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Inside the Atlanta Dream: Cooper to coach All-Star Team, Lyttle named POTW

Michael Cooper to coach East Squad in All-Star Game Atlanta Dream first-year head coach Michael Cooper will serve as head coach of the East squad for Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2014, the WNBA announced today. The game will be played on July 19 at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Ariz., beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Under WNBA guidelines,…
Atlanta Hawks Select Adreian Payne and Walter Tavares in 2014 NBA Draft

The Atlanta Hawks selected Michigan State forward Adreian Payne with the 15th overall pick in the first round and Walter Tavares, a native of Cape Verde, with the 43rd overall choice (second round) of the 2014 NBA Draft. Additionally, the Hawks acquired the draft rights to Pittsburgh guard/forward Lamar Patterson, the 48th overall pick, from the Milwaukee…
Inside Georgia Tech: New broadcaster joins football announce team,

Roddy Jones joins GT football broadcast team Roddy Jones, one of the most popular players in recent Yellow Jacket football history and an accomplished scholar-athlete while attending Georgia Tech, will join the Tech-IMG Radio Network broadcast team as color analyst. Jones will be alongside Brandon Gaudin, the second-year radio play-by-play voice of the Yellow…
Inside Georgia State: Parthasarathy Named Interim Director of Athletics

Bharath Parthasarathy, deputy general counsel at Georgia State University, has been named interim director of athletics at Georgia State, pending the completion of a national search for a successor to Cheryl Levick, who resigned in May. Parthasarathy has extensive experience with Athletics operations and programs. He has worked closely with the department on policies…
Inside Atlanta Dream: Angel McCoughtry POTW, Shoni Schimmel tops All-Star Game votes

McCoughtry Named Player of the Week Atlanta Dream guard/forward Angel McCoughtry has been named the WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. It marks the 12th Player of the Week award for McCoughtry during her six-year career. McCoughtry led the Dream to a 2-1 record last week, averaging a conference-best 26.0…
Georgia Tech names John Portland Assistant Athletic Director

Georgia Tech’s new assistant athletic director for facilities, operations and events is John Portland, who has worked the past five years as an administrator in the Georgia State University athletics department. In Portland’s last two years with the Panthers he served as senior associate athletic director for internal operations. From 2009 to 2012, Portland…