This article was originally published on The Red & Black on April 27, 2015 and can be found here.

Topps Company’s next Minor League Baseball card package will have a card featuring a Georgia Bulldog. The player, however, is nowhere to be found on the Bulldogs’ baseball roster.

Tyler Badger, a junior public relations major from Hoschton, Georgia, won Topps’ “Make Your Pro Debut” contest. The promotion provided Badger a unique experience with the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros.

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This article was originally published with The Red & Black on April 22, 2015 and can be found here.

Passing the bat to the next player has been the mantra for the Georgia Bulldogs this season, but sometimes it’s been bringing in extra speed that has helped the Bulldogs win ballgames.

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This article was originally published with The Red & Black on April 17, 2015 and can be found here.

Newt is the leader of the pack. Red is more of a night owl rather than an early bird. And Moose likes to be the mother hen who watches out for her friends.

No, this isn’t a sneak peak at the cast of characters in Disney’s new animated film; it’s a glimpse at the nicknames that are proudly worn by some of the Georgia Bulldogs’ softball players.

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This article was originally published with The Red & Black on April 15, 2015 and can be found here.

We are the people of the Polynesian Islands.

The phrase blares through the sound system at Jack Turner Stadium. The song being played is “Polynesian People” by the Hawaiian singer Norm. The music marks another at-bat for Georgia junior Tina Iosefa.

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This story was originally published with The Red & Black on April 10, 2015 and can be found here.

Appearing on an episode of SportsCenter is an accomplishment all athletes fantasize about. Making the show as part of its “Not Top 10” segment, however, is a different story.

Bulldogs starting pitcher Chelsea Wilkinson knows the feeling of falling into the second category.

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This article was originally published with The Red & Black on April 3, 2015 and can be found here.

The Georgia Bulldogs are like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle: As long as all parts are present, the order in which they are chosen is irrelevant.

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This article was originally published by The Red & Black on March 24, 2015 and can be found here.

This article was originally published with Isportsweb.com on December 29, 2015 and can be found here.

The Atlanta Falcons made it official early on “Black Monday”, announcing that the team had parted ways with head coach Mike Smith one day after the team finished the season with a 6-10 record.

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This article originally appeared in the Athens Banner-Herald on November 28, 2014 and can be found here..

OGART | Prince Avenue Christian Academy hosted a Class A quarterfinal playoff game on Friday night against Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy with hopes of advancing to the semifinals for the third time in four seasons but quickly found that their opponent was prepared to thwart the hopes of a feel-good story at home.

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This story was originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on October 14, 2014 and can be found here.

JEFFERSON | Jefferson High School showed Elbert County first-hand why its a force to be reckoned with in Region 8-AAA.

Just like their first five games of the season, the Dragons rolled to a lopsided win behind their balanced offense and turnover-creating defense. This time, Jefferson jumped ahead early and cruised to a 52-6 win — it’s first victory over the Blue Devils since 1976.

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