Issues in Sports
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Finding a Team in New Ways: The Legacy of the 1990 Championship UGA Baseball Team
As the wind blows in a new season, it blows the flags at Foley Field. Two flags hang, one smaller but with great significance — the 1990 National Championship pennant–recognizing a baseball team made up of 40 individual men who shared the same goal 30 years ago — to win.…
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Oconee County High School Football Works to Combat Nationwide Concussion Trend
As both a father and the head football coach at Oconee County High School, Travis Noland understands the risk of concussion that comes with the game that has shaped him and his sons. Noland’s son Zeb, the graduate assistant turned starting quarterback at the University of South Carolina, was in…
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Runners Find Safety In Numbers — And Community In Athens
In 2003, Christina Proctor was running on a dirt road in her hometown in Madison County. A man jumped out of a Honda Civic that had three other men in it, and grabbed her from behind. She picked up a log and swung at the attacker, escaped, then sprinted home.…
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California Travel Softball Players Maintain Their Skills Despite COVID-19 Limitations
Spring is normally a season filled with college acceptance letters and high school softball. However, COVID-19 has devastated sports at the high school level, including girls softball. Adding to the woes is the fact that travel softball teams suspend their operations during the high school season. Therefore, female softball players…
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Transgender Inclusion in Athletics
At all levels of sports, transgender athletes are breaking barriers, simultaneously stepping onto the podium and into headlines across the world. This past year, college senior CeCé Telfer became the NCAA Division II national champion in the 400-meter hurdles, and at the high school level, Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood…
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Concussions Lead to A National Decline in High School Football, But Not in Georgia
Whistle. Break. Whistle. Break. The sound of helmets clashing against full pads fills the air until the whistle is blown and it’s time for the next two players’ strength and game-like skills to be put to the test. This is the sound of the Oklahoma drill in football practice. As…
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Changing the Game: How California’s SB 206 Could Alter Future of Athens High School Athletics
States are voting to allow college athletes to make money from sports, but Athens Academy Athletic Director Kevin Petroski is not having it. Petroski is not alone in his beliefs, siding with the NCAA and former athletes such as Tim Tebow, who believes this bill will damage the spirit of…
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UGA vs. Notre Dame Game to Bring Thousands of Visitors, Dollars to Athens
The University of Georgia vs. Notre Dame football game this Saturday will set an all-time attendance record for Sanford Stadium when the Fighting Irish and the Bulldogs go head-to-head on Sept. 21. Record-Setting Attendance Athens does not have an exact estimate for how many visitors the game day weekend may…
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The Story of a Magazine’s Failing Fix: UGA’s Wally Butts and a Libel Case
Since September 2018, the second floor of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library at the University of Georgia has been transformed into a sort of shrine for one of the university’s greatest football coaches: Coach Wally Butts. Jason Hasty, the UGA athletics history specialist, created this exhibit. He…