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Big results for Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The numbers don't add up. Jamaica, an island that covers less territory than Connecticut and has about as many people as Utah, travels to the Olympics, all but plants its green, yellow and black flag into the stadium turf and turns the soundtrack into a continuous loop of its national anthem, "Jamaica, Land We Love." The Caribbean country of 2.7 million people won 11 medals at the Beijing Olympics, all in track ...
Medals locked in historic tower
LONDON (AP) - There's safe, and then there's Tower of London safe. To avoid risking an ounce of precious Olympic metal, London's organizers handed over their cache of gold, silver and bronze medals to the Tower of London for safekeeping on Monday. A fanfare of Royal Marine trumpets sounded as the 4,700 medals arrived. The Tower's famous Yeoman warders - commonly called Beefeaters - attended and acted as cheerleaders for a group of schoolchildren waving ...
Georgia Southern works on getting bigger, stronger
It's the sound of Georgia Southern's football team pursuing victories. The clanking of weight bars against racks after bench presses. The thud of weights hitting the floor after clean-and-jerk lifts are completed. The shouts of players providing encouragement to their teammates as rap music thump-thump-thumps from speakers. Iron Works, GSU's strength and conditioning building, is rocking with activity as the Eagles participate in various voluntary workouts five days per week. The goal is to get ...
Dawgs dismiss Crowell
ATHENS - Georgia tailback Isaiah Crowell was dismissed from the team Friday after the sophomore was arrested on felony weapons charges.
As 2012 games loom, USA Boxing picks coaches
USA Boxing has finally nominated a coaching staff for the London Olympics just one month before the games begin.
League basketball coaches bullish on SEC expansion, future
Kentucky's outspoken men's basketball coach John Calipari has long championed the talent and depth in the Southeastern Conference - even when the NCAA tournament selection committee didn't share his optimism.
Heat, Thunder on verge of super rivalry in NBA
MIAMI - Workout partners, NBA Finals foes, and in a few weeks, Olympic teammates. LeBron James and Kevin Durant were together from the delayed start to the quick finish of this shortened NBA season, sharing a lengthy embrace moments after James' championship chase was finally complete. Humbled last year in his first attempt in Miami, James allowed himself only a couple of weeks off before returning to the gym. He invited Durant to join him, ...
BCS close to playoff system
CHICAGO - College football has always relied on polls and bowls to crown a national championship. It is an inexact science that has left many fans frustrated and wondering why they can't settle it on the field - like every other sport - with a playoff.
Sports round-up
Beachy put on DL as Braves struggle NEW YORK - Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez was detailing his team's latest loss, running down the list of what went wrong. Then, very calmly, he added: "I have an announcement to make." It was not good news for the Braves, either - right-hander Brandon Beachy has a partial tear in his elbow. Gonzalez revealed the results of an MRI exam after Monday night's 6-2 defeat by the New ...
Eagles No. 2 in Athlon
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern was ranked No. 2 in the preseason football poll in the annual Athlon FCS Preview Magazine.
Pudgy imposter can’t fool Bobby Cox
ATLANTA — Retired major leaguers who gathered for the Atlanta Braves alumni weekend noticed the pudginess of one former player. The middle-age man, who claimed to be former player John Sullivan, swung his bat remarkably slow during the alumni softball game during last weekend’s Braves reunion in Atlanta. “We figured he must’ve had some health problems,” said former Braves reliever Jose Alvarez, who estimated the man’s bat speed at “no more than 30 mph.” The ...
Smoltz, last of the ‘Big Three’ has jersey retired
ATLANTA (AP) - John Smoltz exhaled heavily and shook his head minutes after his No. 29 was retired by the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.
Eagles ranked No. 7
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Football team was ranked seventh in a newly released Lindy's Football Magazine 2012 preseason Football Championship Subdivision top-25 poll.
Sports roundup
Lawsuit: NFL hid information PHILADELPHIA - A concussion-related lawsuit bringing together scores of cases has been filed in federal court, accusing the NFL of hiding information that linked football-related head trauma to permanent brain injuries. Lawyers for former players say more than 80 pending lawsuits are consolidated in the "master complaint" filed Thursday in Philadelphia. Plaintiffs hope to hold the NFL responsible for the care of players suffering from dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological ...
Roache goes in first round
The words out of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig's mouth were sweet music to Georgia Southern baseball fans Monday night.
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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.
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