Blog Topic: Sports

Culture Briefs: Classic City Rollergirls Open 2016 Season with Green vs. Black Bout Saturday

By David Eduardo | January 20, 2016 9:58am

A growing town that recycles and reloads a healthy portion of its population with great frequency deserves the benefit of a public service reminder, every now and again. The more you know.

Pssst… There is a women’s flat track roller derby team in Athens, Georgia.

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In the Loop: Mark Richt Hired as Miami Coach

By Gabe Vodicka | December 2, 2015 9:52pm

The Mark Richt saga continues to develop: Just three days after he was fired as Georgia's head football coach, the AJC reports that Richt has accepted the same position at the University of Miami. Richt was a quarterback at Miami from 1979–82.

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In the Loop: Reports: Kirby Smart Hired as Georgia Coach

By Gabe Vodicka | December 1, 2015 10:31pm

Welp, that didn't take long: Multiple outlets are reporting that the University of Georgia will hire current Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart as its new head football coach.

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In the Loop: Mark Richt Is Stepping Down

By Blake Aued | November 29, 2015 1:21pm

"Catch you on the flip side."

After another disappointing season, Mark Richt is resigning as the Bulldogs’ head coach, the university announced today.

Athletic director Greg McGarity said in a news release that he met with Richt this morning, and they “ mutually agreed that he would step down as head coach and would have the opportunity to accept other duties and responsibilities at UGA following the bowl game."

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the Georgia-Kentucky Weekend

By Joshua L. Jones | November 9, 2015 4:56pm

Photo Credit: Lee Gatlin

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole checks the police blotter to find the weekend’s strangest drunken antics. All information is taken from Athens-Clarke County police reports.

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In the Loop: The Loop's Prince Avenue Interchange Is Open Again

By Blake Aued | October 16, 2015 8:22pm

Photo Credit: Jeff Montgomery

ACC workers repair a water main break off Jefferson Road Friday.

Just in time for the deluge of cars rolling into town for the Georgia-Missouri game Saturday night, the Georgia Department of Transportation has reopened two ramps at the Loop-Prince Avenue interchange.

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In the Loop: Whatever You Do, Stay Away from Campus Saturday

By Blake Aued | September 30, 2015 4:30pm

Football game days in Athens are always intense, but the Georgia-Alabama game this weekend has the potential to be pure pandemonium. Hide the women and children, board up your windows and hunker down.

“The high-profile 3:30 p.m. game in Sanford Stadium is expected to draw one of the largest crowds of the past couple years,” according to a UGA news release.

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the Georgia-ULM Weekend

By Joshua L. Jones | September 9, 2015 4:15pm

Photo Credit: Lee Gatlin/file

Last weekend marked the kickoff of UGA's football season and the first real test for Athens-Clarke County's new underage consumption law, which grants officers the discretion to simply cite an offender or take them to jail like the good old days. So this weekend we all missed the sight of students standing on the side of the road with their hands zip-tied waiting for the paddy wagon. But the ACC police reports show an audacious new trend in the long tradition of fake IDs in Athens: Kids these days are simply taking scotch tape, placing it over their date of birth and writing in the magic number to get them in the door.

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Culture Briefs: This Year's UGA Football Hype Video is Not as Good as Last Year's UGA Football Hype Video

By Gabe Vodicka | August 23, 2015 2:42pm

With two weeks (!) until UGA's season opener against Louisiana-Monroe, it's time yet again to evaluate the team's annual preseason hype video.

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Culture Briefs: Classic City Rollergirls vs. Cape Fear Preview

By David Eduardo | July 23, 2015 11:12am

At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Fun Galaxy, the vintage (antique?) skating rink on Cherokee Road, offered no relief from the heat and humidity outside. The swampy space may have an AC, but from the feel of things inside, the Classic City Rollergirls were not allowed to touch the thermostat.

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