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Cobb Named Director of Athletics at Georgia State

Release from Georgia State Media Relations: ATLANTA — Charlie Cobb, director of athletics at Appalachian State University for the past nine years, has been named director of athletics at Georgia State University. Cobb’s salary will be $300,000 with potential bonuses for academic and athletic achievements. He signed a five-year contract with an option for an…
Penn State Selected as Preseason Volleyball Favorite by Big Ten Coaches

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Defending NCAA and Big Ten Champion Penn State was chosen as the conference favorite for the 2014 volleyball season as voted on by the Big Ten coaches, it was announced on Thursday. After claiming their sixth national title last season, the Nittany Lions top the preseason poll for the ninth time…
Passing the Guard: Bellator MMA welcomes in women fighters

Release from Bellator MMA: Bellator MMA has reestablished the women’s division with two of MMA’s top featherweights leading the forefront. Finding previous success in the female MMA game, Bellator President Scott Coker has added Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd to the roster to start the next era of the Bellator women’s division. A former Strikeforce…
Atlanta Dream clinch playoffs’ top seed

Release from Atlanta Dream Media Relations: ATLANTA, Aug. 13, 2014 – With a 96-82 victory over the Western Conference-leading Phoenix Mercury Wednesday evening, the Atlanta Dream has clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the 2014 WNBA Playoffs. It marks the first time in team history that the Dream has earned the…
FOUR-TIME USGA CHAMPION SMITH EDGES CO-MEDALIST AT 2014 U.S. AMATEUR

Release from United States Golf Association: JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Four-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith, of Pittsburgh, the final player to make the 64-man match-play field, defeated co-medalist Lee McCoy, of Clarkesville, Ga., Wednesday to lead the 32 winners who advanced to the second round of match play at the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship…
Triple Option Attack: 2014 Alabama College Football Preview

Music to listen to: Machine Gun by The Commodores Last Season: When your college football team wins 11 games and that’s considered a bad season, things are going very positive for that program. Alabama has reached that status under head coach Nick Saban. Coming off of a national championship in 2012, the Crimson Tide…