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Josey's Jacayla Shorty balling out on the court and in the classroom

Balling out on the court and in the classroom

Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 11:02 PM EST
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By Daniel Booth
In addition to being one of the captains for the Josey Girls’ basketball team, Senior Point Guard Jacayla Shorty balls out on the court and in the classroom.

Sports

Eboni and Jay Fields

Sister and brother duo turn shared hobby into family business

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM EST
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By Alyssa Lyons
Eboni and Jay Fields, a brother and sister duo leading the Lady Bulldogs to victory. For them, the business runs in the family.

Sports

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Reports: Braves play-by-play broadcaster Chip Caray leaving for another team

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:51 AM EST
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By Madeline Montgomery
A big change could be coming for the Atlanta Braves.

Sports

Patrons applaud as Drive, Chip and Putt competitors walk onto the course on April 3, 2022, at...

Registration now open for Drive, Chip and Putt qualifiers

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:43 AM EST
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By Staff
Registration for 2023-2024 Drive, Chip and Putt qualifying is now open at DriveChipandPutt.com, according to organizers.

News

Georgia Bulldogs express support for mauled 11-year-old boy

Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 7:05 AM EST
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By Nick Viland
As a Columbia County boy recovers in the hospital after being attacked by three dogs, the Georgia Bulldogs had a surprise for him.

Sports

Burke County High hires new head football coach

Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 2:27 PM EST
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By Staff
The Burke County Board of Education has officially hired Dr. Franklin D. Stephens Jr. as the Bears’ new head football coach.

News

Speed a factor in crash that killed UGA football player, staff member

Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 4:37 PM EST
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By Joyce Lupiani and Chelsea Beimfohr
Athens-Clark Police Department has released the incident report for the crash that killed a University of Georgia football player and staff member and injured two other people.

Sports

Special issue of Sports Illustrated to commemorate UGA title

Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 4:12 PM EST
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By Staff
In recognition of the first back-to-back win in the college football playoffs era, Sports Illustrated is creating a special commemorative issue.

Sports

Tickets for potential AFC Championship Game in Atlanta set to go on sale

Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 10:42 AM EST
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By Jamarlo Phillips
There will be a six-ticket limit on all purchases., an NFL spokesperson said.

Sports

Mother of Georgia Bulldogs player Devin Willock describes son as gentle, loving

Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 1:59 PM EST
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By Joyce Lupiani and Bridget Spencer
Atlanta News First spoke with the mother of UGA football player Devin Willock who was killed in a crash along with football staff member Chandler LeCroy early Sunday morning.
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Sports

Shaq eats frog legs after losing bet TCU would beat Georgia in national championship game

Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:47 AM EST
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By Jamarlo Phillips
Shaquille O’Neal eats frog legs to settle his bet.

Sports

PETA calls for UGA to retire ‘breathing-impaired’ mascot, all use of live mascots

Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 12:33 PM EST
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By Anisa Snipes
PETA’s motto is, “animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way”.

News

The Georgia Bulldogs celebrate second National Championship win in Athens

Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 12:49 PM EST
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By Maria Sellers
The Georgia Bulldogs are back in Athens celebrating their second straight national title.

Crime

Greenbrier High basketball coach charged after altercation with student

Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:46 PM EST
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By Staff
Greenbrier High’s head girls basketball coach has been released on bond from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office after an altercation during halftime at Friday’s game.

Sports

Hard work, determination helps Lakeside senior overcome knee injuries

Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:17 PM EST
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By Daniel Booth
Hard work, determination helps Lakeside's Jayden Lyons overcome knee injuries

Sports

Dawgs for 3?: Georgia has chance to make football history

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 11:02 PM EST
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By The Associated Press
In the long history of the AP Top 25, no team has ever been awarded three national championships in a row by poll voters.

Sports

Spencer Rattler Returning to South Carolina for 2023 season

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 9:17 PM EST
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By Kevin Bilodeau
Threw 18 TD's last season

Sports

One-on-one interview with UGA quarterback Stetson Bennett’s father

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 6:30 PM EST
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By Chad Maxwell
“I told all of my children that you can do anything that you want to do in this world, but you can’t just want it. You have to go work,” QB's dad says.

Sports

Georgia’s Bennett an underdog again in NFL’s QB draft class

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:28 PM EST
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By The Associated Press
After winning a second consecutive national championship, the 25-year-old quarterback Stetson Bennett is now facing questions about his NFL draft qualifications.

News

Georgia fans line up in Augusta for national championship gear

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 4:47 PM EST
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By William Rioux and Hallie Turner
If you want gear celebrating the Georgia Bulldogs’ second consecutive national football title, local merchants have plenty.

Sports

WATCH: Georgia Bulldogs land at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 2:40 PM EST
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By Atlanta News First staff
The Georgia Bulldogs have landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. At the airport, they will board buses to head to Athens.

Sports

Bulldogs’ victory celebration set for Saturday

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 12:18 PM EST
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By Staff
The University of Georgia will celebrate the Bulldogs winning back-to-back National Championship titles this Saturday in a ceremony at Sanford Stadium.

Sports

Gamecocks finish season ranked in top 25 of AP poll for first time in nearly a decade

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 11:14 AM EST
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By Nevin Smith
USC climbed the rankings four times in 2022.

Sports

How Bennett, Bowers led champion Bulldogs’ demolition of TCU

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 11:37 PM EST
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By The Associated Press
While Stetson Bennett’s unlikely journey traces the path of the Bulldogs’ recent past, Brock Bowers epitomizes Georgia’s present and future as a powerhouse team.

Sports

TCU’s dream of a national title goes sideways quickly under Dawgs’ pressure

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 11:34 PM EST
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By The Associated Press
All of the strengths that helped carry TCU to the College Football Playoff championship game were quickly taken away by Georgia in a 65-7 loss at SoFi Stadium.

Sports

UGA students get ready to cheer on the Georgia Bulldogs from Athens

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 1:39 PM EST
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By Madeline Montgomery
Despite spring semester starting today, UGA students are all eyes on the National Championship game tonight.

Sports

No. 1 UGA tries to launch dynasty against emboldened TCU

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 12:51 PM EST
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By Staff and wire reports
Georgia coach Kirby Smart was part of college football’s greatest dynasty as an assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama and now is on the verge of launching his own.

Sports

Dawgs fans taking over L.A. less than 24 hours until kickoff

Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 8:45 PM EST
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By Staff
The Bulldogs’ fans are out in force in los Angeles a day ahead of Georgia’s bid to defend the national college football title.

News

Downward Dawg, players interviewing players, and ESPN’s Marty Smith

Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 12:17 AM EST
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By Alyssa Lyons
Downward Dawg in Los Angeles?The Georgia Bulldogs held open practice for media today at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California. When the WRDW crew made it on the field Kirby Smart and his Bulldogs were doing yoga. Georgia doesn’t hold open practice often. Last month at the Peach Bowl during open practice the Dawgs were, once again, doing yoga.

Sports

Bulldogs’ mascot isn’t going to the championship game

Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 2:57 PM EST
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By Staff
The University of Georgia will be without at least one Bulldog when they play for the national championship Monday night.

Sports

Get Smart: Coach carves his own path to dynasty at Georgia

Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 2:52 PM EST
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By The Associated Press
From humble beginnings, Kirby Smart has evolved into one of college football’s most dominant forces, the $10 million-a-year architect of a budding dynasty.

Sports

WATCH: Thomson player shows ultimate sign of sportsmanship

Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 11:17 PM EST
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By Staff
During a basketball game between Thomson High and Glenn Hills High School, one of Thomson's players allowed a player with autism to score for Glenn Hills.

Masters

Masters invites NCAA champ Gordon Sargent, Japan’s Kazuki Higa

Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 1:16 PM EST
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By Staff and wire reports
The Masters expanded its reach to elite amateurs when it offered a special invitation to Gordon Sargent, the first time in more than 20 years for an amateur to get such an invitation.

Sports

Dunkin’ offering free coffee at participating Georgia locations Jan. 9

Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 12:12 PM EST
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By Alexandra Parker
Customers can get their free coffee along with a limited edition Dawgs Donut.

Sports

Generational Bulldogs: Bridging one era to the next

Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 7:36 PM EST
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By Alyssa Lyons
A former Bulldog is looking back on his time playing Georgia football, like when they won the SEC championship in 2005. Now his son is on his way to the national championship

News

Georgia laws in place to help young athletes

Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 7:10 PM EST
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By Abby Kousouris
By law, coaches and athletes are required to learn about early warning signs and how to recognize sudden cardiac arrest.

Sports

Dawgs size up rivals for football title: ‘There’s no tricking them’

Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 5:30 PM EST
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By Staff
Less than a week before the Georgia Bulldogs go up against Texas Christian for the national college football title, Georgia coach Kirby Smart spoke Tuesday.

Regional

Delta dedicates plane to legacy of famed UGA football coach Vince Dooley

Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 1:04 PM EST
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By Atlanta News First staff
During an unveiling ceremony Tuesday, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines commemorated the life and legacy of renowned University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley.

Sports

How Masters invitation went to the wrong Scott Stallings

Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 6:31 PM EST
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By The Associated Press
Scott Stallings received an invitation to the Masters, and the Georgia resident most likely will be there — as a guest of the PGA Tour player by the same name for whom the coveted invitation was intended.

Sports

Dawgs advance to national championship after Peach Bowl win

Updated: Jan. 1, 2023 at 12:20 AM EST
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By Staff
As the clock struck midnight, a potential game-winning kick sailed wide left, sending defending champion Georgia Bulldogs back to the national championship game.

Sports

Tennessee bests Clemson in Orange Bowl

Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 12:04 AM EST
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By Patrick Phillips and FOX Carolina News Staff
Sixth-ranked Tennessee has scored a touchdown in every quarter so far against the 10th-ranked Clemson Tigers in the 89th Orange Bowl in Miami.

Sports

Notre Dame defeats Gamecocks in TaxSlayer Gator Bowl

Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 10:52 PM EST
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By Patrick Phillips and WIS News 10 Staff
Notre Dame’s Tyler Buchner accounted for seven of the 11 touchdowns in the highest-scoring Gator Bowl in history. Two of them he’d like to forget.

Sports

Georgia, Ohio fans show out in Atlanta ahead of Peach Bowl

Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 7:54 PM EST
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By Alyssa Lyons
We’re in Atlanta, where the pre-party to the main event between the Dawgs and the Buckeyes kicked off.

Sports

Georgia Bulldogs ready to take on Ohio State in the Peach Bowl

Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 6:47 AM EST
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By Staff
The defending champion Georgia Bulldogs take on Ohio State in the Atlanta Peach Bowl this weekend on New Year’s Eve.

Sports

Georgia woman keeps her husband’s legacy alive by becoming a Georgia Bulldog fan

Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 6:52 PM EST
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By Sawyer Buccy
While the players are getting in their final practices before the Peach Bowl this weekend, Georgia and Ohio State fans are making their way to Atlanta! One Georgia woman has become a passionate Georgia Bulldog fan, as a way to keep her husband’s memory alive.

Sports

Georgia’s Bennett needs 2 wins for rare back-to-back titles

Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 10:34 AM EST
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By The Associated Press
Stetson Bennett wouldn’t allow himself to bask so long in the celebration following last season’s national championship that it would be more difficult to make a run at a repeat title this year.

Sports

Bulldogs have built running-back depth as plan to win repeat title

Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 4:19 PM EST
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By The Associated Press
Bulldogs will take a group of four running backs, led by Kenny McIntosh, into the Peach Bowl semifinal against No. 4 Ohio State. And that was the plan all along.

Crime

FBI warns Ga. fans about ticket scams ahead of 2 big games

Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 2:36 PM EST
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By Staff
The FBI is warning fans to be careful with their tickets ahead of the Peach Bowl in Atlanta and national championship college football game in Los Angeles.

Sports

Greenbrier High School senior joins 1,000 points club

Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 11:34 PM EST
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By Daniel Booth
Greenbrier Senior Point Guard Trinity Barrow will remember celebrating making history, by surpassing 1,000 career points forever.

Sports

Georgia High School Association adopts 35-second shot clock

Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 8:16 PM EST
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By Alyssa Lyons
All Georgia High School Association varsity basketball games will require a 35-second shot clock.
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