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John Cannon commits to Georgia

Ultimately, the latest team to the party came home with the commitment, as 6-foot-10, 225-pound center John Cannon told the Dawg Post’s Fletcher Page that he committed to Georgia Saturday after receiving an offer late this spring and visiting recently. Cannon’s signature is another spring effort by coach Mark Fox to solidify a front court [...]

No. 4 Georgia tops Auburn 6-1

After taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning on Wednesday night, Georgia freshman pitcher Morgan Montemayor lasted only one inning but a got enough offensive support late to give Georgia a 6-1 win over No. 25 Auburn on Friday night at Moore Field. Despite surrendering only one unearned run, Montemayor was pulled after giving up [...]

Diamond Dogs fall to Arkansas 10-4

Georgia fell to 14th-ranked Arkansas 10-4 Friday night in game one of an SEC series at Foley Field. Arkansas (29-11, 1-9 SEC) jumped off to an early 2-0 lead off sophomore left-hander Alex Wood. Bo Bingham led off the game with a double and later scored on a triple by James McCann. Dominic Ficociello then [...]

Houston, Dent selected in third round of NFL Draft

Georgia linebackers Justin Houston and Akeem Dent were selected in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday. Houston was taken with the 70th overall pick by the Kansas City Chiefs, while the Atlanta Falcons picked Dent with the 91st selection. A native of Statesboro, Ga., Houston was a finalist for the 2010 Butkus [...]

SPORTS NOTEBOOK: Track excels, new coaches named

DES MOINES, Iowa – Senior Bridget Lyons clocked a personal-best time to win the 10,000-meter run during Georgia’s first day at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday. Lyons, who was making her 2011 debut in the event, clocked a 33:31.14 to win the 10,000 by a minute and a half. This improves [...]

Student mock trial program places third in national competition

The University Undergraduate Mock Trial Program finished in third place in the American Mock Trial Association’s national championship tournament, held in Des Moines, Iowa. The victory places the UGA program in the top 99.5 percentile of mock trial teams nationwide, with participation by 633 teams representing 300 institutions. Teams from UCLA and New York University [...]

Fashion Show Crosses Canines, Charity

The Cheeky Peach Fashion Show will feature trends for fashion-loving humans and dogs alike to drool over. The event features Cheeky Peach, a fashion boutique in downtown Athens called. Money raised will be donated to the local nonprofit organization True Love Canine Rescue. Katie Jacobs, owner of Cheeky Peach, said this will be the first [...]

A.J. Green taken fourth overall by Cincinnati

A.J. Green is off to the land of prima donnas. He will join Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens — the NFL’s two biggest mouths at wide receiver — in the Cincinnati Bengals’ receiving corps after being selected No. 4 overall in the NFL Draft Thursday night. It’s an interesting twist of fate for a player [...]

Students shaken by storms’ destruction

Elizabeth Clemmons said her reaction to the destruction of her hometown in Ringgold following Wednesday’s series of tornadoes surprised her. “I was looking at some of the video. My middle school was just destroyed, and a lot of restaurants and stuff were destroyed. There’s not a lot in the town to begin with,” Clemmons, a [...]

CARTOON, April 29

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