Spalding High School football players received all-state honorable mention honors for the 2021 season, Georgia High School Football Daily announced Friday.
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ATHENS — The National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame formally presented the University of Georgia football team and head coach Kirby Smart with the MacArthur Bowl, the organization’s national championship trophy.
ATHENS (AP) - Georgia coach Kirby Smart told a near-capacity crowd at Sanford Stadium on Saturday the Bulldogs don't plan to wait another 41 years for their next national championship.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Paul Brown Stadium nearly shook in triumph. The city of Cincinnati might have, too.
Donovan Westmoreland (9) lines up at defensive end against Jones County during a 2020 second-round game in Gray.
FORT VALLEY — Fort Valley State University begins its inaugural season of men’s volleyball Saturday when FVSU takes on the King University Tornadoes in Bristol, Tennessee.
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ATLANTA — For the second time this season, Clark Atlanta University’s Corriana Evans has been named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Women’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.
By Tuesday morning, the field of 14 NFL teams vying to become Super Bowl champions will be narrowed to eight as the NFL’s Super Wild Card Weekend begins Saturday.
ATLANTA — Trevor Siemian and his New Orleans teammates saw their playoff hopes end not on the field, but in their locker room.
INDIANAPOLIS — Nick Saban strolled off the plane in frigid Indianapolis with a look that got his players’ attention.
Here’s a brief look at this week’s sports in Griffin and Spalding County.
Georgia and Alabama have used the transfer portal to supplement their annual bounties of top recruits.
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially severed ties with Antonio Brown, terminating the contract of the mercurial receiver while also contradicting the player’s claim that he was fired in the middle of a game for not playing through an ankle injury.
Down to the last play of the regular season, this Alabama team managed to bounce off the ropes when it seemed most vulnerable.
ATLANTA — Taysom Hill and the New Orleans Saints will be watching the scoreboard when they close their regular season at the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Local high school basketball teams hit the courts Tuesday. The Griffin High School Bears took on Clarke Central High School. The Griffin boys lost 68-84, while the Griffin girls won their second game in a row, beating Clarke Central 61-25. Across town, The Spalding High boys lost 67-49 again…
The last time No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia played, things could not have gone much better for the Crimson Tide.
GRIFFIN — Playing for the first time since Dec. 20, Jaleel Chambliss scored 12 points and Alfred Weems scored 10 to lead Griffin High in a 64-48 loss to Clarke Central on Tuesday night at The House in Griffin.
GRIFFIN — Both local public school girls basketball teams have been on a roll heading into late games Tuesday night, Spalding High at Westside-Macon and Griffin at home against Clarke Central.
The Georgia Bulldogs aren’t the only team having a tough time beating fellow Southeastern Conference powerhouse Alabama.
GRIFFIN — Two local assistant coaches were recently recognized for their efforts this season.
Both Griffin High and Spalding High play their first game back post holiday break tonight (Tuesday), Griffin when it hosts Clarke Central and Spalding when it travels to take on Westside-Macon.
Kirby Smart did his best to get ahead of the questions about Nick Saban while acknowledging the topic was inevitable.
ATLANTA — Dan Reeves’ talents off the field were recognized early on by Tom Landry.
ATLANTA — Even with one game remaining in the regular season, the Atlanta Falcons can start thinking about the offseason.
There were plenty of moments that kept local sports fans on the edge of their seats and gave them reasons to cheer and celebrate in 2021.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Georgia’s defense was nearly invincible for three months, allowing less than a touchdown per game.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Working for Jim Harbaugh, sometimes it is hard to know when the conversation is over.
Stetson Bennett has the full support of No. 3 Georgia’s coaching staff even as he continues to hear the same doubts that have followed him since he first joined the Bulldogs as a walk-on.
By now most of the folks in Griffin know that the first head coach in Griffin High Bears history, Max Dowis, 90, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Christmas eve. What some may not realize, however, was just how important he was to the program’s foundation.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Georgia's defense was nearly invincible for three months, allowing less than a touchdown per game.
The first head football coach in Griffin High Bears history passed away peacefully in his sleep on Christmas eve.
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow’s franchise record-breaking 525-yard passing performance clearly meant something to the Cincinnati Bengals, who continued calling deep throws for him late in the fourth quarter with a 20-point lead against division rival Baltimore until the mark was secured.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons remain a long shot for the playoffs. They also remain below .500 at 7-8, but already the Falcons have a win.
HAMPTON — After 163 days of work, crews celebrated the completion of paving at the all-new Atlanta Motor Speedway with fireworks and cheers, the track said in a release on Tuesday.
Christmas is a bittersweet time for me. All the good and not so good memories come flooding back and I know those days and times are gone from my life forever. Memories are all that are left.
After battling toe-to-toe with the ABA No. 5-Power Rank Mobile Jesters and only losing by three points 151-148 on Dec. 11 at First United Methodist in Griffin, the Atlanta Aliens proved that they are a force to be reckoned with when they defeated the Jekyll Island Pharaohs 142-121 Saturday a…
Former Spalding High standout DeAundre Alford is quickly making a name for himself in pro football.
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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons are leaning on the “crazier things have happened” justification for retaining playoff hopes following a loss at San Francisco that had the appearance of a postseason elimination game.
Griffin High swept Spalding High in a battle of crosstown rivals Friday night at Spalding, the Lady Bears winning the early game 67-51 and the Bears winning the nightcap 63-38.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The game couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start for the Atlanta Falcons, who recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff at the 12-yard line.
ATHENS — Nakobe Dean believes Georgia’s proud defense got the message in its humbling SEC championship game loss to Alabama.
Having known current Spalding High head coach Carl Kearney since he was a player at Griffin High School back in the late 1990s, it’s not a surprise that he has become a successful head coach.
The accolades keep pouring in for the Spalding High football program this season.
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THE FLATS — Thirteen high-school seniors signed National Letters of Intent to attend Georgia Tech and play football for the Yellow Jackets on Wednesday.