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Injury fill-ins keep Super Bowl teams patched up

DALLAS (AP) - Coming out of college two years ago, Ramon Foster wasn't good enough to be drafted by an NFL team.

February 04, 2011 | Jaime Aron AP Pro football writer | State, national sports

Super Bowl QBs tough to tackle in different ways

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Dropping back to pass, eyes aimed downfield, Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger seems to have radar scanning the area around him.

February 03, 2011 | Jaime Aron AP Pro Football Writer | State, national sports

Falcons sign coach Smith to 3-year extension

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - The Atlanta Falcons have signed coach Mike Smith to a three-year contract extension after he led the team to the NFC South title.

February 03, 2011 | Associated Press | State, national sports

Top RB Crowell joins Georgia's 'dream team'

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Isaiah Crowell sealed Georgia's highly rated recruiting class on Wednesday with an English bulldog puppy.

February 03, 2011 | Charles Odum AP Sports writer | State, national sports

Monken signs 4 running backs for Eagles

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Jeff Monken has added four running backs, including two from Buford High School, among his 25 signees for Georgia Southern.

February 03, 2011 | Associated Press | State, national sports

Georgia Tech signs 'balanced' class of 22

ATLANTA (AP) - It's not every year that Georgia Tech signs six incoming freshmen who played quarterback in high school.

February 03, 2011 | Geroge Henry Associated Press | State, national sports

NFL, union set up formal labor talks for Saturday

DALLAS (AP) - After weeks of talking to fans, reporters and Congress about their lagging labor negotiations, the NFL and its players' union are getting around to talking to each other.

February 01, 2011 | Howard Fendrich Pro football writer/Associated Press | State, national sports

Chipper Jones hopes to be on the field in spring

ATLANTA (AP) - Chipper Jones showed Tuesday he can still knock the cover off the ball. Now for the next step in his recovery from knee surgery. Jones, the Braves' switch-hitting third baseman, took a big left-handed swing and ripped the cover from a ball in batting practice on Tuesday morning. As Braves president John Schuerholz held the empty cover in the Turner Field batting cage, the 38-year-old Jones told him "that's what you've got ...

February 01, 2011 | Charles Odum AP Sports writer | State, national sports

Williams, Maryland beat Georgia Tech, 74-63

ATLANTA (AP) - Maryland coach Gary Williams wants his Terrapins to play the same on the road as when playing at home.

January 31, 2011 | AP Sports writer | State, national sports

NFC storms to big lead, takes Pro Bowl 55-41

HONOLULU (AP) - A tropical rainstorm moved in from the Pacific and cleared just before the Pro Bowl began on Sunday. What followed was a sloppy show that was not exactly riveting entertainment a week in advance of the Super Bowl.

January 31, 2011 | Bob Baum AP Sports writer | State, national sports

Report: King's son interested in buying into Mets

NEW YORK (AP) - Martin Luther King Jr.'s oldest son is reportedly interested in becoming a minority owner of the New York Mets.

January 31, 2011 | Associated Press | State, national sports

NFL expects record crowd for Super Bowl XLV

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The NFL is expecting a record crowd for the first Super Bowl at $1.3 billion Cowboys Stadium.

January 28, 2011 | Associated Press | State, national sports

Kentucky looking for payback against Bulldogs

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky coach John Calipari brought in a very special visitor to help toughen up the 14th-ranked Wildcats.

January 28, 2011 | Will Graves AP Sports writer | State, national sports

Marshall scores 22 to lead No. 25 Georgia Tech

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Tyaunna Marshall scored 22 points to lead No. 25 Georgia Tech past Virginia Tech 78-57 on Thursday night.

January 28, 2011 | Associated Press | State, national sports

Newton's 3-pointers too much for No. 20 Georgia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Courtney Newton finally had the game she always wanted at South Carolina. And the Gamecocks got the breakthrough win they had chased all season.

January 28, 2011 | Pete Iacobelli AP Sports writer | State, national sports

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Spring time means tournament time

It's tournament time in the NCAA. Georgia Southern has been wildly successful in spring sports in recent years - by mid-major standards - and there's a lot on the line for the Eagles as spring turns into summer.

May 10, 2013 | Matt Yogus Statesboro Herald | State, national sports

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