UGA sports
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Food
UGA’s Fan Engagement Provides Incentives, Interaction for All Fans
The University of Georgia is home to 21 varsity level sports teams, bringing fans from all over the country, but sometimes watching the sport is not the only way to get spectators involved and excited. UGA women’s soccer team played against the Louisiana State Tigers in front of a crowd…
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Solutions Journalism
Jack Turner Sports Complex: There Is No Off-Season
It’s not just firing up the lawnmower 24 hours before a game day. It’s not just turning on the sprinkler systems periodically. And it’s not just painting straight white lines on the borders of the field. Groundskeeping with the University of Georgia Athletic Association is a well-oiled machine, but not…
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Gender
Just One of the Guys: UGA Female Golfer Breaks Glass Ceiling for Many
Soundbite from Griff Moody, former UGA men’s golf athlete Over the past five decades, thousands of women on athletic scholarships at the University of Georgia can be traced back to one woman: Terri Moody Hancock. Golfing in her DNA Growing up, Athens native Moody Hancock learned the sport of golf…
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Sports
No Dawgs? No Problem: 4 Games Georgia Fans Should Watch This Weekend
After a 41-24 defeat in Tuscaloosa against No. 2 Alabama last Saturday, the now 4th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs were originally scheduled to take on Kentucky in Lexington this weekend, but once again, 2020 has other plans. The SEC announced some scheduling changes last week due to positive tests and quarantine of…
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COVID-19 Coverage
UGA Men’s Tennis Has ‘Sense Of Unfinished Business’ With Gem Of A Season Canceled
On March 12, the day before a match against the Florida Gators, Georgia senior tennis player Robert Loeb wanted to celebrate his 22nd birthday with his teammates. A team trip to the movies ended up far from a normal viewing of “Hidden Gems.” Loeb and his teammates received the news…
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COVID-19 Coverage
‘Coronavirus Sets The Timeline’: UGA Athletes Try To Stay In Shape Despite Uncertainty
In late March, University of Georgia track athlete Victoria Powell went to her former high school track, at The Lovett School in Atlanta, to work out. With college students being sent home, Powell’s only option was her former home. She was promptly turned away by school security guards, who explained…
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COVID-19 Coverage
UGA Coaches Find New Ways To Communicate With Athletes During Pandemic
University of Georgia equestrian coach Meghan Boenig and her staff set up an Excel spreadsheet soon after the COVID-19 pandemic ended the team’s season. Riders can sign up just to chat by phone or FaceTime. Boenig knows that her role is more than being just a coach to her riders,…
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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
UGA Women’s Golf Prepares for Postseason with Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
The University of Georgia women’s golf team hopes to gain momentum this weekend at the 47th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The team is winless in the regular season for the first time since 2013-2014. The Liz Murphey will give the Bulldogs one last chance to win in the regular season…
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Sports
Former Bulldogs Work Out at UGA Pro Day
The University of Georgia football team had 21 former players work out in front of NFL scouts, coaches and general managers on Pro Day Wednesday. All 32 NFL teams had representatives in attendance. “Certainly it helps our program when you have the likes of all these organizations on your campus,…