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Sports July 29, 2024

Sports in extreme heat: Warning signs of heat illness and how high school athletes can safely prepare for the start of team practices

by Samantha Scarneo-Miller, West Virginia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely hot…

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Sports July 23, 2024

A Big Impediment To The Braves Making A Trade Deadline Deal Is A.A.’s Past Success

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College If one were a General Manager coming into a Western bar to play poker in the 1800s, Alex Anthopoulos would…

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Sports July 1, 2024

What Atlanta, and Cobb County, Can Do To Be The Best World Cup Hosts

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College On Thursday, I got a preview of what the 2026 World Cup will look like, when the USA, Canada, and…

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Sports June 23, 2024

Saying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’

by Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In 1959, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev visited San Francisco and members of the International…

Sports May 29, 2024

Atlanta Is Better Off With In-House Talent, Or A Homecoming, To Replace Acuña

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College When Ronald Acuña went down in a heap trying to get back to second base, perhaps the entire Southern region…

Sports April 26, 2024

The Atlanta Falcons Badly Need “An Edge” In Their Draft Strategy

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In the movie “Draft Day,” the NFL owner, the GM’s girlfriend, the team’s coach, and even his own mother (widow…

Sports April 23, 2024

Matt Ryan: a Falcons QB worthy of Hall of Fame

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College As soon as Matt Ryan made his move to sign and then retired an Atlanta Falcon, and the ink was…

Sports April 13, 2024

For Starters, The Braves Need Pitching Help In 2024

by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Going into the 2024 Major League Baseball Season, the Atlanta Braves had the best rated starting rotation, according to Sports…

Sports April 3, 2024

March Madness brings unique gambling risks for college students

by M. Dolores Cimini, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Whenever March Madness takes place, it’s a sure…

Sports March 21, 2024

Will The Big Dance Soon Become The Last Dance?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College It’s hard to imagine a March without the “Madness,” yet that’s what we could be looking at soon. The NCAA…

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