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Markakis’ Walk-off Blast Caps Late Rally, Sends Crowd Home Happy For the first 5 innings of Thursday’s 2018 season-opening affair at SunTrust Park, it looked like all of Braves fans’ concerns for the new year were coming to fruition on Day One. Inconsistent starting pitching from Julio
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The curtain goes up Thursday afternoon on the 2018 season for the Atlanta Braves The Braves’ spring performance has yielded mixed results and the regular season is likely to do the same. The biggest change in the organization this year is not on the field, but in the front office
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Yellow Jackets fight hard but Blue Devils hold on to prevail 80-69 Georgia Tech (11-13,4-7) hosted #9 Duke Sunday night at McCamish Pavilion, with the home team taking the loss, 80-69. Duke never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 9 point lead in
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Yellow Jackets employ a tenacious defense to squeeze Orange, secure home win Georgia Tech (10-11, 3-5) hosted Syracuse Orangemen (15-6, 4-4) Wednesday night at McCamish, holding on to win 55-51. Two teams with good defenses and spotty offenses tangled in Atlanta, yielding the expected hard-
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Georgia Cruises 38-7, Avenging 2016 Loss and Bolstering Their National Playoff Status High noon in Atlanta, November 25. Here’s Georgia, 10-1 ranked #7 in the nation. Host Georgia Tech is 5-5 and “ranked” #7 in the 14 team Atlantic Coast Conference. Georgia is looking to take
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Blue Devils Trash Georgia Tech’s Defense, Along With Bowl Hopes How do you explain Duke’s 43-20 trouncing of favored Georgia Tech on Saturday? Start with a Tech opponent who has lost 6 straight games. Add a small, quiet crowd at pastoral Wallace Wade Stadium. Make it Senior
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Georgia Tech created a 4th quarter lead–and then, surprisingly, held it–to beat #17 Virginia Tech 28-22 in Atlanta on Saturday. In so doing, the Yellow Jackets (5-4, 4-3 ACC) broke their 2017 habit of losing close games late. Yellow Jacket QB TaQuon Marshall led his
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The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets continued a painful pattern on Saturday, falling to Virginia 40-36 on the road. Another late loss for the Jackets added to a growing theme for the 2017 campaign –namely, a halftime lead gets away, a win becomes a loss, and regret is added to
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Georgia Tech came alive in the 2nd half and ran away from Wake Forest to win 38-24. An enthusiastic Homecoming night crowd at Bobby Dodd Stadium saw the Jackets overcome a 21-13 halftime deficit to claim their 3rd ACC win in 4 tries on the 2017 season. Tech
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The Miami Hurricanes grabbed an early lead, quickly relinquished it, but reclaimed it when it counted most–at the end of the game. Miami got past Georgia Tech 25-24 on a 24-yard field goal by Michael Badgley with 5 seconds to play. His kick was the final play
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The offseason has already been more exciting than Braves fans had anticipated…and not in a good way. Last week, GM John Coppelella resigned suddenly just after Major League Baseball announced it was investigating the Braves organization for suspected transgressions in their dealings with international prospects. No significant details were
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Georgia Tech Safety A.J. Gray had a day to remember in Saturday’s win over North Carolina. Gray had two interceptions, both in the 3rd quarter. The first of these came immediately after Tech had lost a fumble at midfield, giving the Tar Heels a chance to bite into