The state of Georgia showed off its athletic chops over the weekend during the Major League Baseball draft, where five Peach State natives were drafted in the first round. Georgia Tech and Collins Hill product Vahn Lackey was the highest, drafted third by the Minnesota Twins. Another strong showing by Georgia athletes has our baseball chops RISING…
Carr joins LSU football fight
In the South, college football is religion – and now it’s politics too. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) are furious with LSU over its attempts to sign players already in the NFL to come back to college to play for the Tigers. On Wednesday, Attorney General Chris Carr, (presumably at the behest of some big names at UGA) urged the SEC to take “all measures available” against LSU. Thursday, the league heeded that advice, suing LSU Head Coach Lane Kiffin. The legal quagmire pitting the conference against itself has LSU SINKING…
