listen to: The Same Deep Water As You by The Cure: Time for some new NFL picks. As always, home team in CAPS: NEW ENGLAND (-9.5) New York Jets: As I stated last week before the Jets’ game against Denver, it doesn’t matter if Mike Vick, Geno Smith, Ken O’Brien, Browning Nagle,…
Inside Georgia Tech: Interview with volleyball player Courtney Felinski

By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor We recently caught up with Georgia Tech volleyball senior outside hitter Courtney Felinski about the team’s upcoming matches against Pittsburgh at home on Oct. 17 and on the road against Miami on Oct. 19. Other topics include review of the Yellow Jackets’ previous matches against North Carolina State and Clemson…
Inside the Big Ten: Wisconsin men’s basketball selected as preseason favorite

Release from Big Ten Athletics: Rosemont, Ill. – Wisconsin has been chosen as the unanimous Big Ten favorite heading into the 2014-15 men’s basketball season as voted on by a panel of conference media. The media also tabbed Badger senior Frank Kaminsky as the Preseason Player of the Year. Michigan State and Ohio State were…