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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…
Atlanta Silverbacks will face Colorado in U.S. Open Cup

The Atlanta Silverbacks will get another crack at Major League Soccer (MLS) competition, and this time it will come away from home. The team will travel to play the Colorado Rapids in the fifth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday, with kickoff set for 9 p.m. ET at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in…
Inside the SEC: Gamecocks’ golf All-America members, Ole Miss names new men’s golf head coach

South Carolina’s Swinehart and Dreher Named All-Americans by Golfweek Senior Samantha Swinehart and junior Justine Dreher earned All-America honors from Golfweek, as announced by the organization on Tuesday. Both golfers earned Honorable Mention and this marks the second time this season they earned All-America honors, as the pair were named All-Americans by Women’s Golf Coaches Association.…