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2014 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released

The John Mackey Award has released the 2014 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List. Given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee and the 2014 John Mackey recipient will be announced on December 10, 2014 and then presented live on December…
Atlanta Dream earns home victory over Washington

By E. Marcel Pourtout, Executive Editor Behind a game-high 18 points and eight rebounds from Sancho Lyttle, the Atlanta Dream defeated the Washington Mystics 86-73 at Philips Arena on Saturday evening. Angel McCoughtry and Tiffany Hayes each scored 16 points for the Dream (12-5) while center Erika DeSouza grabbed a game-high nine rebounds along with…
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…