Follow us on

Listen live to Atlanta's breaking news, severe weather, & traffic online

recent on-air advertisers

Now Playing

News/Talk WSB
Listen live to ...

College

540 items
Results 1 - 10 of 540next >
Northwestern is not in the ACC or SEC, but the Wildcats scored the highest academic progress rates of any football program in FBS. APR measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of Division 1 student-athletes. The Wildcats scored a 996 out of 1,000, which might explain the guy holding a lightsaber celebrating a team victory. Teams scoring below 930 can face penalties, such as scholarship reductions and restrictions on practice.

Academic scores for SEC, ACC football teams

The Academic Progress Rate (APR) measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of Division 1 student-athletes. Teams scoring below 930 out of 1,000 can face penalties, such as scholarship reductions and restrictions on practice and competition.

Quarterback Dennis Dixon was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the fifth round of the 2007 draft and played 2 rookie league games before returning to Oregon for his senior season. Dixon was drafted in the 2008 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is now with the Philadelphia Eagles.

College football players drafted by baseball

On the eve of the amateur baseball draft we review list some notable college football stars - John Elway, Dan Marino, to name a few - who have been selected to play baseball.

Georgia safety Josh Harvey-Clemons played in all 14 games as a freshman, primarily on special teams.

Georgia suspends Harvey-Clemons for opener

Georgia will be without one of its young defensive stars when it opens the season against offensive powerhouse Clemson. Georgia coach Mark Richt confirmed that sophomore Josh Harvey-Clemons, who is slated to start at strong safety next season, is suspended for the Aug. 31 game at Clemson. Richt declined to ...

Dawn arrives at Toomer's Corner at the entrance to Auburn University as the famed oaks still had evidence from Saturday's last roll.

Auburn's famed Toomer's oaks come down

City workers on Tuesday began to cut down the poisoned oak trees at Toomer's Corner at the entrance to Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.

J.T. Phillips (Athens-Clarke County Jail)

Georgia freshman dismissed after DUI arrest

Georgia baseball coach David Perno wasted no time dispensing discipline Saturday to a player jailed on DUI and other misdemeanor charges overnight Friday. J.T. Phillips, a freshman from Columbus, was immediately dismissed from the team after Perno learned of his arrest for drunk driving, underage possession of alcohol, driving without ...

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Georgia and ranked second in the SEC in scoring at 18.5 points per game.

UGA’s Caldwell-Pope to enter NBA draft

Georgia basketball star Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has decided to enter the NBA draft, coach Mark Fox said Monday. Caldwell-Pope will also hire an agent and remain in the draft, ending his college career. Caldwell-Pope, a 6-5 guard from Greenville, became the first Bulldog since Dominique Wilkins in 1981 to sweep the ...

Obama - Wealth Envy Warlord

Before I climb in the captain’s share and turn the ignition switch on the BoortzBus, I wanted to vent a bit about 0bama’s constant and intense class warfare campaign.  In actuality it’s a campaign based on wealth envy. “Those people are making more money than you, and they’re not paying ...

Ramon Galloway, La Salle University, climbs the stairs over a chair for a slam in the 25th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at McCamish Pavilion on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Atlanta. Galloway finished third in the Slam Dunk Championship which was won by Doug Anderson from the University of Detroit Mercy. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

NCAA skills contest in Atlanta

Georgia Tech hosted the slam dunk and 3-point shooting contest as part of the NCAA Final Four Festivities Thursday night.

In this photo released by the University of Louisville, basketball player Kevin Ware walks on crutches, Monday, April 1, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. Ware broke his leg in the first half of Sunday's Midwest Regional final when he landed awkwardly after trying to contest a 3-point shot, breaking his leg in two places. He was taken off the court on a stretcher as his stunned teammates openly wept. His teammates went on to defeat Duke 85-63 to reach their second straight Final Four. (AP Photo/University of Louisville,)

Kevin Ware starts comeback from horrible leg injury

Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware spoke to the media for the first time Wednesday since suffering a gruesome leg injury on national television earlier in the week.

The away jersey gets a new numbers.

Georgia alters logos but doesn’t mess with ‘Power G’

The purpose for Georgia’s news conference on Tuesday was for the Bulldogs to unveil their new secondary logo and some subtle changes they made to their uniforms. But it seemed the primary message Athletic Director Greg McGarity wanted to send was that nothing much was really changing. The Bulldogs rolled ...

540 items
Results 1 - 10 of 540next >