Low Flying Draft
By: Kenneth Harrison Jr.
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The NBA Draft is now over. Some teams made drastic moves to get better while others might have gotten worse. I’m going to take a look at the Atlanta Hawks offseason moves and evaluate their draft picks.
His Finest Hour
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
If June 24, 2010 is the greatest day in Kentucky basketball history, according to John Calipari at least, when 5 of his players were taken in the first round of the NBA Draft then June 23, 2016 must have felt more like getting off work Friday afternoon only to realize you have to work the weekend.
It was the perfect ending to what has been an interesting few months for the Wildcats coach.
The Trading Game
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
We’re deep into the second year of the Braves somewhat controversial rebuild, and in Atlanta, things are going fairly poorly.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, as they product on the field is by turns young, inexperienced and/or mediocre.
That’s been written about plenty, we won’t go into that with much depth right now.
Contrarily, the product on the field in the minor leagues for the Braves system is full of hope and talent. That’s also been well documented.
For now, I want to go back to the big tent poles of this rebuild: the trades that made Braves fans cry foul. We’ll analyze the returns a little, sure, but what I really want to do is focus on the players we traded away.
Jimbo Top 5 Coach?
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
College football is just a little over 2 months away from taking over the sports landscape in the South during the fall and into the first couple of weeks of January.
One coach that I feel doesn’t get enough credit for the job he is doing is Jimbo Fisher at Florida State.
Strike the Pose
By: Drayton Hogarth
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The college football season is now within sight, just over two months to go, and it will be time to tee it up all over our great country.
Every young man who aspires to play football one day dreams of hoisting the Heisman trophy and joining such an elite club associated with being the best player in college football.
As we approach the 2016 season, there are numerous candidates who could very well be the next name added to the list of Heisman winners.
Bringing It Home
By: Kenneth Harrison Jr.
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
I was totally wrong about the NBA Finals.
Golden State (73-9) had the greatest regular season in NBA history and they needed to win the championship to cement that. That would give them back-to-back championships and establish them as a dynasty. They would also be considered better than the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls that held the previous record for best regular season at 72-10.
Koetting Ties
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
There is a lot of pressure that goes along with being the head coach of a professional sports team.
It’s not nearly as intense as the President of the United States type pressure, but it’s certainly more than reading the name of winner of the Miss USA competition. (I still love you on Family Feud, Steve).
Betting on Bortles
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The Jacksonville Jaguars coming off another losing season have to be very pleased in how QB Blake Bortles progressed between year one and two in the 24 year old’s young NFL career.
The good:
The Jags saw some good strides forward from quarterback Blake Bortles in his second NFL season. Bortles threw for 4,428 yards and 35 touchdowns while forming a strong partnership with wide receivers Allen Hurns and Allen Robinson.
Glynn Academy/Brunswick Preview
Glynn/Brunswick Preview
By: Drayton Hogarth
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
We still have some time before the local high school football season will get started, but football is never too far from the mind in our area.
With that in mind, the upcoming season should be a fruitful one for the teams representing us in Glynn County.
The Best Florida Gator of All Time?
Best Gator Ever?
By: Kenneth Harrison Jr.
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The Florida Gators are one of the most successful programs in the SEC in the last 25 years. The only program that has had more success is Alabama in the Nick Saban era.
Since 1992 when the league expanded they have made 11 SEC Championship Game appearances (the most by any school in the conference). They’ve won 8 conference championships since 1991 and 3 national titles since 1996.
