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Georgia Tech will host a memorial service Friday afternoon inside Bobby Dodd Stadium for former Yellow Jackets football player Drew Hill. The former Receiver who went on to enjoy an NFL career with the Los Angeles Rams, Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons, died Saturday at 54. The memorial will begin at 1 p.m., with fans encouraged to enter and be seated on the east side (Techwood Dr. side) of the stadium. Attendenees are asked to use the Peters parking deck -- across from the north end zone ...
More...Missed Georgia Tech's spring caravan, Macon? Well, you're in luck. It's coming back. After skipping over the midstate last year, the caravan, now in its fourth year, will be returning to north Macon's Idle Hour Country Club on April 5. At that time, fans can meet and mingle with some of the Institute's most recognized sports personalities. The event begins at 6 p.m. Athletic director Dan Radakovich, head football coach Paul Johnson, head women's basketball coach MaChelle Joseph and radio a...
More...Paul Hewitt is back to talking the X's and O's of college basketball. His return didn't take long. After being fired by Georgia Tech last Saturday following an 11-year tenure that included his own multiple trips to the NCAA tournament, the former head coach is talking about this year's tournament on the airwaves. During CBS Sports' and Turner Sports' coverage Thursday of the second round of the tournament, Hewitt was part of the CBS College Sports Network studio team. He sat behind the des...
More...Paul Hewitt isn't the only person leaving the Atlanta sports scene. I am, too. Over the weekend, I accepted a job with The Orlando Sentinel, where I will be covering Florida State athletics. I'll be living and working in Tallahassee. My last day working for The Telegraph will be March 27. Yes, short turnaround. But have no fear, my intrepid Tech followers, I still will be writing almost daily between now and then. As you can imagine, this has been a whirlwind last few days. My entire bi...
More...Here are a few quotes from Paul Hewitt. After 11 seasons, he was fired Saturday morning as Georgia Tech's head men's basketball coach. The ouster was all but a foregone conclusion after the Yellow Jackets fell to 13-18 overall Thursday with a loss to Virginia Tech in opening round of the ACC tournament. He was just leaving Tech as he spoke about his departure via phone. Here are a few quotes from the conversation. Make sure you read it all: (On being surprised by the news out of his S...
More...Georgia Tech on Saturday fired head men’s basketball coach Paul Hewitt. Reached by phone, Hewitt told The Telegraph that met with athletic director Dan Radakovich earlier in the day. He declined to go too far into discussing details of the meeting, deferring further comment to Georgia Tech officials. Georgia Tech officials are expected to make the official announcement in the coming days — if not sooner. Hewitt said he “was not ...
More...According to a Friday morning tweet from CBS national sports columnist Gregg Doyel -- one that appears to have since been removed -- Georgia Tech may be "parting ways" with head basketball coach Paul Hewitt on Saturday. Doyel said he was "hearing" that Hewitt's departure could be forthcoming. (The rest of his Twitterfeed shows him talking about Hewitt to readers, even though the original tweet has disappeared. Several Tech fans retweeted the original tweet) The Telegraph isn't hearing anyt...
More...Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ATLANTA — When the question was first asked, Paul Hewitt laughed it off. No, he wasn’t scoffing at a reporter’s inquiry about the added pressure the reporter just knew the Georgia Tech head coach had to be feeling. Instead, Hewitt was putting his best, most cheerful and pleasant face forward, despite the harrowing situation currently sta...
More...While rumors persist about Paul Hewitt's job security at Georgia Tech, one of his purported suitors tells the Minneapolis Star-Tribune he's fine where he is.
More...Telegraph Georgia Tech beat reporter Coley Harvey breaks down the Yellow Jackets' final game inside Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
More...Video of pregame introductions and post-game handshakes during Alexander Memorial Coliseum's final game of a 55-year run. After a massive renovation project, the building will reopen in two years as the Hank McCamish Pavilion.
More...Fret not, Georgia Tech fans, athletic director Dan Radakovich doesn't appear to be going anywhere. At least not now. On Sunday, a report from The Miami Herald surfaced suggesting Radakovich was "very high on a list of about a dozen candidates" for the Hurricanes' AD vacancy. The statement was part of a quick-hits notes package The Herald ran, and little was mentioned other than Radakovich's name being on the list. During Sunday afternoon's Georgia Tech-Miami basketbal...
More...ATLANTA — One was a pure jump shooter. Another was a low-post player with a propensity for snatching rebounds and swatting shots. The other was a ballhandler who always seemed to find the open man. They were “like brothers; the three amigos,” the shooter said. But the tripartite band has already been broken slightly. One is already gone. Soon, the other two — just like the building they played in for four years — will be gone, too. On Sunday after...
More...Before their 80-54 drubbing of Wake Forest on Thursday, Tech seniors Lance Storrs and Moe Miller held a pregame huddle that might have gotten their teammates more fired up than usual.
More...A list of images of the iconic Alexander Memorial Coliseum in photographs. Sunday's home game against Miami is the last inside "The Thrillerdome" before a renovation that will completely remodel, rename it.
More...Looking back at five of the top moments in Alexander Memorial Coliseum history.
More...Hopefully by now you've checked out The Telegraph's story on the lack of student attendance at basketball games this season. In case you haven't, some highlights are: ~an average of approx. 500 students have attended each game ~that number is "slightly down," according to director of ticket operations Maja Hansen ~students cite varying reasons for the decline, but they believe it begins with the record and play of the current Yellow Jackets team. It appears for some students, the root of...
More...Tech hits the road Thursday night for an ACC Network battle with Wake Forest. The Jackets won the last meeting, held in Atlanta in January.
More...ATLANTA -- Iman Shumpert jogged out of the tunnel, stole a quick glimpse of his nearly half-empty home arena and got into his quiet zone, becoming focused on the game at hand.
More...Former U.S. President took a dramatic stand for a black teammate, when the Yellow Jackets announced intentions of not playing the Wolverines if he were to take the field. Story from The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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