Blog Topic: Sports

Culture Briefs: Classic City Rollergirls Cap Off Stellar Season With Big Win Against Gold Coast

By David Eduardo | August 7, 2018 3:43pm

Photo Credit: Matt Hardy

The Gold Coast Derby Grrls traveled nearly 700 miles from sunny South Florida for the opportunity to lace skates and do battle with our hometown Classic City Rollergirls in the hostile confines of Athens Arena, in Bogart. It was only the second-longest road trip of the season for the team from Fort Lauderdale, which made an even more epic trek to Milwaukee in June.

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: 2018 Classic City Crush

By Savannah Cole | July 11, 2018 11:10am

The Classic City Rollergirls returned to the Classic Center last weekend to host this year's Classic City Crush. Check out a photo gallery from the rough-and-tumble roller-derby invitational below:

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Culture Briefs: Recap: Classic City Rollergirls Battle Atlanta, Host Classic City Crush This Weekend

By David Eduardo | July 2, 2018 12:40pm

For years, they were referred to as sister leagues, and traditionally, the Classic City Rollergirls would lose their most talented skaters to seemingly greener pastures down 316. Atlanta has a roller derby team perennially ranked in the Top 20 and great facilities, plus a bevy of talent. Until recently, it was tough for the smaller-market squad to compete. It’s 2018, and derby, like everything else, is fluid.

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Culture Briefs: Classic City Rollergirls' Run of Success Continues With Win Over Cape Fear

By David Eduardo | May 24, 2018 2:50pm

Photo Credit: John Blood

Your hometown women's flat track roller derby team, experiencing an unprecedented run of success—magnified by an early May road trip to Baton Rouge, LA for a pair of unexpected victories against favored foes—resumed the 2018 season last Saturday in Wilmington, NC, squaring off against the Cape Fear Roller Girls.

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: Athens Twilight 2018

By Savannah Cole | May 1, 2018 11:24am

Thousands flocked downtown last weekend for Athens Twilight festivities, including the men's and women's pro cycling criteriums. Check out a photo gallery below courtesy of Flagpolecontributor Savannah Cole:

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Culture Briefs: Classic City Rollergirls Triumph Over Appalachian Roller Derby on St. Pat's Day

By David Eduardo | March 19, 2018 4:08pm

Photo Credit: John M. Blood

It happened to be St. Patrick’s Day, but the Classic City Rollergirls always wear green and black. They didn’t mess with that formula during the 2018 season opener Saturday night at Athens Arena, and, dressed for success, they massacred the visiting Boone, NC-based Appalachian Roller Derby, 197-139.

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Culture Briefs: Recap and Photo Gallery: Team Black Triumphs in Classic City Rollergirls' Intra-Squad Opener

By David Eduardo | February 5, 2018 12:55pm

All photos by Nicole Adamson

There isn’t a better venue for hosting women’s flat-track roller derby in northeast Georgia than Athens Arena, a simple cinder-block-and-aluminum building tucked away in the warehouse and whatnot district off Atlanta Highway, in Bogart.

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Culture Briefs: Beer's on the Line in the National Championship Game

By Blake Aued | January 4, 2018 2:08pm

A lot more is riding on Monday's college football championship than school pride.

As is often the case for politicians thirsty to show their love for the home team during key games, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and Athens Mayor Nancy Denson have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the Georgia–Alabama game.

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In the Loop: Nick Chubb's Fascinating Family History

By Blake Aued | November 28, 2017 4:23pm

Photo Credit: UGA Athletic Association

For all of Georgia running back Nick Chubb's accomplishments on the football field, what his ancestors did may be even more impressive.

The Atlanta news website Saporta Report ran a story Monday on the Chubb family history, and it is incredible.

In 1851, eight Chubb brothers, all freed slaves, moved from North Carolina to Madison, GA, about 30 miles south of Athens, then settled near Rome, founding an unincorporated community called Chubbtown.

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Culture Briefs: UGA Kicker Rodrigo Blankenship Gets His Own Hype Video Ahead of Florida Game

By Gabe Vodicka | October 27, 2017 12:57pm

Photo Credit: Philip Williams / UGA Athletics

Of all the bright spots on this year's 7-0 Georgia Bulldogs football team, none has been more meme-worthy than Rodrigo "Godrigo" Blankenship, the bespectacled redshirt sophomore kicker from Marietta whose unkempt-Clark-Kent appearance and swaggy demeanor have made him a fast fan favorite.

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