sports
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Gender
‘Shameful’ Stigma Surrounding Athletes, Their Periods
Periods play a role in the lives of the majority of women who, in 2019, made up 44% of all NCAA athletes and 43% of all high school athletes, according to the NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations, respectively. However, due to the taboos…
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Gender
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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Sports
Development Academies Changing Path To Collegiate Soccer, Causing Mixed Emotions
For Georgia Soccer head coach Billy Lesesne, the Development Academy is changing the way athletes are recruited, and, like many other coaches and players across the nation, he’s not quite sure how he feels about it. US soccer founded the Development Academy in 2007 in an attempt to place the…
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Sports
Five Little-Known Facts about Georgia vs. Georgia Tech Rivalry
Georgia versus Georgia Tech this weekend caps off the end of the college football 2019 regular season. This year the 10-1 Georgia Bulldogs will travel to Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium to take on their in-state rival for the 113th time. Here are five interesting facts from this rivalry’s history…
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Athens-Clarke County
Esports Continue to Grow in Popularity in Georgia
Oct. 11 is the final day that local high schools can register varsity esports teams with the Georgia High School Association for the fall 2019 season. The esports preseason begins the following Monday, Oct. 14. Penny Pitts, associate director of the GHSA, said of the league, “We’re really excited about…
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Athens-Clarke County
Sports Reducing Youth Crime Becomes a Reality
Not everyone will be able to keep away from crime but with sport programs available to the youth, crime rates have a chance to decrease and kids will have a chance to have a future. The name of this organization can be heard at many events with a DJ,…
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Athens-Clarke County
The Season That Never Ends: Cornhole ATL Welcomes Athens Competitors Year-round
The game cornhole dots the Athens landscape every Saturday during football season, but the rest of the year, it can be hard to find. One organization is working to change that. Jeff Brawand, an Ohio native looking for a way to keep playing his favorite game in a new city,…
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High School Sports
First-Time Girl Wrestler from Jackson County Places Third in State Championship
When one of Bre Lumley’s teachers told her she should join Jackson County High School’s new all-girls wrestling team, she was skeptical. “If you had asked me this time last year if I was going to be wrestling, I would have said you were crazy,” Lumley said. Yet, she decided…
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Food
‘Feeling of Accomplishment’: Athens’ Beep Baseball Set to Begin Its 2019 Season
One local organization gives area residents with visual impairments the chance to participate in the national pastime: baseball. Roger and Kim Keegan founded Athens Inclusive Recreation and Sports (AIRS) in 2011. Roger focuses on the AIRS beep baseball program, which is set to begin their season next month. “I started…
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High School Sports
Beyond the Lines: Revealing the Experiences of Student-Athletes
High school and college athletes face unique challenges. University of Georgia students Katie Morrison and Rodrigo Blankenship bring you an inside look at those challenges and the pressures “Beyond the Lines.” PART 1 Part 1 explores the challenges student-athletes face in two different sports: high school football and collegiate…