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A win tonight and losses from the Lightning and Capitals put the Thrashers back into first place in the Southeast. There's a chance that this yoyo act'll be going on for quite some time.
A.J. Green will enter the 2011 NFL Draft a year early, according to WSBTV.
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It'll take more than a Super Bowl win to kill a nickname that's become a part of the Southeast's best pro rivalry.
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A win tonight and losses from the Lightning and Capitals put the Thrashers back into first place in the Southeast. There's a chance that this yoyo act'll be going on for quite some time.
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Terrelle Pryor Suspended Five Games For Selling Awards And Apparel
For once, it seems the NCAA's complicated system of punishments actually makes sense, in a way: Ohio St. Buckeyes QB Terrelle Pryor, along with four other Buckeyes, will be suspended for the first five games of next season for receiving improper benefits, or more specifically selling items for amounts ranting from $1,000 to $2,500. Pryor's wares include various rings and awards. The players must also forward their ill-gotten gains to charity.
All five players will be eligible to play in the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas. The four others are RB Daniel Herron, WR DeVier Posey, OL Mike Adams and DE Solomon Thomas.
Georgia Bulldogs WR A.J. Green was suspended for the first four games of the 2010 season for selling his Independence Bowl jersey to a hustler on Facebook. At the time, crunching the math on Green's suspension vs. the smaller one afforded Alabama Crimson Tide DL Marcell Dareus produced a headache, as did trying to figure out the ramifications for Cam Newton if that famous $180,000 figure proved to be accurate.
But apparently a grand (or so) equals a month off (or so). Now we know. Not saying it's right to prevent individuals from selling their property, but that at least the NCAA is consistently wrong instead of randomly wrong here.
Visit SB Nation for more on the story, and Along The Olentangy for more Buckeyes.
by Jason Kirk • Dec 23, 2010 12:23 PM EST
Joe Johnson Is Just Trying To Save You, Delonte West: Photo Of The Day
This one isn't from last night's Hawks win; I found it while looking for more photos we could use for the Atlanta Spirit Group story, though not many photos could be more perfect than Joe Johnson in an expensive suit. This one is from an Atlanta Hawks-Cleveland Cavaliers game last year.
One theory: Delonte West has been shot in the thigh, and the basketball bullet is embedded deep in his leg. Dr. Johnson knows of the many veins and whatever that have been punctured by the basketball, and that time is short, but you can see on his face that he knows how badly this is hurting West.
However, I showed my wife this picture, and she thought West just looked like he's extremely ticklish. In that case, Johnson is just trying to extricate the ball from West as quickly as possible because who would want to be seen tickling another bro in public? Johnson's upcurled lip does seem to suggest how awkward this all is. I think I like this explanation more.
by Jason Kirk • Dec 23, 2010 12:01 PM EST
Gwinnett Gladiators Vs. The Florida Everblades - Now With 100% More Goalie Fights!
Your local ECHL (that's like AA ball level) hockey team, the Gwinnett Gladiators, haven't been playing so hot - they're 0-9-1 in their last 10 games. When hockey teams don't play well, sometimes they get frustrated. And when they get frustrated, they hit things. Like the other team.
Goalie fights don't happen much because there's usually a 2 minute penalty for leaving the crease if you do, on top of the 5 minutes for fighting each guy'll get, but apparently the Glalds were ticked off enough that they just didn't care. Witness the Gladiators' Billy Sauer and the Everblades' Bobby Goepfert going at it like two little Stay Puft Marshmallow Men.
S/t to Puck Daddy for the video.
by Laura Astorian • Dec 23, 2010 10:59 AM EST
Dr. J In A Hawks Uniform, Matt Ryan Vs. Blitzes, And More Dale Murphy: Around The Perimeter
Hawks: Peachtree Hoops presents its list of Atlanta Hawks Christmas wishes, which curiously does not include this 1972 photo of Julius Erving in a Hawks uniform (ht Hoopinion). Dr. J practiced with Pete Maravich's Hawks and even played in a handful of exhibition games, but contract disputes kept the hands-down most entertaining twosome in basketball history from playing a regular season game together.
Braves: Does Dale Murphy still have a Hall of Fame chance? Not really, says Behind The Box Score, employing their devil witch math. Murph's best years were good enough, but there just weren't enough of them.
Falcons: I've always wondered why teams blitz Matt Ryan so often. If the Falcons are operating from the no-huddle and the defense is blitzing, I feel great about our chances. And now cruel demon math agrees with me, as math is a fickle beast.
SB Nation: Two new blogs joined the team: BT Powerhouse, for Big Ten hoops fans, and Stumptown Footy, for Portland Timbers fans.
by Jason Kirk • Dec 23, 2010 10:00 AM EST
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